Can you believe it, we are only a few days away from leaving for Africa? Julie and I have been preparing for what seems like a long time and we can't believe the time has come to begin our journey. This past month has been full of excitement, anticipation, prayer, lots of visits with family and friends, and TONS of packing! As of today, Julie and I have all of our worldly possessions in our new storage unit! We actually have some walking room in there. All I have to say is thank you craigslist for slimming down our amount of stuff!
As of tonight, we will pretty much be spending our weekend with our air mattress, some food, and suitcases. Now, all we have to do is pack our suitcases! We are hoping to go for a hike tomorrow after we are all set for our journey. One last day to reflect on the months ahead. On Sunday, we will be going to Riverbend Church in the morning and then driving out towards my hometown to have lunch with my family to celebrate our departure and my 30th birthday! From there we will be saying goodbye to my family, and making our way to northern Jersey to spend the night with Julie's family. Monday morning we will be spending with our awesome friends (and chauffeurs to our orientation) Kara and Bryan! And finally, by Monday afternoon we will begin our orientation at AIM's headquarters in New York. We will be flying out Wednesday night and will be arriving in Namibia on Friday.
From Monday on we will no longer have our cell phones and we are saying goodbye to our Verizon contract and the bill too! If you would like to keep in touch with us other than our blog, you can email us at either mmoyer80@gmail.com or juliepurkiss@gmail.com. We hope to have some sort of phone capabilities in Namibia but are unsure of how that will work. We will keep you posted.
Some of you have been asking if you can still make a donation for our mission trip. YES you can! To make a donation you can make a check out to Africa Inland Mission and mail it to AIM's headquarters at:
Africa Inland Mission
Attn: Receipting
PO Box 178
Pearl River, NY 10965
Please just enclose a post-it or note stating that your donation is for us, Mark and Julie Moyer. We do have amazing news! Julie and I have received enough support to be financially cleared for our trip! We want to thank everyone again for your desire to partner with us financially. Thank you also for your continual encouragement, concerns, questions, and prayers. God has truly blessed us during this time of preparation. We are so excited to begin and cannot wait to share more.
Stay tunned...
Sooo sad to see you both go but yet sooo excited for you. I hope to keep intough with you both through blogging and e-mail. Please post as many pics as possible. I feel so honored to know the both of you.. Best wishes and I look forward to seeing you on your return.
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