Sunday, October 16, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Move is Finally Here
After much anticipation, we are finally moving to Miami on Thursday. As a mother only 5 weeks away from her due date, I couldn't be happier to get settled. We have enjoyed out time in St. Pete with family and getting a chance to rest, but we are excited to get back to real life. Thankfully the place we found is furnished, so the move-in process will go smoothly. We are kind of stepping out in faith than God will provide for our needs, because we are still only receiving about 30% of our support. But we are confident that this is where God is leading us, so we will trust that the support will come in time.
Thanks for your prayers!
Thanks for your prayers!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Update from Dylan
Thank God for technology and the ability to talk with people overseas. I've been able to speak to Dylan a couple times since he's been gone. He arrived to England with no problem. It's much colder there than it is here in Florida. He actually said that they were getting some of the remnant wind and rain from Hurricane Irene that hit the US a couple weeks ago. After catching up on lost sleep they started their classes on Monday. He says there's about 20 guys in the program from Western Europe. Unfortunately they are staying at a retreat center that is in the middle of no where so they don't have any internet. This has limited our interactions. The course load seems pretty heavy but he and Jutty are excited to get started. Although he's enjoying his time, he is very tired. I think just about the time he gets used to the time change it will be time for him to come back home. Thank you for your prayers, Liam and I are eager to have him home.
Dylan visiting Penny Lane
Dylan visiting Penny LaneFriday, September 9, 2011
Lots Going On
So where are the Graces and what are they doing?
First of all, we are still in St. Petersburg. We've been meeting with supporters, pursuing new support, and spending time with family. Our original plan had us moving to Miami this month and we are still working towards that. We are waiting for some financial things to fall into place so we will have enough to support living in Miami on our own. After taking a couple of trips down we have found very limited housing that fits our parameters (short term lease, furnished). There are a couple places we found that would work, but we are waiting for the go ahead. Some people have asked why we are going back to Miami and there are a couple of reasons for that. 1. So I can have the baby with my same Dr.'s in the same hospital 2. To spend time with my family before we leave 3. Dylan will be getting mentored by our pastor in Miami, learning about church planting, and helping out in our church there 4. To pursue other potential support. We anticipate that our time in Miami will be very busy and will go by faster than we know it but we think it is a good place for us to get poured into before we go overseas.
Another big thing going on is that Dylan is heading to England tomorrow. He and our friend Justin, who will be heading up Salerno City Church, are beginning a pastors college based out of England. They will be studying church planting for the next 3 years and will be doing some distance learning as well as in country classes a couple times of a year (Porterbrook Institute) . It is such a great opportunity and definitely needed for what we are trying to do in Salerno. We didn't think it would happen this soon and certainly not while we were still in the states. So this makes life a little crazy for us right now. Dylan flies out tomorrow and will return next Sunday. It may seem silly, but we've never been away from each other that long and he's never been apart from Liam that long either. It goes without saying that he will be missed.
Keep us in your prayers
First of all, we are still in St. Petersburg. We've been meeting with supporters, pursuing new support, and spending time with family. Our original plan had us moving to Miami this month and we are still working towards that. We are waiting for some financial things to fall into place so we will have enough to support living in Miami on our own. After taking a couple of trips down we have found very limited housing that fits our parameters (short term lease, furnished). There are a couple places we found that would work, but we are waiting for the go ahead. Some people have asked why we are going back to Miami and there are a couple of reasons for that. 1. So I can have the baby with my same Dr.'s in the same hospital 2. To spend time with my family before we leave 3. Dylan will be getting mentored by our pastor in Miami, learning about church planting, and helping out in our church there 4. To pursue other potential support. We anticipate that our time in Miami will be very busy and will go by faster than we know it but we think it is a good place for us to get poured into before we go overseas.
Another big thing going on is that Dylan is heading to England tomorrow. He and our friend Justin, who will be heading up Salerno City Church, are beginning a pastors college based out of England. They will be studying church planting for the next 3 years and will be doing some distance learning as well as in country classes a couple times of a year (Porterbrook Institute) . It is such a great opportunity and definitely needed for what we are trying to do in Salerno. We didn't think it would happen this soon and certainly not while we were still in the states. So this makes life a little crazy for us right now. Dylan flies out tomorrow and will return next Sunday. It may seem silly, but we've never been away from each other that long and he's never been apart from Liam that long either. It goes without saying that he will be missed.
Keep us in your prayers
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
New Blog
We just changed the format of our blog so hopefully it will be easier for us to update. You can sign up for e-mail notifications and it will send you an e-mail everytime we write a new post.
Right now we are still in St. Petersburg, meeting with supporters and trying to get our ducks in a row. We hope to be headed to Miami within the next month, but we have to wait until we have enough support coming through the new system. We are very anxious for things to get moving but we trust in God's timing. He has worked everything out so far, we just have to be patient.
We'll be working on a newsletter that will be a little more informative. I just wanted to try this blog out to make sure it was working properly.
Right now we are still in St. Petersburg, meeting with supporters and trying to get our ducks in a row. We hope to be headed to Miami within the next month, but we have to wait until we have enough support coming through the new system. We are very anxious for things to get moving but we trust in God's timing. He has worked everything out so far, we just have to be patient.
We'll be working on a newsletter that will be a little more informative. I just wanted to try this blog out to make sure it was working properly.
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