It's Official!!!!

YAHOO!!!!  We are very excited to be able to share with you that as of today we have officially been assigned to work for the next 1 - 2 years in Battambang!

This past Monday-Wednesday we made a crazy last minute trip up to Battambang to talk with David and Doris about what the future is going to look like for all of us and also to do some house hunting (just in case we did move to Battambang).  On Wednesday morning we all came to agreement that Battambang is the place for us to be for this next phase, and we are all at peace and quite excited about it all.

We also were able to find a house to rent....which was a double blessing since it all happened SO quickly!  Unfortunately everything was so rushed that we forgot to take any pictures...so you'll have to wait on all of that.

The house is an older one and needs some work, but the landlord was agreeable to do a few things for us.  It is a cement house with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, living room, office and kitchen.  What is great is that we will only be using the front four rooms and the kitchen and then the spare bedroom and the "garage" area will be used as the CAMA Office so its a great deal for all of us.

Thanks to those of you who have prayed for this, we do now have a yard area that Aiden can run around and play in and our part of the house is only one level so we won't be having to climb up and down stairs with two kiddos.  The extra bonus is that this house sits directly across the street from David and Doris's house and is also quite close to Sharon (our Filipina teammate's) home so we will have a sense of community with our teammates which will be extremely helpful as we welcome baby #2.

An update on that situation - It looks as if Aiden and I will be traveling to Bangkok during the second week of May (need to be there by the 14th) and then Chris has been told that they will allow him to head that way on May 25th, which is 2.5 weeks ahead of the due date.  SO, pray that this baby doesn't come before the 25th!!!

Once the baby is born we will have to get him a passport and then work on his visa to get into Cambodia.  Please be praying that this part of the process goes smoothly and quickly so that we can get back to Battambang and settle into our new life there.  Pray for Aiden...there are lots of transitions coming his way and we need wisdom to know how to take care of  his needs.

Chris and I are so grateful to God for his blessing and guidance in this process.  It has been a long and at times stressful wait, and we know there are rough times ahead with transition, but we trust in God's goodness and rest in that.