We returned back home

Thanks for lending a hand

Since our last post we saw a lot of you back in the US while we were on furlough.  We were really blessed and enjoyed spending time with everybody.  We wish we could have been there longer to see even more people and spend more time with you guys, but unfortunately time just wasn't enough :(.

We returned back to Taiwan a few weeks ago and while we were on our drive home from Taipei Elliot's school called us.  They said, "Did you know that Elliot first day of school is tomorrow?".  Haha, poor Elliot, but I guess school was a good way to help him stay awake and get over jetlag.  Last year Elliot only went to school for half the day, but this year we decided to send him for the whole day.  So now he goes Monday-Friday 7:50-4:00.  He seems to be enjoying school even better than last year.  When we pick him up, he is usually in a really good mood and seems to have had a good day.  We decided to send him the whole day for a couple reasons: We wanted to allow him to get used to going all day. He will get more exposure to Chinese.  We hope he will feel better prepared for 1st grade next year.

Elliot's first day of school

While we were in the US, Taitung had the biggest typhoon hit it directly in the last 100 years!  There was a lot of damage and the Taiwan government even sent in the army to help with cleanup and rescue.  Just recently another super typhoon barely missed the southern tip of Taiwan.  The eye was a few miles off the coast, but we still experienced very strong wind and heavy rain.  Everything was okay, very little rain found its way into our house.

Soon after returning home, we discovered that our landlord put our house on the market.  Within days of finding that out, it was sold.  So now, we will need to move out of our house by December.  We are a little disappointed and overwhelmed about the upcoming move, but we trust God that He has something else prepared for us.  We are now searching for a new house to rent.

On a ministry side of things we started preparations for the September 2017 DTS here in Taitung!  We are very excited to be starting this process.  We can't wait to see everything God is going to do.  We are excited to watch Him bring more staff for the school and we can't wait to meet the students that he will bring here to learn more about Him while blessing our city with evangelism in the process!

Thats it for now. We love and miss you all.