Sunday, December 2, 2012

November 2012 - Transitions

November was a month of transitions.  We said our temporary goodbyes in Ecuador...

to some of the leaders of our church in Primero de Mayo...

to one of the teens, Michelle, with whom Susie enjoyed mentoring/studying the Bible and English...

to some great friends from Cayambe - Edwin, Yoly and their family...




and to our great friends/former neighbors who now live in Ibarra.


In the midst of the goodbyes we packed our things. On our moving day, a wonderful group from our church arrived to help us plastify/protect our things and move them to our mission's free storage area in Pifo, Ecuador.  We were and are SO thankful for their help!

Dayana and Gissela...
Reina, Rosa and Patty work while Gissela takes a workbreak with the kids...
David, Luis and Orlando...
Salvador...beginning to descend and then ascend the four flights of stairs...it was SUCH a sacrifice of love for all who offered to help us move!!!
Three trucks were packed to the gills, Brenda brought the kids to her house for lunch and fun, and David, Orlando and Glenn drove those who were still able to help...  
to our mission's storage area in Pifo...where we had to rearrange the load to enter the gate...
and then drive to the storage area!

Finally, we unloaded the trucks and stacked our belongings in the storage area.
After all of the work - we enjoyed an AMAZING meal together to thank our wonderful friends!  Fritadas and friends - a perfect combination! 
After showers it was time to say our goodbyes at youth group....

We love these teens!  What a blessing they have been in our lives!
What a joy it has been to watch God at work in SO many of the teens' lives!  We were able to be there for Marlon's first time teaching the youth (he's in green) - he did a great job!
Then Glenn said goodbye to the men of the church....
and blessed them with the fishing pole gifts the CFC team had left for them!

We made the temporary move to Plant City, Florida, but were blessed by being able to get together with our Cayambe/church friends, Werner and Monserrat, IN Florida, after their honeymoon!

Glenn, Susie, Werner and Monsy in Orlando together!
Now, as we transition to life in Florida, we see God's hand in moving us here, and we know we are where God wants us for now...

bringing help and joy to his parents...
brings Glenn and I much joy.

 Susie also had the joy of using her last free ticket (from May 2012) to visit our son, Josh, and Susie's sister, Gail, and family for Thanksgiving, and for Gail's birthday....

Josh, Susie, Gail....Lauren Kevin, Jeff
Susie also got to visit the Cunampio's!
Transitions are hard...but our God is good.  We have MUCH to be thankful for!  Thank you for walking this journey with us!  The story of God's work in and through us continues next month....!