Praise the Lord!

We just heard from the Pauls, our friends in Blagoveshchensk, Russia. They told us that they are expecting our invitations from the university on December 10th or 12th. This is encouraging news, since there was a question as to whether we would be accepted or not.

In other news, our month-long trip to Illinois and Florida is coming to a close. On Friday, the 28th, we will be driving back to Montana. It has been such a blessing to spend time with Rachel's family and all our friends from the Alliance church in McHenry, IL. We were also blessed to be able to visit with some friends from our Moody days. During this trip God has graciously kept us all heathly, and the girls are growing like crazy! (The day before we left Florida Mercy produced her first tooth.)

We are thoroughly excited to get back to our Montana family and our home church. Hopefully we will make it for Grandpa Kirke's 91st birthday on December 1st! Thank you all for your prayers as we travel!