Yikes!

Hard to believe but two weeks from today we'll have already been on the road to Mazatlan for a couple of days! Time has really flown by but we have managed to get everything checked off our "to do" list that we needed to get done. Stuff is packed, people are set to come get the last of the furniture, and the truck has had its 60,000-mile check up. Retirement and deferred comp accounts are ready to roll, wills are done, address changes made and utilities all set to be shut off!

We have some dinners out with friends and family, goodbye parties at our jobs, a last meeting with our small group from church, farewell service at church, good-byes to everyone here and those we'll see along the road too. We hope to have lunch or dinner with James and Paula in Mesa and meeting Pastor Ted and Karla, we will even try to make Gola's 90th birthday in Nogales...not sure if we can make that one or not, but we'll try.

Can't wait to meet Darwin and Mary Ann and Gracie who are already serving in Mazatlan! We are looking forward to meeting our host family and to language and culture learning from them. We are excited to get settled into our new location and set up house in the coming weeks. We also can't wait for Tom and Lidia and Cristina and Gracia to arrive in Mazatlan...it will be good to see them again! And a planned WMPL reunion to include our fellow briefing course grads Nate and Amy Lindquist!

Plus friends Arlie and Pat and Richard and Ginny will all be visiting Mazatlan in January and we hope to be able to visit with them there.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!!