A Place To Call Home

Yes this is the same place!!!

As we continue to get everything in order to start language school in Quebec City, Canada, things really seem to be coming together. Our plans are to work out of Eglise Baptiste De St-Augustin under Pastor Guillaume Roy. Pastor Roy has been such a blessing to our family and we are excited to work along side of him in our language studies. Pastor Roy and the church have a real burden in helping missionaries that need to learn French for their respective fields. They have started a language school this year and we are thrilled to be a future part of their ministry.

Pastor Roy and the church have been working for over a month trying to find a place for us to rent while in language school. He called me this past Saturday and said that he has located an apartment and we truly believe the Lord has brought this apartment just for us! Finding a place in our price range located near the church and school was not an easy task but with God, all things are possible! This apartment is located about 10 miles from the church and about 5 minutes from the language school. We would have the downstairs apartment which is 3 bedrooms, has a basement, big back yard and comes fully furnished along with all appliances including washer and dryer. All dishes, utensils, bed sheets are included as well. All utilities (electricity, water, heat), telephone, and internet service is included in the rent as well. All this for $1200 Canadian! With the current exchange rate, it works out to $1000 US Dollars! We sent the monies this week to hold the apartment for us when we arrive in May and the landlords did not even want first and last month's rent or a security deposit (all they wanted was the rent for May). Needless to say, we have rented our future home!!! We will write more about the details about the actual language school in a later post and try to answer some of your questions. Keep praying for us as we still need some more support before we leave in May and need a few more churches to take us on to make everything a reality.

Elizabeth Terrace Baptist Church

We had a great meeting in Georgia at Elizabeth Terrace Baptist Church. The people were so friendly and fed us such wonderful food. We woke up Sunday morning to the COLD!!!

Travelling North

Our 3 oldest children travel very well....especially if they have books! The day before we left Fort Myers we went to our library (we have a terrific library) and checked out bunches of books. After Josh, Beth and Brenna finished school they have read, read, read their books. It's sad to say they've finished most of them and we've just left! Silas, on the other hand....is our precious baby. He's actually done very well. We broke up our 11 hour trip into 2 days for his sake. We're stopping often to feed him and let all of us stretch. Of course, he's crying some, but we're finding that he's enjoying watching out the window and his rattle that we hang on his carseat handle.

Blessings Upon Blessings

Today is Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 and we leave tomorrow morning and will be on the road for 5 weeks. For the past month we have had meetings in our general "home" area and have just traveled on weekends. Our next travels will take us throught Georgia, Mississippi, and Illinois. There are two major differences as we travel this time: 1)We have retired our motorhome and will be traveling in our van. 2)We will be traveling with a newborn. Patience, I believe will be a key factor!
Silas is doing great and we have begun the paperwork for language school in Canada. We are so excited to be preparing for Quebec City and we will be working with Pastor Guillaume Roy. The church there has begun to work at finding a place for us to live and have some furnishings for us to use!
We want to praise the Lord for Currytown Baptist Church in Lexington, NC, which took us on for support last week. We are excited to be a part of their mission program in reaching the world for Christ!
Thank you to all of you who pray for us. We praise the Lord for you! Until next time, keep your head up, your redemption draweth nigh!