Moving out!

Its moving week for us!  Our home is no longer out home...It is an empty shell of what was once our house.  Our dogs are gone-with their new owners.  We have boxes and furniture waiting to be sold around and lots of dust that needs to be cleaned up.

Saying goodbye to Xerxes

One last picture before we took Sampson to his new home

As much as I really do not enjoy this phase in moving, it brings great joy in my heart this time.  Why? you might ask.  Because it means that we are moving on with our training to be missionaries!  As much as my heart has been saddened this week with no longer being a 'dog owner', I know it is for a great cause.  As much as I dont care for the transition phase of moving- I am, for the first time in my life entering a very long phase of transitioning where I dont know when the end will be.  We will be living with family & friends until the end of August beginning in just a couple of days.  We will be in school for 3 semesters and then will be in another phase of transition as we prepare to begin our ministry with NTM.  Its very exciting for us as it happens but is a whole new world that we are stepping into, one that is requiring us to rely on the Lord for our every provision!
We are SO blessed to share that God has provided our air plane tickets from Toronto to Boise Idaho this summer!  We are shocked and amazed at the Body of Christ's willingness to come along side us and join us in support of our desire to train and serve with New Tribes.

We are preparing to have a big yard sale on June 1st as a fund raiser.  If anyone has any items that they would like to donate to the sale, we will use the funds to go towards our travel expenses this summer, and our cost of living as we transition into school.  We still need to purchase our tickets to Newfoundland and are hoping to do that this week.  We plan to visit some friends and a church there from June 19th-24th.  It is so amazing to see God work out the details as we follow His guidance and leading in our lives.
We, again, want to thank every one of you who have shown us support through the years and continue to right now!  We should have an account set up with NTM this week.  Once that happens people will be able to search our name under the 'give' option on their site and donate to either our tuition or living costs while we are at school.  If you would like more information on how you can get involved, or would like to know details on any prayer requests that we might have, please email us and we can share with you about that: mitchamandachaplin@gmail.com