T Minus 6 Months and Counting!

CLEAR! *ZAP!* It is time to revive the blog now that we are rapidly approaching our return to Bolivia.

 A quick recap: We have been back in the States the last 3.5 years while Jenna studies to become a midwife.  After our move here we have moved two more times for Jenna's placements with midwives to get hands on experience.  We now live on breathtaking Whidbey Island for her final placement.

 Hiking the bluff, one of the many amazing views around here.

I continue to work as a tobacco Quit Coach and recently reached 8,000 people coached.  I never envisioned myself in such a job but I have gained some valuable skills in helping people through addiction and it ended up being a job that worked well with Jenna's school.  I was able to get odd hours that fit with her schedule and working from home cut out commute time and permitted me to take my job with me when we had to move for her school.

Noah exploring the wharf here in Coupeville

Jenna graduates June 22 and the following Friday we hit the road for a 3 month tour around the country visiting friends, family, and churches before flying south to Bolivia (with a week long stop in Panama for the South America Mission Centennial Celebration).  Also in the trip will be about a month of cultural training in North Carolina.

Digging for yummy clams just down the road from our house

Right now we are in a rather intense period of Jenna finishing her thesis and catching babies, myself working full time, balancing family life between us, and trying to kick Bolivia preparations into full gear. We are focusing more and more on support raising in order to make our goal of being in Bolivia in 6 months.  We have also been thinning down and garage sale-ing our stuff in order to squeeze our lives into 8 suitcases.

 There it is in a nutshell!  Now that the blog is alive again you should be hear more from us on here once again.