Chester-Raymond-Guatemala...

We put our house back on the market last week after a short break. It came off back in January...is it slow everywhere or just in NH?

On Sunday we had someone stop by (without knowing it was on the market) and they looked at the property and the first floor. I was not home and it was a little messy upstairs! Phil would not allow them to head up the stairs and they were fine with that! :) Well, They loved the house and the land. The next day they called Phil with an offer and came over again to walk through the WHOLE house. We walked the property again. I must say that it is beautiful back in the woods here. I never really walked back there much in the past few years. The kids are always up there riding their 4 wheelers and bikes enjoying the land! Phil has been known to spend sometime in trees up there.
We came back to the house and talked some about it. And they told us that they would be calling us that night to let us know what they wanted to do...well, they are going to purchase the house. What a huge answer to prayer and a step closer to Guatemala. Now it is pack pack pack...and PURGE!! We will be moving into a duplex (and live in both sides) The house is much smaller than what we have ever been in. And with 6 kids and all their stuff, it will be quite a challenge. But a good one!
We are so thankful as always for the prayer on our behalf. God's hand is always at work and it is wonderful to know how He moves!

Some new requests:
Pray for the house to close without complications.
Pray for the kids as we are making a change although not to Guatemala yet, it will be big for them.

changes...

We have made a few changes to our page. Thanks to the help from computer guru Mark Sohmer. We have changed our "support the Wilson's" link so that it brings you right to a support form. I heard from MANY people that it was too confusing all the links they needed to go to and find so we made it easier for you! Ahhh...the age of computers! You can either fill it out here and submit it right here or...you can print it up and send it in to:
AMG International 6815 Shallowford Rd. Chatanooga TN 37421
Either way is acceptable. I thought it would make it easier for all of you who have been asking!! Sorry for all of the confusion!


A quick update:
According to our calculations, between what we have heard from AMG with our receipts and people who have told us it the past week. We are at about 20%!! Yeah! only 80 more to go!

Thank you all who are supporting us both in prayer and also financially! We couldn't do this without your support!

Answers...

Wow, people do read our blog! Here are answers to the questions people have been asking us:

We are at this point planning on going to CIT in the fall. For many different reasons. I could list them all, but I am waiving that option right now! We will head down in the fall, the kids will be able to home school while we are there. That is something that I need to look into more. I think I can keep up with the curriculum that we have decided to use for them. We are more at peace with the decision of going in the fall.

As far as our support, we are still working on that. I had many people ask me in the past week where we are with our support. I know that Phil has as well. People who I don't even know very well are asking us about our support level, it is a good opportunity to tell them about what we are actually going to be doing when we are in Guatemala. Making contacts is always an interesting thing. It seems like we are "spinning our wheels" as Phil says. But we are moving forward. We are learning things here now that God wants us to learn. Things about each other and our family that I think in any other situation we would never know. Trusting in God for all things in every area is such a wonderful thing to be learning.

Some specific prayer requests:
Cabot our son, has been having very bad headaches more and more often and we are taking him to the doctors today. Please pray that the doctor can pinpoint what is giving him these headaches.

My nephew Alex is able to run and jump!! PRAISE!! how exciting to see him only a few months after such an awful accident. they will find out in the next few days when his rods will come out of his legs, which should be sometime next month!

More meetings and contacts. We can't get to Guatemala without support!