Can you recall the feeling of
standing in line for the biggest roller coaster you've ever seen? I can, it was
called “The Boss”. Staring at that ride
with all of its twists, turns, and drops was intimidating and exciting all at
the same time. The further I got in the line the harder my heart pumped,
partially from a tinge of fear, but mostly from a lot of excitement.
That experience of waiting to ride
“The Boss” is pretty comparable to what we’re going through now. It feels like
we've been standing in line forever waiting to get to the “good stuff”. As we
approach our departure date on the 18th all of the twists, turns,
and drops are becoming more visible. We can see that first giant hill and to be
honest it’s pretty intimidating, but with all the support we've had from family
and friends it’s not as scary to go as I thought it would be. For me the best
part of getting on a coaster is standing in line with your friends. It’s like
we have all of our supporters getting on this crazy coaster with us, and with
God at the controls I know everything will be OK regardless of our
circumstances.
We just spent two weeks in Indiana in
Erin’s home town saying our final goodbyes, so now we’re spending our last two
weeks in Oregon in Alex’s hometown. We’ll be staying at Alex’s parent’s house because
we already packed up our apartment before the Indiana trip. Our time is filling
up with last minute travel details and get togethers.
We leave from Portland on the 18th.
The total flight time is around 15 hours not including layovers. When we arrive
in Manila we’ll be staying at the guest house until we can find an apartment. We’ll
get most of our furnishings in Manila and start helping out wherever we can
until we start language study in January/February. As I write this I can
picture “The Boss”! Please be praying for this massive transition. We are
genuinely excited and ready for this move… it’s been a long time coming.
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