T-Minus 90 Days and Counting...

I feel like we are in the home stretch of our home service assignment (what is more commonly referred to as furlough). We are hoping to leave in June, which is a short 3 months away. I was reminded of this when I was looking at a relocation check list on a handy website for expats living in Vienna. We are almost at "moving day minus 90" and while this is not my first move overseas this there is a lot more involved now that there are two of us. What I'm saying is gone are the days where I start packing the night before I leave.

Apart from the things to consider on the "Virtual Vienna"checklist we have support yet to raise and a short-term team to lead as well. We had our first team meeting with the college team last weekend. They seem like they will be a good group and Liz and I are looking forward to helping them with the trip. There are, of course, lots of details to work through not the least of which is coming up with a plan to lead a week-long English language summer camp in Slovakia.

As far as support is concerned we are still working hard at it. Raising support is one of the many endeavors that requires a lot of "scattering of seed" before you see fruit. Liz and I have been hovering at around 70% for some time so we are trusting the Lord to see some fruit come in soon. In these kinds of situations, though, it's best not to lean on a shovel while praying for a hole so we are currently down in the Houston area to visit with people in my home town and ask them to partner with us. We plan on making a similar trip to Missouri sometime in late April. After that we are hoping the next trip we take will involve a one-way ticket to Vienna!