Our New House
Yes, it is true we are on the move again. For the last 9 months we have been serving as the buyer/shipper for Luzon.
As you may remember we are filling in for the couple that had to go home quickly because of an accident their son had been in. Our prayer has been that God would keep us here for as long as He wants us to but still desiring to move into a tribe so we can share the Gospel with them. Well, the time has come for us to move on. We will be moving to Manila in July to start Tagalog language study. Shortly after arriving in up north we decided that God would have serve on Luzon in the future instead of Mindanao, so we will learn Tagalog. The language program lasts about 18 months. We will rent a house in Manila and go to school each day at our head office.
We are very excited about this move. It doesn’t take long to realize how much easier life here would be if we knew the language. We can get around with English but it is hard sometimes to get your point across when they don’t understand everything you are saying.
Please pray for us as this will be a big change for us. Moving from the country to the city, fresh air in exchange for smog. It is also much more expensive to live in Manila compared to in the north and even Mindanao. God has been so faithful in increasing our support so far. Pray that it will continue to increase to cover the added expense.
An Addition to the Family
God has been working all the details out for our move long before we knew that we would be starting language study this summer.
Back in November we had contacted a young girl that had once been our babysitter about coming to home school the kids for us this next school year. The plan was that it would give us more time to start language study in up north. Everything has worked out and in mid- September Bobbi Easton will be joining our family to home school the kids for us for a year. So instead of part time language study, I, Shannon will be able to be in full time language study. What a blessing she is to our family.
Praise Him that:
We will be able to start language study in July.
We are all excited about the move.
That Bobbi will be home schooling the kids for us.
For the increased support.
He worked out all the details for us to rent this house.
Prayer requests:
For adjustments to city life.
For strength, as this will be a hard 18 months of language study.
For Bobbi as she packs and gets ready to come here.
For increased support, we are currently at 60%.