Family and Friends,
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity, but time spent visiting family and seeing friends has been a blessing. Caleb completed his time at the YMCA the last week of May, and thanks to frequent flyer miles, was able to travel to California to visit Josh his brother, Vanessa (sister in-law) , Cy our nephew who just turned two (Happy birthday CY!) and Alair’s sister Janea. He had a blast with CY, who enjoyed riding the elevator over and over at the office while waiting for dad to finish work. They had fun swimming, playing outside, and chasing eachother around the house.
While Caleb was in California, Alair was wrapping up the school year. We had one weekend to do a lot of filing, some shopping, packing, putting things in storage at Caleb’s parent’s house, and getting our international driving permits. We were blessed to have many churches pray for us over the past month including our home church. God has also added new partners in ministry who are passionate about the fatherless in Uganda.
This past week we were able to visit with Alair’s parents in Connecticut. We enjoyed a family BBQ with aunts, uncles and cousins, celebrated her dad’s Birthday, Father’s Day, Aunt Gladys’ birthday and even had a private Salsa dance lesson from Cousin Josiah and his girl friend Michelle. Fun times, but not without some frantic preparations for Uganda. We spent a day on the phone before finding a clinic that would administer travel shots still needed. Despite the frenzied activities we had a great time with the family.
We had a wonderful break yesterday as we were able to spend a nice dinner with Caleb’s mom Dianne, dad John, grandparents Wayne and Martha, and Uncle Brent. For all of this we are truly thankful.
As our departure date quickly approaches the word busy doesn’t quite describe the atmosphere. We have complete most of the things needed to leave the country and have done a lot more packing and cleaning out of the apartment.
To give you a quick update on our support level, we are currently at 65% of our monthly support and around 60% of our start up cost. Our prayer is to be at 80% by the end of our five month training at the Institute.
We want to thank all of you again for your prayers and ongoing support. We will keep you posted via e-mail and our blog as new developments occur.
Blessings,
Caleb and Alair
