It's been a little while since I wrote to tell you of news of our departure. That is because we were still waiting and waiting for some news ourselves. Well this past Monday we finally heard from Ecuador that our paperwork from down there is done and is now on it's way to Canada. Once we have this paperwork we can send in for our visas in Toronto. So this past week we have been finalizing the paperwork and getting all the things we need for our visas from this end. Now it's all ready to go as soon as we get the paperwork from Ecuador, hopefully on Monday or Tuesday then we can send it all in the mail. We hope that it will only take about 10 working days for the Ecuadorian Consulate to process our visas. So that now means working on deciding what to pack, what to take and what we still need to get before we leave. We hope that all of this will take us to the end of the month or the very beginning of February. And then we will be in Ecuador! So thank you all for your prayers on this and please continue to be in prayer for the processing of our visas, for the last few times to be with family and for all the preparations for packing to move to another country.
While we have been waiting, we were able to visit my side of the family during the Christmas holidays and enjoyed our time together despite almost all of us getting sick. It was great to be able to make one last trip out to say our goodbyes to my side of the family again. We of course will miss them but hopefully sometime soon they can come and visit us in Ecuador. Now we are back in Regina and will be making a few weekend trips to some of our supporters, including our send off on the 16th of January in Saskatoon at our sponsoring church. We are looking forward to the work in Ecuador but will be enjoying the last few times to be with our families and friends. I will try to write more as soon as we get our visas and we make our official flight plans. Please continue to be praying for our family and for the work that we are preparing to do in Ecuador. Especially be in prayer for the Ecuadorians whose lives will change for the better once we are there and can share God's promises in their lives. May God be praised for the work He is preparing in Ecuador.
