PINCH ME...

So here we are...is this for real? What a delight to see the good hand of the Lord carry us to NZ. The first couple days have been great, getting details sorted out and up to speed. The weather has been quite nice to boot! Thankful for His goodness we jump in now to serve Him here.

DELIGHTING...

Remembering Ps 37:3, "delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." In context we see that desires are shaped by faithfulness and commitment to the Lord. We're not so sure about our follow through on that, but we can say that we are striving to be pleasing to the Lord and to find our delight in Him. Now for the desires of your heart part - we leave in 3 days for our assignment in New Zealand!

Pinching ourselves, we are overwhelmed by the goodness of God. We have had a wonderful week with some 70 fellow servant families from around the world who are all connected to Grace Community Church. The time has been a deep blessing for us. Now we will make our way back to Corona for a couple last days with Greg's parents before our departure Monday evening.

Thank you for your prayers, and praise the Lord with us. We will keep you up to date as the Lord carries us and unfolds His plans for us.

VISA APPROVAL

We have just received word that our visas for New Zealand have been approved! They are for one year with extension available provided we continue to meet the health standard. This should not be a problem, but we will do the testing once in NZ and ask for the extension.

We thank you for praying with us and expectantly waiting on the Lord.

Now when are you out of here?

Having just heard, we are now going to begin to put things in order. We anticipate leaving within a month.

Once again we thank you for your standing with us and we will keep you informed. For now, pray we keep ourselves before the Lord and serve Him well as we pull all the details together.

Some Progress

Sunday (Monday NZ time) we heard that our reassessment was completed and Micah is now found to have an acceptable standard of health. That means our visas should proceed quickly now and we should soon see the good hand of the Lord complete this process.

Greg is completing a 2 part sermon on Psalm 40 this Wednesday and continuing to work on the development of TSBC.

Once we have more news we will post it, and Lord willing, that will be soon.

HURRY UP AND WAIT...

We continue to wait for NZ Immigration's response. Greg has been busy putting together courses for the development of TSBC. Here is our latest news: http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=09bd5166c301262369f86f8ff&id=2068cd3c91&e=95de50a45d

ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN

We heard from the consulate this morning and there is no update. They are awaiting opinion from London which will serve as a second opinion of sort. So, now that it is the weekend in England, we will await news next week.
So good is our God that our every step and breath is orchestrated to our good and His glory. Praise Him for this time of uncertainty and the work that it is working in us. Praise Him as well that He is able, more than able to accomplish that which concerns me (and you) today. He may not care for it in the way we wish, but it will always be for our best.

HASTE THEE ON

What a joy to know that all is planned, controlled and timed by God! Now, if we could just settle in that more... Last Thursday we submitted our response to NZ Immigration and now we are back to waiting. We should hear something soon - the clerk at the consulate told us she would let us know something this week - only a day and a half left! So, on with the work, on with the wait, on with the growth in God.