Please God, not Africa!

Just a quick update today so you know we're still alive and kicking! First things first - snake update!  We're excited to be past the 25% milestone! It's so great to see the stripes being coloured in and knowing that we are getting closer and closer to our goal of being in Mango sometime in November. This second photo is our front living room  - it looks like Ikea exploded in here! We're heading to Lansing, Michigan on Friday to take a load of totes and boxes to a container that is heading over to Mango. From school books to peanut butter and juice crystals to towels, we've got a bunch of stuff ready to sail across the ocean and (hopefully) arrive in Mango before we do.  It's so great that we can send some stuff across rather than trying to squeeze everything into 12 bags of luggage. Thanks for your faithful prayers and encouragement.  We're excited to get to Mango as soon as we can - and we know that it's through your support and e

Today Kylie saw her surgeon. And today, she walked out of the doc's office with a letter in her hand that simply states: Kylie has no current medical concerns and is cleared to travel to Togo. Sigh of relief.  Tears of joy.  High fives all around. We have waited a long time for those words. And now they are official, on hospital letterhead with a legit signature at the bottom. Thank you, Jesus. And thank you to Alex and Dr. Cashin and Dr. Salvadori (as well as dozens of nurses and techs here in London) who worked so hard to restore her health. And thank you to Dr. Kelly and Dr. Keuhler and Gordon and Todd (as well as many nurses and techs in Togo) who worked so hard to restore her health. And thank you to you who prayed and wrote and prayed and visited and prayed and encouraged all along the way, asking God to restore her health. And He has. This started on December 16, 2012. That's 1305 days ago.  Three and half years, basically.  And today

He's getting more colourful! It's happening!  The support is coming in and we are so, so grateful.  Grateful to those who have partnered with us and grateful to our Kind, Compassionate Father who has placed it on the hearts of people to partner with us.  It's amazing! We're about 25% of the way there! Warning: Sales Pitch Ahead! If you would like to partner with us in getting houses built in Mango,  please do!  You can simply contact ABWE at www.abwe.ca/give.  You don't have to start giving now, you can just tell them that you'd like to start once we hit the field (estimated time would be November 1st) and the ladies in the ABWE Canada office would be happy to sign you up!