Life in Albertville

 This is the house that we share with the Landlord.  It is actually 4 levels, we get the ground floor and basement, which translates into a nice 4 bedroom home for us.  They have the second floor, and they have a small apartment in the upstairs that they can rent out as well.  Amy will be able to homeschool the boys in the front office, and it is only a 10 minute walk for me to get to language school.

 Grocery store is right around the corner... Literally!!!

 

Behind us is where the '92 Winter Olympics were held, and the Alps surround us.  Will and Logan went on a walk with me and decided to pose for pictures!

Flying to France

We were able to spend a day of much needed rest and prep in Montreal before boarding the plane to Geneva.  Our plane left in the evening, and by that time we were rested up reorganized and ready...

Of course we needed to help Logan as there was lots of walking involved.  The boys were troopers and helped carry the small bags.

Traveling at last!!!

Well, our traveling always seems to include a healthy amount of Drama.  We enjoyed a quiet Christmas morning, headed over to the Camp to finish cleaning up... that lasted until Midnight.
Of course we weren't quite finished so I had a great plan on getting up early and finishing while Amy got the boys ready.
5:00am came early, but I was running on adrenaline, and had a mission to complete.  I worked steady until I realized it was almost 9:00.  We had to leave no later than 10:00am in order to make it to the train.
Jonathan and I left with the baggage, and Amy had the boys, Reagan (a friend who we met at camp over the summer as a counselor), with the Van.  Jonathan and I made it too the train in the nick of time, but it became apparent that Amy was not going to make it.  With the help of the ticket agent we redirected her to the Saratoga train station so she could still make the same train.
Praise the Lord all worked out and we made it to Montreal with all our baggage... and 4 kids

Here are some pictures that we managed to get...

 

Amy catching some shut-eye

Boys watched a movie on the train after it got too dark to enjoy the scenery

Visa part 2

The second trip for visa's was today, and it was not necessary for the entire family to make the trip to NYC.  I arrived with the additional documents in hand and hour before my appointment, and of course had no trouble with the traffic.  Everything went very well, and I am headed back with Visa's in hand.  Good thing too, we have tickets for the 27th.

Visa's

We are getting ready for our Visa interview's tomorrow, it should prove interesting.  We have only one FBI background check on Joseph, and a local background check on Amy.  Lord willing all will go well, and we will have only to return to pick up the visa's after our Indiana trip.

Thursday we plan to leave for Indiana.  It will be our Commissioning in our home church, Bible Baptist.  In addition to the Commissioning service, we want to take the time to visit with friends that we may not see again for the next four years.  We should be in Tipton Indiana, as well as Russiaville to say bye to friends.

We are beginning to Pack, and the job is a little overwhelming.  In Gods Strength we should be on our way Soon!!!

Mission Conferences

We are back on the road with more Missions Conferences.  We have just finished up some meetings here in New York, and will be heading south in November.

Please pray for safety on the road, the ability to articulate the burden that God has given us, and the right people and churches to present this ministry to.  We are excited to see what God will do.

We are preparing to leave the United States in December, and we are very close to meeting our Financial requirements.  Please pray the the remaining funds will come in quickly.

Progress in Benin

We just received word that the foundation for the home that we will occupy for the first couple years, has been started.

The soil is moist, so it makes the work with a shovel a little easier.

Since everything is done by hand, it takes quite a while to get a building up.






Though the foundation is being laid, not all the funds are in for the houses.  We have been asked to help raise some of those funds.  Please pray that the needed funds are raised.  This house will be used for medical teams once we have moved to a permanent location in the years to come.