On being sent out...

This past weekend was the last service at our home church, Radiant. Over the course of two days, we had six send-offs (in six services). This experience gave us new appreciation for Pastor Lee and the staff that each week go through the six-service routine. Wow... hats off! Going to lunch with the pastoral staff afterwards was a wonderful treat, even more so since it was Pastor Lee's treat!

So, now that we've been officially 'commissioned' to go, we're in the final home stretch. This week will perhaps go so slow that we wish we could just go NOW, and at the same so very fast that we wished we had more time.

On a praise note, we finally found a short term furnished apartment we will be renting for the first month in Bucharest - at the price of 800Euros (approx $1040). We had hoped to not have to pay that much, but we figured out we'd much rather pay a little more in the beginning so we can take our time to look around for a long-term rent without feeling stressed.

Praying for us this week:

• to be able to sell our minivan ('96 Mercury Villager)
• to successfully say good bye to all of our friends and relatives
• for a safe journey to Romania!

Peace!

-C