Plans

Looking at the title of this post makes me think of the verse that is always on our newsletter: "But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations." (Psalm 33:11)  I am glad that we are not following our own plan, but God's, even though His way often seems more difficult than our own.  So before I launch into our new set of travel plans, I want to make it very clear that we are not on our own timeline, and ask you to pray that we would always be open to what God has for us as we follow His leading.
After several weeks of waiting and praying, we have a departure date from Lancaster of July 25th!  At that time, we will travel to Wisconsin, Saskatchewan, and Washington during the month of August, and will arrive at JAARS in North Carolina at the end of August to begin Peter's aviation orientation.
The main thing we have felt with this decision is peace.  It will be hard to leave Lancaster and the friendships we have made, but we also feel that it's time to go.  It's an odd feeling, bittersweet and chaotically peaceful - chaotic because there's so much to do!  We are looking forward to our last month here.

Yard Sale!

The reason I haven't written on this blog in more than a month is because as soon as we got back from Canada, we began preparing for a yard sale, and that yard sale was this weekend.  Yesterday and today, to be exact.  It went so well - better than we ever expected.  We were blessed by our small group from our church, who not only organized help, but showed up both days bringing food, setting up, tearing down, and watching kids.  We could not have done it without them.  We sold about 75% of our stuff, had a blast, and though it was hot and humid, it did NOT rain.  We did our yard sale with our neighbor, who donated most of her proceeds to support our ministry with Wycliffe.  I don't even know what to say about that... sometimes you're just so overwhelmed with blessing that words just aren't enough.  Thanks, Emily.  :)
Though we still do not know whether we will be leaving Lancaster in one month or six months (we will know soon!), we feel peace and God's blessing on our family.  Though it was an emotional process giving up some of our possessions that we still loved, we are reminded that our true treasures are stored up in heaven.
More to come soon - we're back in a routine for a few more weeks until we travel yet again.  There's a lot happening in our lives, so keep checking, and thanks for reading!