On the countdown

So, as of right now, we have 11 days left in Wellington before we start the journey to Osaka.

We leave Wellington on 3 July, then spend a weeks with each of our families, before we fly on 20 July.

So yeah, its almost all go! We've started packing up the house, one load has gone over to Masterton already.

We've handed over the life group that Abbie and I have been leading. It's been a real blessing to us and we've now been blessed with some great leaders to take over from us. It is a very good thing to have fellowship with believers. We're guna miss our life group heaps, but are looking forward to fellowship in Japan.

Our preparation is going well. Abbie is still at work and doing well. I'm finished work, so am full time house husband with to do lists that seem to extend once I'm nearing the end. It's been a blessing to have this time to prepare. I (with no previous experience) have been teaching myself as much Japanese as possible, Abbie has been refreshing herself in her role as my tutor. Language learning is a big focus for us, so prayers for fast learning are very helpful.

Some one from life group asked what the most helpful thing she could to was, in terms of preparation. I said two things, financial support and prayer. Prayer is so what we need now, prayer for lots of stuff, prayer for quick learning of the language, understanding of the culture, a place to live once we are there, prayer for jobs that connect us to the culture and prayer for strong relationships to be established when we are there. One thing we know and trust is that prayer works, so we'd love for you to lend us your prayers.

We've giving a presentation on what we'll be doing on 3 July at our church's Mission Possible lunch. So if you wanna know some more or hear it from us in person. Get in contact and we'll give you full details.

Appreciate you guys joining with us.

Tim