Erin and I are both looking forward to living in Oregon. We will be living in or near Keizer, OR while we spend time as a married couple outside of full time training with New Tribes Mission. We plan to be very involved with my home church, Keizer Community Church, and find full time jobs to start saving for the next part of our training to become missionaries. The next phase of training is referred to as the MTC (Missions Training Center). This training center is in Missouri. You will be hearing more about that as it gets closer.
Erin and I have decided that we are going to ship all of our stuff out to Oregon rather than rent a u-haul or sell everything then buy it again in Oregon. It doesn't look like it's going to cost much to ship, especially compared to the $2,000 a u-haul would be.
As our time here gets shorter and shorter it is hard to think of all our relationships we have made here with some awesome people. In December we're going to be saying goodbye to people from school, from our church here, and from our college group. Some of these people we truly may never see again until we are with Christ. It's going to be hard, but I guess there really is no better meeting place, huh? On a positive side I will again be back home with my family. Getting to see all of the exciting changes with my nieces and nephew. I'll get to spend time with my dad and brothers in the great wilderness of Oregon.I'll get to take Erin backpacking. These are just a few of the highlights...