Leaving on a jet plane...

Wow! it's here, we'll be leaving tomorrow at 12:40. I haven't allowed myself to think much on this day, we've been too busy-making repairs and getting the house on the market, relocating dogs, getting physicals and all records copied, visa and work permits obtained, all our belongings inventoried and placed in storage or sea-container, many good-byes done...I haven't even planned a itenary for our stop-over in Tokyo, we will be playing it by ear. We will arrive in Bangkok late Saturday night and driving down to the area we will be living on Tuesday. Hopefully, at some point I'll learn how to download pictures and music onto the blog. I just keep hearing that old song in my mind, "Leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again..." Please keep those prayers coming. Much love

It's feeling real

The movers came early this morning and we started sorting through our belongings, dividing goods to be air shipped, things to be placed on container for sea-passage and what we will leave in storage here in Virginia. It's really starting to feel real now-we are moving half way around the world! It's sounded exotic and exciting to be moving to Thailand and now the reality of leaving family, friends and all the comforts we know and enjoy of home are setting in. We will miss our life on Loth Lorian in Virginia. We all are feeling a little apprehensive and stressed. Yesterday, one of our pastors talked about the command that is most mentioned in the Bible, "Do not fear." It was so sweet to be comforted by God's word. we will so miss the teaching we have enjoyed at Grace Church over the last 3 1/2 years. Today, as our friends the Durants were leaving,after staying with us this weekend, they left the boys and I with a charge from Proverbs to, 'Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding,in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths." Most of us have had that memorized for years but it is so profound and so comforting. Please pray for us as we trust the Lord and the direction our life path is taking.