We Leave Tomorrow

Well, tomorrow is the day, and I’ve been anxious about it for the last several days. The more I learn of where we are going, the more daunting it sounds. The living conditions sound more difficult than I anticipated. Making friendships with local nationals sounds more difficult than I anticipated. Our lives are truly about to change forever and I’m not sure I’ve begun to process that until now.

This week of training in Greeley, CO has been physically and emotionally draining. Bethany and I l have been leaving our room at 7 a.m. and not returning until 8 p.m. This week was not planned with introverts in mind. Though I will say that all of the sessions have been very beneficial.

We’ve encountered a couple of obstacles this week. Bethany unexpectedly had to have a wisdom tooth removed. By divine providence, we found a dentist on Friday afternoon that would remove it in office. The procedure went smoothly. He just numbed her gums. He didn’t give her any laughing gas or anything. So she was coherent through the whole procedure. I couldn’t have handled that. The recovery process has been okay. This is the second day and she’s feeling a lot of pain.

Another obstacle is our monthly support. There seems to have been a slight miscommunication and we are $1,000 a month short in our monthly support. Now our father knew this before we even came here. So he knows and he will provide. Please join us in bringing these needs before him.

Speaking of bringing needs to him, continue to remember us in this change. It’s big. And it can be overwhelming. The good thing is that I know he has called us to this place. And he is faithful to complete what he has begun.

Next time I blog, Bethany and I will be in Hanoi, Vietnam. We leave tomorrow at 1 p.m. And will arrive about 30 hours later. Doesn’t that sound fun. I’ll try to take some pictures for everyone to see.

Russell