Moving in God's direction ...

I just returned last week from a trip with our new President, Wayne Pederson (far right in the picture). We traveled first to Spain, where we had meetings with our leaders from Sub-Sahara Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Here's a picture of us in a very chilly Spain.

Tomorrow Karen and I fly to Colorado Springs to spend a couple of days looking for a home to rent. Things have come together very quickly. We now have a renter for our home in Florida, and they move in on February 6, so we have been busy packing and getting ready for the big move West.

Part of the reason we can now move is that Karen's father is on hospice care so he is getting alot of additional help. Karen's brother Ken is also now the primary caregiver, so that makes it a bit easier for us to move on, which has been our plan since we left Ecuador 2 1/2 years ago, to be working out of our home office and serving our international leadership from there in Colorado.

While in Colorado Springs, we'll be attending the inauguration of our new President and I'll also be giving a presentation to our board during their meetings on Friday. Then back home to hopefully pack up the U-Haul for the move. Thanks for praying for us, and please pray for God to provide the home He wants for us. Nothing more and nothing less!

Joy in the journey,

Curt

We just got back yesterday from our family time together in Ecuador. A great time of reliving memories and making new ones, but really hard to say good-bye. Not sure when we'll ever be back together there as a family.

God was so good to give us 14 years there and our kids still consider Ecuador home. We enjoyed both ex-pat and Ecuadorian friends, as well as a little beach place we had gone to for many years.

It's like we closed a chapter of our lives, all those years in Quito, but we are now moving on to the next chapter. As of January 1, Curt is now overseeing HCJB Global's ministry efforts in Africa and the Middle East. This means a more direct focus on Muslim ministry and unreached people groups in this part of the world. This also means a move in the near future to our mission's home base of Colorado Springs. We'll keep you posted on that.

Happy New Year!