Headed north for the winter!

So, we are headed North for the winter...Somewhere around Tuxedo/Warwick,NY to be exact. It's a small town about 45 minutes north of New York City, NY. Lack of rooming is a bit of an issue at the building project...so we are bringing our own rooming. That's right everyone! Right now we are on the market for an RV. Let the adventure begin! We are both super excited! Looks like we will be leaving in two weeks to visit my dad in Florida, and then my mom in South Carolina, and then head up, arriving in New York around November 1st. Just in time for cold to set in...

We will let you all know how the hunt for a home on wheels goes!

While I'm writing I thought I would include a picture of the couple who really encouraged us to do more in our service, to regular pioneer together, and to think about things like moving to another country, or learning another language. They are an amazing example of sacrifice, and two people who are always looking to do more...even after they reach a goal, they just set another one. They just got back from being in Ecuador for 9 months and we are loving getting to spend some time with them. We will always be grateful to them for their friendship and we can't wait to see what the future holds for them. :)

Goodbye :(

We can't say thank you enough to Gregg's family for the going away party they had for us.  They put so much time and effort into getting so many people that we love and care about all together in one big room before we had to leave.  Every day me and Gregg are getting more and more excited about the move to NY, and hoping and praying that we hear something about our applications.  We are moving with a lot of "unknowns", but we just keep reciting Matt. 6:33 over and over in our heads and we know that everything is going to work out just fine as long as we put Jehovah first.  The best part is that we get to do this together :)

 

 Here are some pictures from the party:  

 

 

Gregg's parents and us. Love them!

 

Gregg's sister Renee, husband Virgil, and our nephew Ethan.

 

Jess and my nephew Connor.

Sisters and mom :)

Love these two gorgeous ladies!

 

Adorable kids!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where are we going?

That has been the question on our minds for the past 4 months. Many prayers and many conversations with family and close friends have surrounded this topic.

Are we moving to Ecuador? Will we need to learn a new language? Will we get our visa's in time? Or are we moving to New York? and doing construction on the new world headquarters? Two totally different directions. Two totally different courses of action that need to be taken to get there...not to mention two TOTALLY different wardrobes! but in the end, the final destination is pretty much the same...doing our all to serve Jehovah. And embarking on an exciting new chapter in our lives at the same time! So honestly, we decided a long time ago that we would truly be happy no matter where we ended up.

In the beginning of the year, we were certain that our plan was to move to Ecuador. By May, we wern't so sure. All this talk about the construction project in Tuxedo, and Warwick, NY sounded exciting and right up our alley. We needed to check this option out too. So we went up to NY in July with the RBC and volunteered for a few weeks, and loved it! We put in our Bethel application and it has been a bit of a waiting game since then.

My (Sarah's) last day at work is September 30th, and so our plan was to leave shortly thereafter...but...as of the 17th we still hadn't heard anything from Bethel...so it was looking more and more like we were moving to Ecuador. But something was telling us not to give up on NY yet. So, Gregg called a brother he met while volunteering, that is an overseer over the project and got to ask him some questions about the application process, what type of applications are being accepted right now, the housing situation, etc. Basically we got the answers we needed to make a decision one way or the other.

So...we do in fact know where we are moving now!!!! There are still some technical things to work out, but Jehovah never fails to amaze me with how things just fall into place at the right time, so I have no doubt that they will in this instance too. We don't have an exact moving date yet, but we will keep you all posted.