Since my last update, we have loaded our car and trailer into a shipping container. It is traveling across the ocean as I write this. We were glad to see the end of our road trip and escape the cramped seating arrangement we had with all of our suitcases and luggage squeezed into the car and trailer.

 Joshua was a trooper back in the back, and I think he had enough of the trip once we got to Miami.

 Our flight into Guatemala from Miami was smooth, and easy enough. Audrey was not feeling well, and had her fill of the plane shortly after boarding. 
We spent Saturday night in Guatemala city and flew home to Canilla mid morning.
Jacob was able to assist Grandpa in the airplane on the way to the house.

 The last week has been filled with unpacking, laundry, and trips into town, and lots of trips back and forth to our new house. 

We are glad to be here, and excited to start filling in where we can and watching the progress on the hospital property. Ryan has spent a few days hauling dirt and sand with his brother David's help, in preparation for pouring and mixing the concrete foundation.

Next week, we may be able to retrieve our car from the border, but we do not look forward to Ryan's travel to get there and back. We expect a two day trip, if everything goes smoothly.

We are so grateful to everyone who has shared in our journey so far, and we are looking forward to sharing pictures of the ministry, that you have helped make possible, and our new home-in-progress!

                                        Thanks for reading!!!!!  You Rock!!!!!

Fun in the sun!

Wow, what a whirl-wind of a week so far.

I have to ask Ryan several time each day, what day it is now. We left out of Marine on Sunday morning and headed to church in Highland.

We pulled out of the parking lot a little after noon Sunday, feeling very humbled and honored to be a part of the body at Family Bible Church. It was an emotional and powerful service.

We were prayed over by the entire church, then some amazing people stayed after to pray over our rig. We are so grateful to all of our very thoughtful and selfless friends in Highland, as they were able to send us off feeling charged and excited.

 

We continued to travel south, felling a little overwhelmed by the GPS, but we made great progress Monday, and were able to arrive in Florida on Tuesday.

Tuesday we were able to visit with Barry & Joan. Barry and Joan were instrumental in exposing me (KatieAnn) to a rural lifestyle and horseback riding, as wellas introducing me to Ryan.

We were so excited to see these wonderful friends of ours and play on the beach together.

The beach has been very nice, and all is very quiet.

The kids are learning the ropes, or the waves.

We are glad to be together, and I have to make a conscious effort not to tell them we are

 'going home'.

It is hard to believe we are going to be in Guatemala again in a few days, and even harder to believe we are going to be calling Canilla 'home'.

Thank you for sharing in this journey with us, and making this move possible with your support.

The next time I will write, we will be in Guatemala. Amen!