September Update

Today marks the day that our paperwork is officially all done....and we begin the season of transition.

We would be honored for our family, friends, and support team to continue to pray with us about these things:

1.  Pray that all of the documents that are being processed at the Spain government offices will be received with favor and processed quickly so that we can receive our Visas!

2.  We start langauge lessons today....meeting with a tutor 3-5 hours a week until we leave for the field.
 So pray over our minds...that we can begin NOW to learn and grasp the language that we must know to live and function abroad in Spain.

3.  We begin this week to downsize our belongings and prepare for the packing process.
Pray that we will have wisdom in what to take and that God will help us in every step of the packing process.  We have a 20 ft. container to pack our household in.  That is MUCH smaller than a moving truck!

4.  There are some things that will just have to be bought and replaced in Spain.  Most houses do not come with refrigerators, washing machines, or LIGHT FIXTURES! (crazy huh?)  Everything there runs on a 220 current - so we have to keep in mind what electrical appliances we have that will need to be replaced.  Please pray that God helps us find affordable items.  Prices in Spain can be very expensive!

5.  Please pray that God will give us wisdom NOW about what items we need to stock up on in packing.  It would be bad to be three months down the road and realize there are some items we really should have brought with us.  We know God can give us the direction that we need now!  :)

6.  Please continue to pray that God will go before us and prepare the right home for us.  Pray that we will find the right house, in the right neighborhood, and for the right price.  Pray that God will bless us with a kind landlord.  ;)

7.  And PLEASE pray for our team!  RIGHT NOW our team at IMM is producing a film in A*rabic.  Languages in the studio for this production have to be translated between the A*rabic speakers, Spanish actors, and English speaking crew!  Pray for God's powerful anointing on this project!  And pray for it's effectiveness at reaching the target audience!  Exciting stuff!

Update:
1.  My eyes are doing MUCH better! The inflammation is under control!  Praise God and thank you for agreeing in prayer for me!  It is such a blessing to feel like I have my eyes back!
2.  Macy is doing better in 3rd grade.  We have pinpointed where some of her learning gaps are and we are working diligently to get her caught up! Please continue to pray over her mind and her heart - that she will love learning and have a good attitude!

This is it!

After jumping through all kinds of hoops - we FINALLY have ALL of our documents for the Consulate. FBI background checks, State Department seals, Authenticated birth, marriage, and adoption certificates, doctors physicals, passport pictures, and several required documents from the Spain government offices.

Whew.

I laid all of our documents out in order today before I began the copying process.  They had to be sorted by PERSON...and then 4 copies made of EACH document for EACH person in our family.

I feel a little frazzled and crazy at this point.  And we need to be up by 5AM tomorrow to fly to Chicago.  Our meeting with the Consulate is at 12:20.

We would really appreciate the prayers of our family, friends, and support team!  We are praying for FAVOR.  And that the favor will extend to all offices that have to process our paperwork in order to issue our Visas.  And that our Visas will be granted in record time.  We have been told it could take 8+ weeks.  But we are praying for sooner!  :)