Wednesday, April 30, 2008

What's new with the Willies? and Where in the world are the Willies?

New with us? H is a walker! Edit that, she runs!!! She started walking sometime around April 1 (no fooling) - I know, I'm not a very good "first child" mom to not even know the exact date.

We're all done with all of our training. Derek and I are both certified to teach English as a foreign/second language. Yay!!

We've also started uploading pics to picasa web albums. It's a slow start, but we'll try to get more on there as we can. For those of you who have had us share snapfish photos with you before, this is replacing our use of snapfish (although we'll probably leave the pics on there for now, just no new ones). This allows you to check at anytime to see if we've uploaded any more, and you can still order pics that are on picasa through snapfish. But it means we don't have to send an email to you in order for you to access them. Do let us know if you have any trouble - we're just trying to find the easiest way to get pics to everyone who wants them! Here's the link: http://picasaweb.google.com/dshwilliams

Where are we? Right now, we're in Fort Myers, FL. We've sent off for our visas and begun saying our goodbyes, and hope to soon be in SE Asia. We are working on raising the support we still need to be able to move - please contact us if you're interested in helping! We're packing and doing what we can to let people know of our remaining need, and waiting for our Father to provide in His perfect timing. We're loving this time of celebration as we get a chance to reflect on all the wonderful relationships we have here in the U.S., and we're loving the anticipation of some beautiful new relationships on the other side of the world. At the same time, we're sad and full of longing for the day when "on the other side of the world" doesn't mean all the separation and grief that it means for us today. Thank God for that hope!

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