30 Days to Go!!

Greetings!

30 days and counting... EEKS! As we pack up our home and experience some goodbyes, we reflect on just how blessed we have been to be here in Redding. Just this evening, we has a spontaneous potluck with some of our best friends and spent the evening contemplating everything from God-moments to role-assignments in our zombie apocalypses plans. This is what we will miss as we move to Scotland. We believe God will bless up with a new community while we are over there, but it is so nice to just have a night in with long-term friends. So thank you. Thanks for living life with us. Thank you for the laughter and the tears, for the coffee dates and the hiking excursions. We will truly miss all of you. 

Now an update on Getting to Scotland and a sneak peak on our few from Loch Tay in Scotland, Sent to us courtesy of our scottish friends Brian and Isabel. 

1. Visas: WE GOT APPROVED! Despite a bit of drama with fedex/the embassy, our Passports have been approved and should be shipped back to us soon! This is a huge weight and allows us to really plan to move.

2. Plane Tickets: WE PURCHASED THEM and we got them for a totally God blessed deal We fly out of Medford, OR on the 14th of August. Crazy right?  

3. Fundraising: We have been able to raise enough in donations to cover our tickets one-way! Thank you! We have also begun to receive donations back from the various support letters we sent out. If you have replied to our letters, THANK YOU! Please Continue to let us know if you will be praying for us and/or donating financially. We are still fundraising to be able to put away the money to purchase our tickets back to the states next year and to build up an emergency fund. 

        We have our last fundraiser this weekend. It is a good old fashion Yard Sale. Thank you to all who have donated items for sale. And for those in the area of Redding, please stop by! The Yard Sale will be located over by Enterprise Park, right off Victor. 

4. Family Camping: This Last weekend we had the privilege to go camping with Cynthia's Family and just spend some time away from the crazy with our loved ones. It was an evening filled with laughter, family bickering, majestic waterfalls and memories. Thank you Poole Family for an awesome weekend. 

Prayer Requests:

A. Work: Matthew's Safety as he goes on his last work trip and for a clean transition as we both say goodbye to our work places and co-workers.

B. Visas: That all our visas and relevant documents would return to us as a supernaturally fast rate so our mind can calm down.

C. Continues Prayers for Peace and Grace in this season of transition. Prayers for our marriage are always appreciated, that we would communicate clearly and in love. 

Thanks Everyone!

Love, 

The Shedds