We left Guatemala at the end of January and it was very hard to say goodbye to our home and our good friends. We cried a lot and prayed even more. We know that God led us to that point, but it was still hard to follow Him without knowing the next steps.
We were able to spend a few weeks in Florida with our family. We bought a car and Chrissie got Lasik surgery. Both went well! We traveled from Florida to South Carolina to North Carolina visiting friends and churches. It was good for us to have a chance to catch up with many friends and our churches during this time.
Then, we began our cross-country trek from Florida to Minnesota with Marissa armed with a portable DVD player, Penny (our dog) sitting in the back, and a U-Haul trailer with all our luggage. We tried to take our time driving up north and were able to stay with some friends along the way. We only ran into bad weather during our last day of travel, but God kept us safe.
We spent our first week settling into our new, very small, apartment. We both had interviews within the week and God was faithful. Last week Chrissie was offered a job as a labor & delivery nurse and Enrique was offered a ministry position with the Salvation Army in St. Paul as the Outreach Ministries Coordinator!!! The Salvation Army is very excited about our entire family being a part of the ministry. Enrique will be working in an inner city community center and responsible for all youth / family activities and outreaches.
We won't be able to start our new jobs until the end of March or the beginning of April due to paperwork, background checks etc. Continue to pray that all the paperwork goes through easily and quickly and that God will continue to meet our needs.
We want to thank everyone for your continued prayers for our family during this difficult time of transition. We will still be posting updates as God continues to use us in our new ministry.
Here is a picture of Marissa hanging out at our new apartment. Although we don't have a tub for Marissa, this is not the norm, so don't worry, she was just goofing around.
