We kind of feel we are a little bit in limbo with the move to Curacao hanging over our heads but it also makes us feel a renewed sense of gratitude for the grand opportunity it has been to be in Tobago. Why is it that we tend to take for granted the wonderful things around us until we know we won't have them anymore? That's not to say we haven't enjoyed and appreciated the beauty here but now it seems we look at our surroundings with a different lens knowing the day will come that we are no longer here.
Dave has been working on getting our two missionaries the visas they need to get on their missions. Christian will have his interview with the South African embassy tomorrow and we pray all goes through and he can be on his way. We got word that Leana's US visa may take upwards of 4 more months and her departure date is Jan. 28th. Dave was able to get it expedited and it should be available perhaps a month after her leaving on her mission to visa wait, most likely in Curacao.
We started packing things to take a load to Curacao when we go to training this coming week. We plan to pack the car up with things that need to stay in Trinidad and then take the ferry over with the car when we leave forever.....I'm hoping that isn't the case and we return someday.
Dave has spent a lot of time with the car fleet, checking on registrations, inspections and insurance. Every country has a different set of rules and processes so it's a pretty complicated endeavor.
I spent many days/hours working on the mission newsletter. I'm not the greatest at computer stuff and I'm sure there are lots of cool things that are available to do but I just do what I know how to do and hope it's alright.
There are things happening at home that we feel the desire to be there...like car accidents, surprise kitchen remodel, surgeries, grandson leaving for college, family pet dying and probably many more things that we aren't aware of, but we pray daily for our children and grandchildren and have faith that all things are being taken care of. We do feel twinges of sadness for missing things on occasion.
Knowing we are leaving soon makes us love our people even more! We hope to get out and visit all of the less active members before we go. We have been trying but not having success in finding them home.
This is NOT to make all you people in winter wish you were here. It's really not....
Part of the scenery on our walk one day
This one of the Cayman that lives in the lake at the golf course.
You can see the baby Cayman crawling on it's very upset mother's back
Dave and his bugs. We really don't see these very often
We took a walk around the lake at the golf course and counted 12 Cayman lurking around.
I guess that's not fair...it's not lurking if it's your home.
Okay...so like you still going to be there when we get there? You are, right?
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