GOING....Going...

Wow! only 1 week until we leave. We are grateful and humbled by all of our friends & family that have supported us financially, prayerfully, and with encouragement and love. I(Sheryl) stopped working December 30, 2011, and thought, wow! I have more than a month to get ready, but here we are just one week before, and well.....not quite there, BUT...we have got to hang out with so many of our friends and family, and if we missed you we will be back in just 3 short months for our 2 guys getting married this summer, and maybe we can get together then
OR....
You can join us this Saturday from 6-9 for a going away party that our kids are giving for us. Everyone's invited!  It will be at
Clark Communications(our daughters work)
131 So. Division
Use front or back door - free parking by meters on Sat.
or use the parking ramp at Cherry and Commerce.
                           

Passion Riders

Passion Riders(our team name) Riding with passion for the oppressed. We rode Saturday Oct. 1 in the Ride for Refuge Bike Marathon in Grand Rapids.We raised $500.00 for the event put on by International Teams. This event raises awareness of the oppressed around the world. Thanks to those of you who sponsored us.

Guinea Pigs?

"I thought you were already gone." This is a question/statement that we hear often lately, and it is a legitimate one!

So here is a brief update. We spent the first two weeks of August at International Teams(I-teams) in Elgin, IL completing our final phase of training. During that time we were reminded that we are pioneers to the region that we will be serving in. There is not a team already established, we will be the first. So like Scott(our boss) said to us, "Do you remember that I told you when you took this assignment, that you were guinea pigs?" To which Randy replied, "As long as we are not Ecuadorian guinea pigs" (They roast and eat them)

Being first into a country makes things a little more difficult. There have been some setbacks, but we are reminding ourselves that we are on the best time table- God's. We will get there and the timing will be right!  Meanwhile, it looks like Randy will be traveling there the second week of December with Scott, and then we will leave sometime in February. So one of the benefits is that we will be home for Christmas!! Yeah!!

Off we go again

We are leaving tomorrow afternoon for Elgin, Illinois for 2 weeks of language training! Not a particular language, just HOW to learn a language.
Wondering if you can teach these old dogs (mainly Randy) new tricks :)

Hope you're having a great weekend!

R & S