See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

Well, we are in the dog days of summer now. The kids are loving going to the park every day, eating Popsicles, and visiting with friends in town. Ken and I spend a great deal of our time on the phone trying to prepare for leaving the country. This has left us both a little frazzled as we find ourselves leaving multiple messages, staying on hold for hours on end, and spending several minutes explaining our situation to one person only to be told that this person is not qualified and we need to be transferred to someone else. Yep....it would try the patience of a saint. I actually momentarily thought, "Hey, why do we really need insurance on our stuff for? We sold most of it anyway." and "Do we really need a life insurance policy? Wouldn't that just encourage us to drive recklessly in South America? Ken certainly doesn't need any more encouragement in that area. And why do insurance companies have so many problems with insuring property going to third world countries?" Just something to ponder I guess.

One thing we are very thankful for is this great mission house here at Dawson. It even has it's own prayer room! The people here at the church are so nice. We look forward to getting to know some of them over the next couple of weeks. We were excited to find out the house would be available in January of 2012 when we will be back for stateside assignment (STAS). The children's schools are within walking distance along with 3 parks and a playground just a couple of blocks away. Best of all, the Edgewood Creamery is only 1 block away and has an awesome assortment of homemade ice creams!!!!! Yeah, God must be preparing us for some major inconveniences in the near future, because this place has every convenience. Thank you everyone for all your prayers and encouragement. It has made these last few weeks in the states so precious to us.