We're emptying our house, slowly but surely. Haven't posted anything lately, not much to say as we're both busy trying to get ready to go, but know that time is passing and we're having a lot of 'last.' Our last weekend with friends, our last contemporary choir practice. Sunday will be our last Sunday at church as we leave the following Sunday. We've been to Kentucky on a mission to Redbird Mission, then to Ohio to the sponsoring church of the Angel House Orphanage, then home, only to leave again for a weekend away with friends. We're having a family meeting tomorrow (Thursday), combined with moving the big stuff out of our house. In 10 days, August 1st, we'll be on the plane headed to Kenya. We'll fly out of Des Moines, to Amsterdam, spend a day there and head down to Nairobi, Kenya to meet up with Holly, the orphanage director.

Pam and I know that there is no way we could do this without all the support from our family, friends and church, plus our new friends at New Carlisle Church in New Carlisle, Ohio. Thank you all, Mark