We have a launch date!

It has been a while since our last post and if you have actually been looking for something new here I say "lo siento". From the multitude of comments that I find here I doubt that many people are actually checking this out. But for those of you who are we say "gracias por su interes en nosotros y el ministerio de Chiloe Island Mission."
We are excited to announce that we are scheduled to leave for Chile on November 8th. Just last night (Sunday the 30th) the church voted to release us to the field. Now the pressure is on to get a lot of things ready in a not-so-spacious time frame. However we trust in the Lord for what He has for us and the ministry. Please pray for us and the many decisions that need to be made and the many, many things that we will need to accomplish over the next five weeks. May the Lord be glorified in and through our lives.
One of the things that we had been prayerfully considering was someone to help us with the kids once we get back to the island. Well, the Lord has provided a young lady from our local church (her name is Kristina, please pray for her) to come along with us and be sort of a big sister to our children and help Ruth out as needed. She will not be an employee, she will be a member of our family. Please pray that the Lord would knit our hearts together and that we would seek to glorify the Lord as we serve Him together.
In the next couple of days I hope to get some new pictures up. I have misplaced my "cable-from-camera-to computer" and without that I cannot upload any new pictures. I hope to find that cable soon. (obviously)
Thanks again for your interest in and support of Chiloe Island Mission and Iglesia Bautista Gracia. (Grace Baptist Church) We anticipate the Lord doing great things in and through our lives. May we never forget how great and mighty our God is and that He alone is worthy of all honor and praise!
Grace to you all,
Daniel