"We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for You," - Colossians 1:3. As Thanksgiving approaches, we want to say how very thankful we are for each of you. We are grateful for you and for your presence in our lives.
This year we will be spending Thanksgiving with both of our families. Wednesday and Thursday will find us in Augusta and Stellaville with Joanne's family. On Friday morning we will head to Charleston and spend Friday and Saturday with Ike's family. We hope to spend time with both of our families in December also. Because we are planning to put our house up for sale in January, we will do some things differently. Since Joanne is still teaching, we are going to take full advantage of her two-week break from school during the Christmas holidays by cleaning out and giving away. Sadly, we are not going to put up our Christmas tree this year. Instead, we will go through our Christmas decorations and pack up what we will keep and give away the rest. This is actually Joanne's idea, not Ike's, as she is beginning to feel the time crunch and the seemingly massive amount of things to do.
Our preparations continue toward our departure date of mid-August 2010 for Language School - The Spanish Language Institute in San Jose, Costa Rica. We have discovered that we will need to take very little with us to Costa Rica. In fact, the less we take - the better! Anything that we bring out with us when we leave Costa Rica will be taxed. The Spanish Language Institute has a "Big Brother" program that is available to help us find a place to live and locate necessary items household items that we will need. In fact, the school has a big sale after each trimester for students who are leaving. We will let our "Big Brother" know the type items we need and he will shop for us at the sale.
We also are continuing our support raising. Currently we are at about 35% of the amount that we must raise.
We hope that you enjoy this season of Thanksgiving with friends and family!
