Missions

For those of you who don't know the situation concerning my parents, I'll catch you up. My parents and my 2 younger brothers are planning on going into the missions field in Africa. Specifically, Tanzania, and have been facing delay after delay in the process. They were to have a meeting in New York state this week with the heads of the mission board that they'd be serving under to determine whether they were ready to begin their "training" in NY city. This training would take from 6 months to a year, when it started, which might not even be till Jan of next year. Needless to say, mom and dad have been very antsy to get going, and we've all been praying that something would happen soon.

Well, today it did. They met with the board, who was so impressed, they've decided to skip the NYC part, and send them directly to Tanzania!
They're soooo excited, and I am too. The head of the board was so enthusiastic about them, that he is going to call the pastor in Tanzania to see when they can come. The situation there is absolutely perfect. The pastor they'd be serving under is an aging missionary who is looking to retire soon, and needs someone to mentor. They are on what the board calls a "fast track" which consists of 2 years out, and then they come back for evaluation. From there, They'll decide to go back or somewhere else.

Anyway... very exciting news.

Jim