It's been hectic!

The last few weeks have brought a couple of surprises our way and hence the lack of posts on our blog this month! We apologize for the "silence" - so many of you take the time to read our blog and pray for us and we are grateful for your interest and prayers.

The first surprise is that we MOVED! We moved to another house on September 3. We found out we were moving mid-August so we didn't have much time to pack things up by September 3. We made an offer on the house of our very good friends, Jerry & Dawn Carnill and they accepted our offer!

Due to a complicated renter situation, they asked us if we would move in the 1st of September rather than in January as originally planned. So we hurried up and packed up our things and moved! We had tons of help from many friends here and all things considered, the move went smoothly.

We have always loved Jerry & Dawn's house and we are enjoying settling into more space and a wonderful big yard (waiting for Nathan to get big enough to go outside and play). Please pray that our other house will sell quickly so that we can pay the Carnill's as planned. As I mentioned, we expected to have until January to do all these things - sell our house, pack our things and move. But God had other plans and here we are now in the "Carnill house" (it will still be the "Carnill house" for a while!).

The second big surprise of the month is that on Sept 6 (yes, just three days after our move) we traveled to the US to finally present Nathan to family and friends! This was a last minute trip that was made possible by some special donations. We are so grateful for this opportunity to be able to have Nathan meet his "gringo" family.

We apologize that we were not able to get in touch with everyone, nor travel as much as we normally would. Understandably, it's quite different traveling with a 8 month old and trying to get him to take naps and eat like he should while meeting people and staying in new places. So we had to keep the travels/visits to a minimum. Hopefully on our next trip we will be able to get in touch with more of you!

Santi had to return to Quito on Sept 14 due to work and the class he's taking. Ruth bravely stayed in the states a week longer and just returned with Nathan this week! She probably won't be trying the long travel day by herself with Nathan again! And she gained a new appreciation for Santi and all that he does to help with Nathan!

So we are now back in Quito - trying to find time to settle into our new home and get back into work and ministry. We apologize for the lack of posts - but we're back on track now! And you'll be hearing more from us and seeing some photos from this month!

Thanks for praying for us!