News!

Hello again :) I know we are really bad at keeping this updated, we have just been soo busy . . . we are thinking that things may be starting to slow down just a bit for us before they get crazy again! Here's what's been happening in our lives:
Bryan has been busy talking with LAM to get some things worked out, babysitting our cute little nephew Jeremiah, and going on long long bike rides trying to outdo himself!! I (Robin) just worked my last day at Nationwide on Friday (phew) and am thinking about all of the things I need to do now that I have my days free! Before I can do any of that, we're leaving this Saturday for a family vacation to Florida (woohoo!) just relaxing in Ft. Myers. We are very excited :) Once we come back from that, we have weddings galore, doctors appts (including me getting my wisdom teeth out - scary!), and really starting to get ready to leave!

So how are we doing with support & when are we leaving?? Like I said above, Bryan has been working hard with LAM to try to get things figured out.
As far as support goes, we were able to actually lower our required support level, and we are a LOT closer than we thought!! In order to leave, we only need about $210 a month more (about $5,000 total). We are confident that God will be faithful to provide as he has done already.
We were also able to set a goal date for leaving - we need to be settled in down in Costa Rica by October 2nd (so we will probably leave about a week ahead of time). For the first 4 weeks, we will be going through an intensive language class just to brush up on our skills & to learn any dialects or culture that we don't yet know. After that, we will be able to begin work at the school!!
We are so excited & almost can't believe that this is finally happening. We've been talking about this for probably about 4 years, and God is now saying, yes, the timing is right, you are ready. It's thrilling and scary at the same time! Please continue to pray for us as we get down to crunch time. :)

I'll leave you with another tidbit of news: We just found out that we are going to be getting another little nephew in December (I got to watch the ultrasound last Thursday - pretty amazing!).

We hope you all have a great week & we'll be back in another week or so to update you . . .peace