So many people have prayed for us. It's wonderful to be covered by the body of Christ in intercession to our Savior. We've been so busy lately with plans and making sure we get every bit of time we can with family, that we haven't looked at the blog in a while. We returned today and looked through our prayer requests, and are pleased to report that one of them has been answered!
We were sort of worried that shipping our things there would cost a lot. To ship it all via UPS or Fedex, it probably would have cost us a thousand dollars or more. Luckily, the Philippines have an awesome system of shipment called Balikbayan boxes. Basically, you fill a special box as full and heavy as you want and they put it on a cargo ship going east. It's pretty cheap, only $90 for a box thats 28x22x18 inches. The closest drop off location for Balikbayan boxes for us was Cleveland, but they weren't making a shipment until late January, so we went to Columbus, OH. We got to meet a great couple there that dealt with the boxes, and were under budget for shipping. Big prayer answered.
Also, we were able to find plane tickets for just at a thousand dollars a piece for Jess and I, and Micaiah gets to ride for $100, and ride in a bassinet. Cool deal. Another prayer answered. OH YEAH, I guess we haven't even mentioned on this blog that WE'RE GOING! Haha, I guess we forget who we tell and don't tell about our goings on. We are at 100% support in one-time needed and monthly. That's not to say that we won't ALWAYS be able to put additional one-time or monthly support to good use. We just have the minimum needed to get us by while we are there. So, we booked our plane tickets for Jan. 12th. There's a ticker up there at the top of the page showing the exact second we will leave. BAM! Another prayer answered.
Folks, God is so good. We love Him, we want you to love Him, and we want to show some Filipinos that we love Him by loving them. Life is good.
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