Common Chairs...

Well, my dear readers,
The date has been set, the moving container ordered, and my nerves completely in shambles...Anyway, I just wanted to give you a bit of an update on what is going on. It has been over a month since I first wrote to you, telling you about everything that is about to happen. Since then I have sent out letters and begun getting some responses from some people. Somehow I forgot to send a response card along with the actual letter, so other than some donations I have gotten, I do not really know who, if anyone will be sending me monthly support. Therefore, in the next few days I will send out yet another little update along with one such response card.
The date for my departure from Little Rock is July 26th. I will be flying up with my sister Susannah and my best friend Alex (hopefully) as my parents will both be in Slovakia on a missions trip at the time. The three of us are planning on spending a week with Kathy in Arlington pretty much just hanging out kind of as a final trip with them before I plunge into full-time missions work (wow that sounds weird coming from me...). Then, on August 1st if Kathy and I have found a house, we will unload my container and move in. That is something you all can be praying about. We have been looking for a place to live and have found some great potential place, but have not settled on anything. So pray that we will have all that worked out by the time my container arrives!
Other than housing, please pray that I reach my support goals and if I don't, that I would be able to find a suitable job in time for rent and all. This is something I have really been stressing out about. It was a big deal for me in the beginning to decide to go on support, but I felt like it was what God wanted me to do mainly to learn to trust him. I am the kind of person that, while somewhat spontaneous, I like to be in control and know what resources I have at my disposal (not sure if that made any sense, but bear with me...). So I have been working hard on complete surrender!
I will try to write again before I leave but things are getting more and more hectic as I get closer to leaving. I will mainly be working a lot, preparing, and packing. Also, I am going on vacation starting on Sunday with my family, which I am very excited about. To be honest with you though, it also makes me a bit sad.
So now you know a bit of what is going on! Thanks for reading, keeping up, and caring. It is great to know that there are people out there...even people oceans away...that care about what is going on in my life! I love you all...