Goodbye Houston

Hey team!  We are safe in the Dominican and doing good.  We set up our bank account today which took forever, but now I feel like Jason Bourne with a bank account in different countries.  :)  Haha... it's hot and the power is out per the norm.  But I agree with J in that I am ok being hot and gross if I am supposed to be.  You definitely get cooled off with those nice, breathtaking cold showers.  And isn't Aubrey thrilled.  We are staying with Pastor Rivas (the primary pastor we work with down here) until we can buy everything/get power set up to the house.  We are going shopping tomorrow for the house, but it is a holiday here so I'm not sure how much we will get done.  We got to see the house today we will be renting from Pastor Rivas which was great.  He has added some plants and they finished painting the inside.  The one thing we were not expecting was they added a THIRD floor.  These Dominicans are crazy.  (When we were here in July, they surprised us by having added a second floor and now just one month later- another one pops up.)  The house is beautiful, and it feels more like home every time I step in it.  I still did not go up to the third floor as the stairway has no railing and looks questionable to me.

Thank you all for the countless prayers today!  We felt them all day long.  Aubrey is quite the little traveler with only a few peeps from her on both flights.  (Mom and Dad did ok as well.)  Although leaving loved ones is always hard, we remain strong in the knowledge that God is leading our lives.  We are in His hands and under His guidance.  We are riding this coaster to the end, and I cannot wait to see what happens throughout our time.  Please keep the prayers coming!!

“Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition,
and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.” Mother Teresa