Garage Sale

So what do you do when you are moving to Africa and can take very little with you??? Have a garage sale! The rain held off today and we had a great sale. We got rid of alot and managed to make exactly the amount of one plane ticket to Africa! Hmmmm...so which kid do we bring with us? Just kidding! We'll keep raising money for the other tickets, but I think I'm done with garage sales. My mom and her dear friend Kathy (thank you!) did most of the work, but I'm still exhausted. The kids were great....didn't shed a tear over seeing nearly all of their toys sold. A couple of them commented, though, that they wish we could take all the toys with us to give to their new African friends.

Back from Training!

We were at the home offices of CMF again this week for more training. This training really helped us tie together the rest of the steps that need to happen before we leave. We had a great time with three other couples who are also headed for Africa. One gal is a medical doctor and one of the guys is a geologist headed for Kenya. It was so interesting to hear him explain how he can find water in some of these remote villages where it hasn't rained in two years. What a blessing it will be for those villages to have clean water. He will be working in an area of Kenya called Turkana where 1/3 of children die before the age of 5. The statistics are really hard to understand as Americans, but I will tell you when you actually go and see these places and meet these people, it all becomes very real. Each one of those statistics has a face you never forget.

So we are now officially looking for churches and individuals to partner with us. We have a monthly budget to raise to sustain us and the work we will do in Tanzania. We also have outgoing expenses to raise for plane tickets, etc. We received all of our printed materials this week, so let us know if you would like to get a copy. The kids think it is really cool that our family photo will be on the CMF website. They are so easy to please :)