Well, it's been awhile since we have posted on the blog and I thought you all were overdue for an update! These last few weeks have been pretty busy for us as we've both been working towards completing our semesters. I (Stephen) finished up my semester of teaching at the community college last Friday, and Ginny still has one more week to go. As soon as she is done we'll be loading up the car and driving out to New Mexico where we will be staying for about three weeks. We'll be going to my sister's wedding on May 30, and also spending time visiting with our other good friends in New Mexico. And we are also looking forward to getting in some good hiking and camping!

On June 15 we will fly out to Philadelphia, and are planning on spending a couple of days with my brother and sister in law who live in Princeton, NJ. After that we will depart from Newark and fly to Kenya to begin our six month adventure abroad! We'll have about a week or so of orientation in Kenya before flying up to Doro Sudan to begin our work up there.

Our last few weeks in Indiana have been good and rewarding. We have had the opportunity to travel around the midwest and do some fun things, as well as visit with friends and family. We spent one weekend in the Chicago area, where we had the opportunity to share about Sudan at Bethany Chapel in Wheaton, which was the church that Ginny attended when she went to school there. Last weekend was spent in Cincinnati, where we visited Ginny's grandparents and also got to see Ginny's mother who was up for a few days. We went to a Cincinnati Reds game which was a lot of fun. They were playing the Chicago Cubs - here's a picture of Ginny and her mom at the ballpark:

We also went up and checked out the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore a couple of days ago, and really enjoyed spending some time hiking around. Here we are at the shore of Lake Michigan in northern Indiana:

So that's what we have been up to lately! We'd really appreciate your prayers as we continue to prepare to live abroad for six months. We really feel at peace about this, and it is amazing how God is allowing all of the pieces to fall into place for us to go. We are extremely grateful that we are at over 90% of our fundraising goal, which is especially amazing considering the short amount of time we had to raise support. Thanks to all of you for your generous support. We know that some of you can't support us financially at this time, but please know that we are still very grateful for your friendship and support of what we are doing. We certainly covet your prayers, and know that many of you will be supporting us in prayer regardless of whether you are able to give money or not.

We'll hopefully be updating here more regularly as we get ready to go, and certainly once we are settled and living in Sudan.