the great commissioning

Hopefully my parents will log on and watch this little commissioning video of this last weekend. We're getting closer and closer to leaving for a few years. This last weekend we were commissioned by our church to serve in Burundi, Africa. And if all goes well with the video, those who missed it can watch the video clip of our church sending us off and praying for us (you have to click the little pink box in the upper right corner of this post. This commissioning surpassed all our expectations (Trina and I) and we are so thankful for the support of this church. Pat Thurman, came to every service to pray on stage with US as did Ryan Moffat, Janie and Jonathan Martin. That blew me away. Also, Kristin came up twice, Rakel was there, Dan Franklin, Lou, Gene Takalo, Trina's parents, grandparents, Allen, and so many others. I really can't communicate to you all how much of a blessing you all were to us this last weekend. The weekend was an emotional high for both of us, and it is difficult leaving you all. This was genuinely one of those big moments for us on our journey here. Never before has good shepherd felt so much like family as it did to us this weekend. I really can't thank everyone enough who has poured into us. Here is a link to the video if you don't want to click on the little pink box in the corner... unfortunately it's refusing to be posted on this blog right now... you can copy and paste it into your address bar: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9192121701640831927