Things are Moving Along!

Hey All,
Thanks so much for following our journey!  We have had a few good weeks.  We went to a wonderful, welcoming church in Flint last week end - the Ainsworth Baptist Church.  We told our story and the people there were so encouraging!  It was such a small church, but the love of the Lord there was amazing.  If you are ever in Flint and need a great church to go to, this is the one!

We are still moving forward with fundraising and renting the house.  Neither is complete yet, so please keep us in your prayers.

We have decided to take the kids with us when we go to Colorado Springs this January.  Tim and Nancy Marburger (our great friends from Germany) have offered to host us (OK - we had to talk them into it!) But it is going to happen!  We are going to try and ski just one day, and then attend the training that is required before we leave for Nairobi.  It will be a blast!

Please keep us in your prayers! 
In His Hands,
Jullie T.

Trudging on with Fundraising and House Renter hunting

Hello All,

We are trying to move foward with the fundraising and finding someone to rent our home.
We have sent out over 200 letters to family and friends asking for support.  It's a great opportunity for people to "live through us vicariously" in our trip!  Please pray that we will be successful.  We plan on visiting some churches of friends and family to present what we are doing and hopefully raise some support that way too.
We are also getting into the thick of things with getting the house rented.  Jullie has lost 2 weeks with being in the hopital and recovering.  So, she is hitting the pavement this week to talk to real estate/property management people.  Please pray that that will also be successful.
Set back for the week:  The home we had arranged for Doodle is no longer available.  Please pray that we will find a good home for her while we are gone.
I am adding a video of the house on the "house for rent" tab today.  You can go and see what the inside of the house looks like.

I can not believe that it is almost October.  Time is moving rather quickly!   The trees here are looking beautiful!  But, that means January is coming up fast.  We need your prayers please.  I am trying to not stress knowing that God has it all worked out.  I am not very good at that!

Take Care,
Jullie T.

We Have an EMI Account Number!

We finally have an EMI account number and can move forward with our fund raising - Yea!
I will put a "Donate" heading at the top of the page so that people can link directly to EMI.  We are so thankful that our Navy pension will be going to support us on this, God's mission.  But we do need additional monthly support in order to make this happen.  We have about 3 months left before we leave in January, so we need to let this be in God's hands to make it happen.  Jim is going to drop most of the incoming AHC jobs (at least down to 2 days a week) and devote 3 days a week to fundraising.
Please pray for us and if you feel lead, go to the "Donate" page to help us financially.

This week has been tough for other reasons.  Jullie had a small surgical procedure that went wrong and is now layed up for a while.  Please pray for quick healing so that she will be back in the "running" soon!

Our Next Biggest Hurdle

Things are moving forward a bit.  We had a successful yard sale last Thurs and Friday (thank you JC and Sandy for use of your yard)!  Trevor got his shots last week (ouch)!  Timothy and Sallie go for their's this week - here come the tears.  School starts this week also.  I can not believe that is already here! 

But, what I really need to move on is getting the house for rent.  By the end of the week, I will have a video posted of the inside of the house (it is way to messy right now to take that video)!  Then I will be going to every agency I can find to let them know what I have.  Please pray that this will happen with in the next 2 weeks so that we can actually start looking for the wonderful family that will be moving in here.  I know they are out there, and God knows it too.  I sometimes think He is up there laughing at the way I worry about these things, knowing that He has it all figured out and I will realize that at some point.

Please pray for us this week that we will get the things done to move forward in renting the house.
Thank you for all your love and support!

Jullie T.

We have submitted our Finances! And I can breath!

We have given over our budget and sponsor letter for approval to the office in Colorado Springs.  We are "patiently" waiting for approval to come back.  After this, we will be able to get an account number and officially start raising funds!  When this happens, we will put a heading on the main page here with a direct link to donations.  That way, people can go directly to the EMI (Engineering Ministries International) site and donate through them (tax free!).  This will be a big next step for us.  Essentially, Phase II.  But, it will be a lot of praying and work to get through Phase II  !
About being able to breath:  I have just this week, found some potential homes for Riley, Meeko and Doodle!  It is so good to have hope and be able to breath again!
PS - Today is our Anniversary - 24 blissfull years! (if you believe that, I have a bridge!)  But we had a wonderful day full of soccer, and more soccer and some shrimp scampi and creme brulee (thanks to Trevor!)

We have Been Accepted!

We have been officially accepted by EMI - Yea!  Our term will start on Jan 1.  Now comes the fun part:  we need to get our budget approved and start raising the necessary funds.  Not sure how all this will play out.  We are all in His hands!

Moving To Kenya!

Hello All,
Well, we have made the decision to move to Kenya.  We are going to Kijabe, Kenya to help with the construction of an extension on a Hospital.  It will be a new experience for us!  We are used to working on Nuclear Power plants, not kid's wards! 
We are all very excited.  The kids are going to go to Rift Valley Academy (http://www.rva.org/).  It is an amazing school.  A great book to read (or site to visit) to learn more about living there is http://www.yourpal-steve.org/
It was written by a man named Steve Peifer that has been living and working at the school since 2000 ish.
We will be going with EMI (Engineering Ministries International) (http://www.emiworld.org/)  We are waiting for our official approval letter.  After that, we will be focusing on raising the funds to be able to go.
Please check in often as I will try to post many of the trials and tribulations of this adventure!