Hellos, Goodbyes and Transition

HELLOS

The past two weeks have been good. We have had my (Mike) parents come to visit and Megan had her mother come. Our time with both was wonderful and refreshing. We and especially the kids are very thankful that Mimi, Poppi and Nanna were able to come and play. Since we are literally in the midst of packing in order to start our next leg of our journey (to Costa Rica for language school) I will have to be very brief with this update.

GOODBYES

Our hearts are very heavy since we will be leaving behind some dear friends. The church that we have been attending, Primera Iglesia Bautista, has been a great reflection of what the body of Christ is to function like. We were made to feel welcome from the beginning. The Pastor Orlando is a great man of God who has a passion for God. His plan for his church is to start a new congregation about 20 miles south of their current location once their membership reaches 100. Please pray that God blesses this body of believers and that His name is made known among the Spanish speakers who are arriving daily through this congregation. We are very thankful because Primera has agreed to be one of the churches to "adopt us". This means that they have agreed to pray for us and our ministry.

TRANSITION

As stated above, we will be flying to Seattle then to Atlanta and finally to Costa Rica. Please pray for safe travel. Also pray that our stress level would not be too high. We are excited because we will be joining many friends who we met during our training time earlier this year at FPO.

Thank you for being the holders of the ropes. Thank you for doing your part in making His name known among the people of Vancouver and now for doing your part in making His name known south of the border. May God bless you all.

MMJTJLEE