Oct. 2, 1:40 a.m.

yes! we have tickets! it's official! we are going to indo! we leave on oct. 2, 1:40 a.m. and we fly for 25 hours plus 2 stops on the way. we land in bali...angels will sing as we get off the plane!...and we get to spend a little time there before heading on to Salatiga. our field director was praying one day before he got up to speak at a church in Washington and felt he needed to talk about us taking our 3 kids...putting out the option for someone to come along side us and be our nanny...not one...but 3 people volunteered! and so Mari Yamamoto from NW Washington state will be traveling with us as well...and then when we get there, she will be our Nanny! this sounds so weird for me to say but i am grateful...since we will be in language school it will put us at a little more ease to know that the kids at least have someone who speaks their language with them. she is 21...just graduated and is looking to go on to more schooling for child psychology...let's hope this is an encouraging adventure for her! :D

we still need our visa work to go through...timing is everything!

we are still in fresno...fres=yes...and it's been good...hard but good...we have learned a lot of things to carry on in our lives and we are grateful for this time here...we are really eager to move on to the next chapter of life though...for many many reasons...one being that we can put our clothes away in their very own spot...instead of them hanging out in suitcases! another would be that we get to paint our own walls in indo! yeah! we haven't been able to do that for awhile! another is that our life just seems to have been directed there at this perfect time and we are eager to open the treasures God has for us there...eager to learn more and give more! we just feel it's going to be a rich time in our lives!

now we have to figure out how to pack 16 suitcases...cuz we are not going to crate anything. anyone have any good ideas?