HURRICANE IKE

We all stayed in our home during the hurricane. We had some friends stay with us and we pretty much stayed up the whole night. It was really loud! At times I think that the roof was lifting up off the house. We went outside on the porch during the early part of the storm. With all that went on that night, the kids slept thru it.
We came out pretty well, the fence is down, lots of shingles are gone and many tree limbs gone. No leaks and our house is intact. Our awesome neighbors let us use their generator so we didn't even lose our food.
The kids are now having a blast with the neighborhood kids. They have started an acorn collecting club. They said that they are glad we don't have electricity.
No house sell as of today. Maybe with all the house loss in the area, someone will need a new one.
We are still a go for commissioning in November. Please continue to pray for the sell of our house and for the many people who have lost their homes or loved ones during the storm.

IMB

We will be serving as career missionaries with the International Mission Board in Southern Sudan. Sorry, this info was not in the first part. I tried to add it but, I couldn't figure out how to do it without erasing everything.

Carrie

Our Journey

We are so excited to finally let everyone know how God has been working in our lives over the last few years. We have started this blog so, everyone can participate with us on our new journey.
We are moving overseas to Southern Sudan to serve with the Toposa people. We will live near Kapoeta, S. Sudan. (you can Google Earth Kapoeta, sometimes) Our job will to be church planters. We will be getting to know the people and learning the language right at first.
Right now, we are busy getting everything ready for the move. The house is now on the market and we are getting our things in order for a HUGE estate sale. We will be selling almost everything. Please pray for the house to be sold quickly! We need the house sold by October 11th in order to be commissioned in November.
Our schedule is to be commissioned on November 11th in Houston. After that, Orientation starts the end of January for 8 weeks. Once we finish orientatin, we will begin bush training in Zambia for several weeks. We met several neat couples with kids the boys ages at Canidate conference that will be attending these with us. The boys should have a blast.
We should make it home to S. Sudan around June 2009. We can't wait for this. The kids are excited to see for themselves what their new home will be like.
Shannon and I will head to S. Sudan with our church in October. This will be my first time for me to be there.
Please pray for our family, the sale of our house and for the Toposa people. We will keep you updated on all that is going on. We love ya'll and thank you for all your support.

Carrie