SOLD!

Christy and I have been quite busy over the past couple weeks fixing up odds and ends around the house and getting it ready to list on the market (thanks to my folks who spent over a week down here with that activity). Much like the rest of the US, the market in Richmond is a little soft so we were not sure how long it would take to sell. We listed it last Wed and in three days we had 10 showings and 3 contracts - praise the Lord! The inspection and closing still need to happen, but getting the house sold should help provide peace of mind and some additional spare time as we begin to enter into support raising. Another change starting this week, I am officially part time at Capital One, giving me one day back a week to focus on support raising.

One last piece of good news is that Christy has been tentatively offered an adjunct teaching position for the fall semester at Wheaton College. Teaching at the college level is something that Christy has expressed interest in - and - given that we are planning on moving back to Wheaton starting in September anyway, this works out quite well. It will give her a chance to see if she enjoys teaching, and the timing will hopefully work out well with our missions time lines (e.g., going to Costa Rica sometime in early 2008).

Please be praying for us as we begin to move forward with support raising. It is unfamiliar territory and something that we will certainly need to continually look to God for guidance on.

We Have Been Accepted!

Its official: We have been appointed as missionaries with Latin America Mission (LAM)! Our hope is to leave for language school in San Jose, Costa Rica by early 2008. After we have learned Spanish, we will head to the other side of San Jose to serve at Escuela La Palabra de Vida (Word of Life School). I will be teaching English at the PK-11 school while Christy will be continuing the tall order of raising two young children. We also expect to be involved in both school and church ministries.