Hope. What is hope? Hope gives a person life. Hope is what keeps a person going in the midst of difficulty. Why do we hope? We long for some dream to be fulfilled. We look forward to better things. To have no hope is to give up. But what happens when you hope and then your hopes are crashed? Proverbs gives me the answer, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick." That's what our family has been dealing with this week. We've had such a roller coaster of emotions as Lorne, Regina, & Nevin returned to Indiana and the youngest 3 children and I have stayed behind in MX waiting for Tania's visa. The separation is very difficult for all of us, but we felt like it was the plan that God was showing us that He had for us at this time. Thank God, He gives us a greater hope over and above our circumstances. He gives us the hope that only Jesus gives us and that gives us a reason to go on.  We could dwell on the why's but that gives us nothing. So we choose to look to Him for strength for each minute and continue to pray that He would provide an open door so that our family can together return home to Indiana.

We are waiting right now for the MX passport, which we were scheduled to pick up last Wed. but then, like normal in MX, there were delays and so hopefully in a week or so we will have the passport and then can move ahead with the visa appt. God has been doing amazing things with the green card process and so we continue to place it in His hands and trust that all in His time will be completed.

January was quite full with preparations for the move to Indiana. Dentist, eye dr., & orthodontist final visits and bringing closure to all the things that were our life here for more than three years. The pottery load was completed and shipped. Farewells for our family, but of course only some are going.
So, we continue on... We know not what the future holds, but we trust the God who does and we wait for Him. We thank you for your continued prayers on our behalf!