After waiting for a month our acceptance letters from Iris finally arrived on saturday the 6th. We are so excited!!! We have all of our passports and have sent in our first payments to secure our spots for school. After school is over we have the option of participating in an extended outreach, there are several options in many countries to choose from but we have our hopes on a bush bush out reach in Cabo Delgado which is from December 12-21st and is an outreach in a remote village, if we are accepted to participate in this outreach we will have the option of staying an additional week to spend Christmas with the children at the Village of Joy. What a humbling experience to see children open gifts that may never have recived one before and feast on chicken dinner and coca cola, such a treat. We are still applying for this additional stay so keep us in your prayers for additional financial support to take part in this life changing event. We will be purchasing our airline tickets as soon as we find out more about our departure date. Once we get our tickets we will apply for our visas. We are busy prioritizing items and contacting the base in Pemba to make sure we are taking the proper steps. I look now at the calendar and we have about 10 weeks left here in our beautiful town and am sad at the fact that we will soon be leaving our loved ones and all that is familiar to us and our children, but also anticipating new friendships along the way. He is a good Father and faithful, I know that we will be taken care of financially and even though we will be covered in dirt holding sick abandond babies we will see people through His eyes
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Liz Clontz
7/16/2013 04:52:51 am
You should put up a list of the items you will need to take over there. I would purchase items such as bugs spray, baby wipes, antibacterial stuff when I go to the store and just start a stash for you guys. I would love to do that as I am sure others would to!! Keep on Blogging I love it!!!!
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