Visas are in... we're heading back!

Thank you for praying with us for our visas to enter and be in the country. We have received our passports back with 1 year visas for each of us.... but we will have to leave the country every 90 days in order for our visas to be valid. We can trust that God will use this too for his glory. It sounds really hard to my mother's heart now, but He will see us through.

As we head back, our major prayer requests are:

1) a home prepared for us in the new city. Location (near like-minded friends to work with and near the people we want to reach), size, good landlords, and cost of rent are some of the key features...

2) a helper prepared for us. We've been put in contact with a friend there who knows of believing ladies who need work and we are trusting the Lord to provide a helper who will be a good language partner and helper in the home so that we can maximize our time and our home for hospitality and evangelism.

3)a good school and local friends nearby for our kids. (Our big kids haven't spoken that language the whole time we've been in the states and we are eager to see them get back in the swing with it... a fun play environment at morning preschool and good friends to play with would be the perfect motivation for them to tune their ears and tongues back into that language again.)

4) language- for all of us! The two of us wanted to spend more time reviewing our lessons while we were in the states, but... when we get back there we'll all need some refreshers!!! The two of us will begin studying the second language we need once we get settled.