Hello everyone!

Hey there all! We finally after ten months got internet at the house, slower than dial up and only works 1/3 of the time but PRAISE GOD, we are able to check email and send them also. Everything is good here just preparing for the move, I know some were expecting us home a few months ago... but that is the way the Lord works.. in mysterious ways. As most of you that follow we will be moving on August 23 to Northern Thailand to continue our training, we will be with Pastor Eric who has been in country with his wife and two children for about six years. We will be living in the beautiful house pictured below, God is so good to us. This is a bittersweet time for us as we prepare to leave so many friends we have grown so close to yet we are finally able to continue in the call of the Lord, working in Thailand. Today we (Sarah and Ati Jomarie) washed the suitcases and backpacks so we can begin to pack the items we will not need for the next twelve days, books, hygiene, and many other misc. items. Praise the Lord we have 8 75lb suitcases we are able to take on the trip, I just hope all of our stuff fits in the allotted space. We are very excited to continue on this journey we have embarked, and are so thankful to our leadership, both at CCVV and U-turn for Christ, for their obedience to the Lord in making us come here. It has been a wonderful time of trial and growth, not only for myself (Joe) but for the whole family. As you can probably tell from the new family photo the kids have grown, incredibly so, in the last few months. All about a head taller! As we continue to prepare and as you feel the leading of the Lord please pray that each step of the journey we will be obedient and flexable, that seems to be the hardest part for us, we want things one way, God wants them another. Not only that but that we would stay focused on what He is trying to do in and through us and that we would never lose sight of that. God has placed a calling, direction and good works for us, let us walk in them, remembering the one who gave it all for us. We are just so blessed now just as we were when we left the states to see how the Lord has touched lives through us, things we never would have seen that have been revealed as encouragement to continue on. Bless each and everyone of you who remember to pray for us, Lord knows we need all the prayers we can get. Lord Bless you and Keep you.