Niagara Falls, Links 2-4

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Easter Saturday
Easter Sunday

Niagara Falls, Album 1, a link.

Here is an album of our first day in Niagara Falls, Canada, where we spend Easter weekend.  I will post more as I get time!

March Madness

So far, March has been filled with flood watches/warnings, winter weather advisories, 50 degree days, flat tires, tax appointments, car appointments, spring break, reading week, and lent.  And it is only the 11th!  In like a lion, or out like a lion, I can't remember.  Let's hope it's in.  This morning we woke to a fresh blanket of snow.  Here are how the hills look, 5 months later.  Not quite as colorful, but still beautiful.  Hope you are well!

February. Update.

The word for this month in Lithuanian is similar to the word for summer.  It seems weird, but it's because February is the time when you really start noticing that there is more and more daylight each day, and for us these past couple of days in Western PA, you get some unseasonably warm weather (in the lower 60s yesterday and today! Don't worry, it's gonna go back to normal February weather in a couple of days) that reminds you that spring is right around the corner.
Today I took the blankets out of our big, beautiful, drafty living room window and let some fresh air and sunlight in. It is glorious.

We are doing well.  Spring semester is running at full speed, and we are keeping ourselves busy as usual!

Steve is currently in the midst of RA hiring for next year.  It is a busy time spent interviewing many wonderful applicants who would like to be RAs!  Steve needs to hire 9 RAs, pray that his team will come together!  Health-wise, Steve is doing well too.  He's recovered from gallbladder surgery and has been able to eat whatever he wants, though having to eat lowfat/nofat foods for awhile has certainly started some better eating habits for us both!  His knee is getting better and better, and he has been back at physical therapy to help with that.  Praise the Lord for good recoveries!

I am keeping busy with school, really liking my classes this semester, and learning A LOT.  I am taking four classes again.  An Old Testament class on the Writings, a New Testament class on the Gospels, a Systematic Theology class on Jesus, and a Church History class on the Medieval and Reformation periods.  All are courses that I need to take for my degree, which is an MA in Mission (focusing on Spiritual Formation and Catechesis).

I've been thinking a lot lately about what I would like to do with this degree.  A LOT OF STUFF!  I haven't nailed anything down yet (and I have time), but I am really interested in maybe teaching Spiritual Formation, or maybe about Christianity and Culture, or about Missions...or all of the above.  For my Old Testament class, one of our assignments will be to write out a 12-week lesson plan for an adult Bible study...I think it will be a really telling assignment for me...I hope I love it!  I can see myself enjoying curriculum (writing it...executing it...etc).
I think we will surely always be advocates for missions (and studying/living/working abroad), but not sure where or what the Lord is calling us to be/do.  We can see ourselves possibly going overseas (specifically to Europe) again, but on the same note we could also see ourselves planted in the United States, but supporting and sending and encouraging missionaries....or maybe we'll find a way to do both!  At any rate, we are planning on being in Beaver County for a while.  I still have another year of school to finish, and it is just nice to be somewhere for longer than two years!
We are so fortunate that I was able to get such an amazing scholarship this year.  We've had to pay very little money for my seminary education, which is a huge relief on our budget!  We can see how the Lord has been orchestrating this the whole year.
This past week, a classmate of mine challenged our class to try to give back to the seminary by seeing if any of our friends and family would like to donate to the scholarship fund at the school. I thought I would ask here, because I know that many who read this blog (or, who used to read this blog) are generous givers and are maybe looking for a worthwhile cause to support!  Helping people to get a seminary education so they can better minister to others is a very worthy cause!  If you are reading this blog and don't feel that you can donate anything, don't worry. We still love you, and understand.  Maybe you are already giving somewhere else, or funds are tight.  That's ok. Don't feel pressure from us.  One thing we learned while we were raising support for Lithuania is that sometimes, people just like to be asked! We trust that the Lord will provide.
Anyway, if you are intrigued by giving something, here is the link to follow:  http://www.tsm.edu/Giving
I'm also supposed to tell you that Trinity (my school) has a nonprofit tax exempt status, and is recognized as a Pennsylvania 501 (c) (3).
I have no idea what that even means, but I'm sure it's important! :)

Outside of work and school, we've also been blessed to feel like we are part of a community here, and have been active in that.  I have been blessed to be a part of a Bible study with some women who are either working at Geneva, or spouses of men who work at Geneva.  It is so nice to get together with them once a week and share our lives and study the book of Genesis!  Our church is doing a book study, and Steve is going to be a part of that when it starts next week.  We've also been blessed to find friends here who like to play games as much as we do (or maybe more).  Always fun when we can find time to have a game night on a fairly regular basis.

Anyway, that is our February update!  Thank you for reading this far.  Hope you are well, and that you come to visit us soon!





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Happy Belated New Year!!

Dear Friends and Family who still read this blog from time to time,
Happy New Year!  This blog post is a long time coming, but for good reasons.  We had a New Year's newsletter all typed up and ready to print out and send for about 3 weeks now....but haven't found the time to do any of the printing or mailing.  We were also torn because, on one hand it's really nice to send an actual letter out to people.  It's nice to hold something tangible in your hand, and also it supports sending things in the mail (so as to keep our favorite postal worker employed!).  On the other hand, it takes up a lot of time, paper, ink, stamps, address books, etc (which maybe why holding a letter in your hand is maybe more meaningful. Or, it should be).  Plus it's just so easy to post it on here and then send a link to remind people to read it.

Eventually we came to a compromise and decided that maybe we would print out a few and send them to those who would be the least likely to have the internet.  And then share the link to the blog with everyone else.  Well, time came and went, and here we are almost 3 weeks into 2011, and I'm fearing that the letter is perhaps never going to be printed.  Plus I feel like we've had enough activity in 2011 to necessitate its own newsletter!

So, without further ado, here is the text of the letter, copied and pasted as is (if it seems brief it is because I tried to fit it all onto one page...I guess that doesn't matter when it is in this format....but I digress).  Then after the letter, I'll update a bit on 2011.  The only thing that this letter won't include is our updated contact information (who knows who all reads this blog!!). If you would like our contact info, just let us know and we can give it to you :)


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(Imagine a clip art image of a cute little typewriter that has "Hanson Highlights 2010" on the paper coming out of it)

Dear Family and Friends!  Happy New Year!

As we sit and reminisce over 2010, we realize that it has been quite the year!  Very full, with lots of transitions.  We can hardly believe all this happened in one year....we are blessed!

January:  We rang in 2010 with friends in Germany.  Started our final semester working on LCC International University’s Student Life Staff.  Later on this month we chose one of the colder days to go to a sauna with friends and jump into the icy Baltic Sea.

February:  Attended the “End of Winter” celebration in Klaipeda, Lithuania.  Tested our ability to listen in Lithuanian as we watched the Winter Olympics on our Lithuanian TV. Hannah and Eva Brandes visited us, and it was a blast showing them our favorite places in Lithuania and Latvia.

March:  Spent a week in snowy Tartu, Estonia relaxing over our spring break.  The rest of March was full of many events for the inauguration of LCC’s newest president, Kyle Usrey.

April:  Took a train to Warsaw, Poland over Easter weekend.  Steve accepted a Resident Director job at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.  

May:  Attended graduation at LCC, and said many goodbyes to students and colleagues who had become our friends and family in Lithuania.  Packed up as much as we could fit in our suitcases and flew back to the States.  We arrived just in time to welcome our newest nephew Abraham to the world.

June:  Took a road trip to Pennsylvania, where Steve attended a conference and Laura started unpacking a few things in our apartment.  Went to a Twins game at Target Field. At the end of June, we packed up a moving truck and officially moved back to Beaver Falls, PA.

July: Steve began his job as Resident Director at Geneva College.  Laura worked on her application for Seminary (Trinity School for Ministry, in Ambridge, PA, a half hour away from Beaver Falls).  It was fun to unpack, being most of our things were in storage for two years while we were in Europe.  Went to a Pirates game with friends at the beautiful PNC park in Pittsburgh.

August:  Steve jumped into a busy month of RD training, RA training, and welcoming students back to campus.  Laura got accepted to Seminary with a scholarship, and took a part time job at a local coffee shop (Beaver Falls Coffee & Tea).

September: Got into our routines with jobs and school.  Found time to go to a couple of Twins games in Cleveland.  Steve ruptured his ACL playing intramural football with students and coworkers.

October:  Flew to Chicago for the wedding of Steve’s brother Bjorn and our newest sister Aly.

November: Steve had surgery on his knee to replace his ACL.  We celebrated Thanksgiving with friends here in Beaver Falls.

December: Steve continues his physical therapy and recovery for his knee.  We were blessed to be able to be with our family for Christmas in Minnesota and Iowa.  Steve found out that he will need to have his gallbladder removed in January, and Laura is looking forward to some time off before school starts again.

Hope this letter finds you well!  Here’s to a wonderful, adventurous 2011!

Love,

Steve and Laura

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So far 2011 has been quite the adventure!  Steve had a busy time right off the bat with welcoming students back to campus and beginning of the semester RA training.  I have been working some, reading for fun some, and learning how to sew (one of my goals for 2011)...and just today bought some textbooks for the classes that will start next week!  Aside from that, we had just recently learned that Steve would need to have his gallbladder removed (as mentioned in the newsletter...at the time of writing, I don't think we knew a date yet). So anyway, we made an appointment for Steve's surgery, and then worked on removing fat from his diet (nothing like a New Year's resolution that you have to do!).   This past Thursday (the 13th) we went in the morning and by that afternoon, he was gallbladder free and we went home.  Recovery was going well, we thought.  He was eating a healthier diet, resting, and even able to get in a couple of walks over to school, etc.

Then on Monday night at dinner, it suddenly seemed like he was having another gallbladder attack.  If you've been skimming up until now, you may need a reminder that he no longer has a gallbladder.  At first we were just going to wait it out, but it wasn't seeming to get any better (worse, in fact, but I'll spare you the gory details)...so I drove him to the ER.  I should mention that we were expecting to go to the grocery store after we were done at the ER, because our friends Dan and Tina were on their way to see us and were going to arrive late that night (also this shows just how (not) long we were expecting to be there).

Anyway, they did an ultrasound to see if they could see anything (maybe a gallstone was left behind and causing trouble?)....couldn't see anything.  So they decided that they would keep him overnight and run another test in the morning (plus if he had more pain in the night, the hospital would be able to do more than we would at home).  By the time we got admitted into a room (Monday was a busy night, so the only beds available were in pediatrics...fun little trivia), it was quite late.  I already was resigned to the fact that we wouldn't get our errands run, and that was ok.  By this time I was more concerned about being there by the time Dan and Tina arrived (and that Steve would be ok, of course!).  So at 12:30am I said goodnight to Steve and went home to meet our guests (I had 15 minutes to spare when I got home!).  They had driven all day from Minnesota, and so we visited for a little bit, but soon we all went to bed.  

The next morning, we got up and drove to the hospital to see if the new scan they had run had found anything.  The scan didn't reveal anything, so they decided that an MRI was needed.  Looong story short, we spent a lot of time waiting around, and Steve didn't get his MRI until yesterday evening.  So they kept him another night (his pain had subsided by this time), much to our surprise!  Making the best of the situation (we had thought about bringing our guests to Pittsburgh), we brought some board games to the hospital, pushed a couple of tables together and spent the evening playing games in Steve's room.  We found out later that the roads in Pittsburgh were so icy that they were on the news in MN, so maybe it was good that we didn't end up going to Pittsburgh.  No icy roads here though, thankfully, as we drove to and from the hospital a few times. 

ANYWAY, early this morning, Wednesday, Steve said that the MRI came back negative, and they were going to feed him and send him home.  After some more waiting around (we both ended up eating there), and getting one more test (drew some more blood), they sent us home.  The only thing out of the ordinary from the blood work is that he has "elevated liver enzymes."  So maybe we'll learn more about what that means more specifically.  We're home now, Steve's taking it easy.  Not allowed to do heavy lifting or eat anything fun ("a diet of soft, nonfat food").  Hopefully it was just a gallstone that was left behind and wreaked some havoc before it passed.  Anyway, we're just going to take it as an opportunity for both of us to start having healthier diets and paying attention to what we eat.  Never too late to start good eating and dietary habits.

Thank you for reading this far!  Our guests are here, and since we are not in the hospital anymore, I think we will try to think of something fun to do (that doesn't require heavy lifting and eating fattening food). :)

Next year's newsletter will probably read something like this:

January 2011:  Steve got his gallbladder removed; spent a couple days at the hospital.  Dan and Tina came to visit.

Blessings! 

Some pictures of Autumn that I took yesterday.

The hills on the other side of the Beaver River

On Geneva's Campus

The best view on campus?

Trying to entice you to come visit us

Isn't it beautiful?

First day of school, for Laura

Hi everyone,
Happy September!  We are doing well.  Steve is done with his busy month of August (still busy, but now with things that will be more regular with the school year).  School at Geneva has started, students are all moved in...the campus is alive with students.  The first week of school is over, and the school year is rolling.  We are getting used to eating in the cafeteria...a big change from the past few years of cooking for ourselves everything from scratch.  I can tell you that both have their pros and cons, and we are glad for the ways that the Lord provides for us.  We're still figuring out how to best go grocery shopping, so that we don't waste too much food (now that we eat a lot of our meals at school, we don't need to buy as much...but we still need to buy some (for those times we would like to cook for ourselves :)
Anyway.  No complaints here.
In other news, I had my first day of classes today!  My class days will be really long, but I scheduled them that way so that I wouldn't have to drive to school too many days a week.  So on Monday and Tuesdays, I will be there from 8:30 in the morning until 5pm.  It takes a solid half hour to drive there, so that makes for a long day!  Two classes each day.  Today I had Early Church, which I think will be interesting and challenging.  I'm not much of a historian, but I see the necessity of it.  And it's interesting.  I just have a hard enough time with the names of the last 100 people I just met, much less the names of all the church fathers and which centuries they lived in.  Time to make some flash cards!! :)
In the afternoon I am in part one of three of a systematic theology course.  This semester we are studying God the Father (the next two classes are about Jesus and the Holy Spirit).  I think this class will tie together what I'm studying in the other classes.  I enjoyed it today.  Plus the instructor has a British accent, so he's really easy to listen to!
One thing that is taking some getting used to for me is the chapel times (called morning and evening prayers).  They are every day, in the morning before classes start, and then after the afternoon classes are over.  We are strongly encouraged to go.  The school comes from the Anglican tradition, which I am still very awkward at.  I have not quite gotten the hang of the prayer book, and knowing where we are in it.  But I'm slowly catching on.  It is very liturgical, which is sort of new for me.  I like that a lot of what we are reading together is Scripture or based in Scripture.  We read a lot of Scripture together!  I still haven't caught on to the order of the service, but I'll get there eventually.  Who would've thought that the most difficult part of seminary so far has been chapel?!  My heart is very full.  I have a week until my next classes, which will be a good way to ease into it, I think.
Not much else is new.  I'm enjoying the job at the coffee shop.  Catching on a little faster there than I am to Anglicanism, but still lots to learn and practice.  I will be there just a tad over 20 hours a week.  It is estimated that we should study 6 hours a week for each class.  So I will apparently be studying about 24 hours a week outside the classroom.  Busy busy!
Hope you are well!
Blessings,
Laura and Steve

News from both our worlds

Here is an article from our local paper that talks about both the college and the coffee shop.

Praises and Pictures

Hi Everyone,
Today I got a letter in the mail that said I would receive a scholarship that will cover my tuition for this school year!  Wow!  That is a total praise.  God must have some good things in store, for opening all the doors to this school!
And, as promised:
Here are some pictures of our apartment.
Hope everyone is well,
Laura

PS....Steve just got done with 2 weeks of RD training, and this weekend, all the RAs come back and will start training on Monday.  The month of August is/will be so busy!  But filled with all good things.

A brief update

Hi everyone!

We have been in Beaver Falls now for a little over a month, and we have been keeping quite busy!  Steve is currently at a conference (has been since yesterday, and will be until tomorrow), and I am home trying to motivate myself to clean up the place a little bit, so I can take pictures of it for you to see.  Since the beginning of August (which seems like ages ago already), Steve and all of the RDs (9 of them total) have been going through RD training (a time of getting ready and team building).  Already we've felt very welcomed here and have been able to find many opportunities for community (praise!).  I have been keeping plenty busy trying to solidify my plans for the fall, which are starting to really come together! 
1.  I accepted a job at the local coffee shop, and will start on the 18th.  I am super excited to get to work here!  It is a great coffee shop, I like the people there, and it is within walking/biking distance from our apt.  Win-win-win! Plus, it will be a great way to feel connected to the Geneva/Beaver Falls community.
2.  As of this week, I am officially accepted to the local seminary...orientation starts on September 1st, and classes on the 7th.  I am super excited about this too!  It is not as local as the coffee shop, as I will have to drive or ride the bus there, but it is still in Beaver County (where we also are).  This afternoon, I worked on figuring out which classes to take and registering for them.  I am a little nervous because I will be having some early mornings in there, but I will hopefully survive. We might need to get another bookshelf for all the textbooks I will need! ;)  No, I'm excited and thrilled for this opportunity (I withdrew from North Park as a result, not because I don't like North Park, but because I found out that I prefer classroom learning to online learning).  It is my goal to earn a MA in Mission by the end of 2 years.

Here are the classes that I signed up for, in case you're interested. Should be a busy semester!

1. Intro to Biblical Languages & Interpretation

2. Early Church

3. God the Father, The Creator

4. Intro to World Mission

That's all for now.  I have been privileged to be getting to know some of the other RD wives who are also doing a lot of hanging out this week while their husbands are at training.  It is good that we can keep each other company.

Hope you are well!
Laura

PS....I will try try try to get some pictures up soon.  Now that I am registered for classes and have my scholarship/financial aid applications filled out and sent, I can feel more free to focus on posting pictures.

Running for the Johnsons...A Photo Story

In honor of our good friends, Erik and Becky Johnson, who we served with this past year at LCC and who are returning to Klaipeda in a few days for another year, we dedicate this blog post.

As part of their support raising Erik and Becky are hosting the "Farmer Boy 5K" run at Becky's parents' farm on Saturday, July 24th. Laura and I would love to be there to support them, but we are in PA and it is a long drive back to MN. So, instead, we held our own version of the "Farmer Boy 5K" and captured our experience in a photo story. Enjoy.

The run begins.

Stretching before the big race. It is hot out. We don't want to strain anything.

Getting all limbered up. We haven't run this far, this fast since we were trying to catch the train to Warsaw at Easter break.

The moment of truth. Who will be the victor? It looks as though Laura already has a slight lead and we haven't even started.

And they're off! It is neck and neck out of the gates. This looks like it's going to be quite the contest today.

And then it happened...I...got...tired...where...is...Laura...?

She's going the distance. She's going for speed.

Chinese food before the race was a bad choice. Let's just skip to the rest of the race. (Please recycle.)

What up? Look who's faster now!

A not so photo finish!

The "official" first place finisher of the Farmer Boy 5k - 2010!

We love you Erik and Becky. We are praying for you as you return to LCC and serve some amazing students. You are a blessing to us and we pray that we can return the blessing to you. Safe travels.

If any of our family and friends would like to support Erik and Becky this year you can donate to them as you did for us by visiting www.lcc.lt.

Busy Summer!

Hi Everyone,
It has been a wonderful whirlwind of seeing many wonderful, familiar faces since we've been back in the states!  Time is moving quickly, and we have less than a week before we pack up and move to Pennsylvania (again!). We plan to load up the moving truck on Sunday, and then head out early Monday morning.  Steve starts on July first!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer so far!
Laura

The blog continues...

Hi everyone,
We've decided that even though we will not be half a world away, it would still be good to keep a blog of things that we are up to in all of our other adventures.
Our next adventure will start either tomorrow or the next day, when we road-trip out to Pennsylvania so that Steve can attend a conference and I can start unpacking some things in our apartment.
We will then come back to MN (maybe fly, and then leave our car behind to make driving the moving truck later on this month more easy?) for a couple of weeks, and then officially move out to Beaver Falls at the end of the month.
Exciting times ahead!
Blessings, and Happy Memorial Day,
Laura

home!

Just wanted to let you know that we made it back safely and smoothly! Thank you for your prayers.

We are enjoying spending time with our family and eating american food and having a different schedule and driving a car...etc

We have experienced a little culture shock at the grocery store, but overall have not been back long enough yet to have really experienced reverse culture shock, but I'm sure there will be some!

Hope to see a lot of you this summer or soon!

as days go by

We're coming home soon!

Pray for us as we pack up and say our goodbyes (or, as I like to say, "see you agains").
Pray for safe and smooth travels:
We leave here on Wednesday at 8am, and will arrive in MSP airport at around 11/11:3pm-ish. A long day, considering it will last about 24 solid hours. Oh well, we've been staying up plenty late, and it should help us to quickly recover from jetlag (although plan to use jetlag as an excuse for everything during our first week back).

See you soon! Thank you for your prayers and support these past two years. The adventure would not have been so great without you.

Congratulations LCC class of 2010!

Saturday (the 1st) was graduation. It was a great day. One highlight was the speaker at graduation: The former president of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus.

Our student life staff retreat at the sea

Last Monday we had a retreat with the student life staff (and spouses/kids). We just went to the sea, grilled food, and hung out. It was a very relaxing way to start a hectic week.
Here is a link to some of those pictures.

The sun has been staying out until almost 10pm. One of the perks of enduring through a dark winter is the equally massive amount of daylight you get in the spring/summer!

12 more days

Hi Everyone,
We are in the midst of a busy time here, and I have found a moment to blog about it.
This week has been pretty insane. In addition to working all day, we've had full evenings every night this week (tonight will be full as well). We've been getting in a lot of visiting with people/eating one last meal together time in. It has been a good week for eating food with people, and receiving flowers!
Tomorrow morning is Baccalaureate, and the tomorrow afternoon is Graduation.
On Sunday, students will be checking out of the dorms, and then in the afternoon, both dorms will be locked down for about 4 hours, so that the RDs and RAs can inspect each room.
THEN, you'd think that we could all relax, but that is not how it works here! Sunday evening is when students who are staying for a whole variety of different reasons get to check back into the residence halls. (some are staying for classes, others are staying to reapply for their temporary residency permits, and others are staying to wait for their diploma...which is something that if I were to try to explain why they have to stay here to wait for a diploma, it would take another separate post...and there are a couple of groups of study abroad students that are coming in to study for the month of May) Busy busy.
Steve and the rest of the Res Life staff have also been working on something called "Phase 2" which is basically something that allows people to donate all the things that they don't want to pack and take with them...but are still too nice to throw away. Anyone (including myself) has been welcome to donate their things up until Monday or Tuesday of next week. Then the RDs and RAs will sort through it all and donate it to a women's shelter or Salvation Army or somewhere else that needs it.

Sometime in here we will try to pack everything up and head home! We are still wondering how we are going to select what comes home with us, and what stays behind. I'm thinking it will be a lot of mugs and magnets that we've picked up along the way as souvenirs...and leave a bunch of replaceable clothing behind (besides...someone could use the clothing!). Also next week, we will be working on manuals to leave behind for the people that have to do our jobs next year....and then we will be done!

Ok. Back to work. See you soon!

News News News!

Where to start? Well it is the end of the year. Today was the last full day of classes, and next week students will take their final exams. We had our end of the year assembly and BBQ. Things are busy as we're trying to finish well, and get everything done before we go. Sometimes I wonder how it will all get done. But it will, miraculously!
Ok, on to the news!
We are excited to announce that Steve has accepted a position as a full-time RD (resident director) at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA! We are very excited about it, and think it will be great to be back in Pennsylvania. Steve applied to a few different schools, and through prayer, and thought, and other doors being closed...we feel a peace about moving back to BF. And it is also so nice to know where we will be next year! We requested a July 1st start date, so that we will have a chance to re-acclimate ourselves to the United States and spend time with people before we move again.
Our time is winding down here in Lithuania. We will fly out on the afternoon of May 12th, and arrive in MN on the evening of the 12th (total travel time will be about 24-25 hours though!)...and after a day of sleeping on the 13th, there are so many people to see, and so many things to do!
Once we get to Pennsylvania, I will hopefully take a full load of classes....I'm thinking I might apply to a seminary that is pretty close (about 20 minutes I think) to BF. I'm not against North Park, and I will continue to take some courses online if the other seminary doesn't work out, but I think it will be so nice to take classes in person versus online. So that is what I will be working on...that and get a part-time job somewhere.
So, we will share more details hopefully in person, but for now know that the apartment we will be in in BF will have a spare bedroom....so please please please consider yourself invited to come visit us!
Blessings!

PS....we found out some information about our fund-raising. We are doing really well, and only need a little more to go. If you feel so led to help us out on the home stretch, please scroll down to the bottom for more information on how to give financially. We have been so blessed and thankful for all the support these past two years. It is overwhelming (in a good way) to know that so many people are invested into this ministry in Lithuania.