Where do we go from here?

After more discussion and prayer, and more prayer, and many requests for prayer. We were resolved to make the transition from worldly normal to Godly normal.
There is still much to do....sell the house and most of its contents, leave our jobs, say good-bye to family and friends, raise support (we'll need about 40-45K US/year), wind down my photography business, find a new place to live, buy a car(?)....the list goes on. But nevertheless we will move on.

Right now we are still asking for prayer as we take each new step.
A few key prayer needs...
1)arranging for finances....we need a church to act as a funnel for donations, this way donors can get a tax receipt.
2)supporters and partners...we cannot do this on our own and we will need ongoing prayer and financial support.
3)patience...we want to be there NOW...but first need to build a sound foundation to support our intentions.

Thank you. Paul and Mary

Only the beginning....

Where did this all start??? Tough question.

The moment of realization came a few months ago as we were driving to a wedding in the southern part of Florida. We were discussing my recent restlessness and the feeling our time in Florida was drawing to a close. Our children are adults, and two of them parents of their own brood. Twas only a matter of time before we became "empty nesters".

One daughter already lives half-way across the country and another is thinking of moving north, whilst the third is now planning her wedding for early 2008. We'd have nothing to keep us in Florida....so the discussion turned to "Where would we move?" That was Saturday morning.



Fast forward to Sunday and the ride home. The discussion took a radical turn. We went from thinking of moving to Georgia or Colorado to moving to England and volunteering as missionaries.....the seed, planted long ago, had broken through the surface.