It's true, only seven days until we board a plane bound for Togo!
What an awesome journey it has been over these last seven months since we announced we intended to return to Hopital Baptiste Biblique for a longer stay. We have been stretched and blessed in many ways. It seems more stretching and stressing in these late days before our departure on November 5th, but it's all coming together.
Answered Prayers
We have been able to raise enough financial support in these past seven months to be able to head over to Togo in the compressed time frame we had originally hoped for. It was a bit ambitious, but again God provided people who caught the vision for our ministry and then partnered with us.God has also provided a family to rent our house for several months while we are gone. They are having repairs done after an unfortunate fire to their own home, and God directed them our way through some good neighbours / friends. How it all fell into place could only be orchestrated by a Higher Power!
We also have sold one of our vehicles! Another answer to prayer. We've got one more to get rid of yet, but we're just allowing God to take care of this one in His perfect timing, too. There are still a few days to go, anyways.
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| Goodbye, yellow Jeep. It was fun to have you in the family! |
Pack It Up, Pack It In,
We have packed all that we can squeeze into 15 Rubbermaid tubs (within the 50lb / container weight restriction for the airline) for the next year and a bit. Condensing to just the bare essentials, a few necessities and some school materials, and a couple of deflated soccer balls and several pieces of donated medical equipment can be challenging. A few items were sacrificed for the sake of extra peanut butter and chocolate chips. Some sacrifices are more important than others! Chocolate chips must make the trip.
We've also packed the remaining of our belongings out of our house into a storage container. It proved to be an excellent time to purge what we didn't need. Everyone should have to do that every couple of years. We were able to take items to the Bibles For Missions thrift store to be used to support their ministry efforts, too!
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| It's easy to pick what to wear when it's the only thing in the closet! |
Send Us Out!
Our commissioning service is on November 5th at Stoney Creek Baptist Church. We'd love to pack the place with friends and relatives - and more friends! It all starts at 10:30am. This is a great chance for our friends and family to send us off with the blessing of the church family, as well. It's such an encouragement to have all of that support behind us. We're leaving right after the service is over to go directly to the airport, too! (No 'long goodbyes' for Christine to deal with!)
Currently, there is some political unrest in Togo. Protesters have clashed with the police and military in a few areas. There were the 'Day Of Anger' protests. There are also protests planned in Lome (the capital city, where we will be landing) for the days immediately after we arrive - when we should be shopping for groceries and house supplies... Not what you want to get caught up in. Pray for safety and wisdom as we navigate this tense situation.
Thank you so much for the support, encouragement and prayers as we continue to get closer to our departure. Keep them coming, we sure can use them! It's been exciting to make the journey so far, but we're looking forward to getting our feet on the ground at HBB.
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