Wednesday, January 6, 2010

We live in Portland!!

Well, after 3 weeks of furious activity the dust has finally settled and around us we see the city of Portland. Can't believe we are actually here. Mark asked us how we felt yesterday, and Jeff and I looked at each other and realized that it doesn't feel real. It is an odd sensation knowing that we are finally in the city that has been in our hearts for the last 6 months.
The journey out here was great, no problems at all. The only snow we hit was through the beautiful state of Idaho (which we will be back to visit!) We made it in 2 days and arrived here on Saturday night. Since then we have just been seeing the city, and building relationships with the team that is already in town.
The city is gorgeous! It feels much more mountainous that we thought, and has many beautiful secluded parts. But it also has a great diversity of neighborhoods to find everything from high end shopping to fun eclectic vintage stores and of course too many coffee shops to count!
For the rest of this month we are looking forward to both the team from Arizona and Wisconsin both visiting and arriving to stay! By the end of the month we will all be assembled together here. It really feels like part of God's plan is being revealed more and more each day, which makes it easy to trust that we will be taken care of.
So for now we just ask for your continued prayers. Pray that the launch team has safe and quick travels this month, that God will give us wisdom in this time of decision making for the church, and of course that our house will sell quickly. Thanks to all of the people who helped to get us out here, we couldn't have done it without you.