Hey Mama, we sold the house …
Our road to life-shaping formation of Latin American Christian leaders like Andrés & Johana Alemán (shown in their apartment, left, and with members of their church plant in a troubled settlement high above Medellín) begins in Indianapolis and passes through Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Andrés and Johana, recent graduates of the South American seminary we’re preparing to serve, are thoughtful, purposeful, gritty, and winsome Colombians who could be serving in a more comfortable environment. And now friends.
An odd exhilaration comes with speaking goodbyes to beloved people and places and migrating toward new ones. How will we fare there? Will we be warmly received or an interruption to busy lives? Will we thrive in the necessary chaos of this transition or go numb against its million pokes at normalcy?

Will the Lord be there as he has been here?

Is the One in whom we’ve trusted truly reliable?

Only time tells, though assurance sneaks in quietly meanwhile with each step, never before it, never in advance.
Leaving Indy: 13 years of life in our ‘124’, transformed by Karen into a most welcoming space. We release this gift in order to receive our Maker’s next provision of a place to thrive and serve. Thank God for U-Haul!
Then, inexplicably, people show up. Connecticut people, even. Insanely busy Northeasterners. The people with whom we’ll soon share life as we operate out of that state for half of each year.

The people of God are so often resilient, responsive, and resourceful. Even when the Celtics are on and it’s dark already, and raining, and Dave is coughing like some flu-ridden maniac.

They become fellow travelers, even when they stay as we go.
And here we are in rural Millersburg, Pennsylvania, settling into our home church’s beautifully named Haven House (on the left with all those jeans on the clothesline). The view out our back door takes in Amish farms that were once cultivated by my Pennsylvania German ancestors and are as lush and productive as ever under Amish hands.
Yup, we’ve gone and done it! Sold the house, hit the road, headed for service in Colombia where so many like Andrés and Johana await the academic challenge and loving embrace that we believe God has created us to provide.

Our support level stands at

57%

Our goal for hitting 100% is

December 31

When we hit 60%, we can register for our seven weeks of pre-field training at the Center for Intercultural Training in North Carolina (January-February).
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