The March Gang

Well it has been awhile since I have posted anything.  Tara has really gotten the hang of this blogging thing and She has been doing a great job.   I have some great news to share with you and Tara told me I had better get it posted.   So here it goes and it’s a long one…

It looks like we are going to be leaving the end of September.  We got a call Wednesday night before church that has changed the dynamics of our time line.  We have someone that is sending us a $10,000 check.  This is  from a couple that used to attend our church here in Doniphan, and are in South Dakota getting ready to plant a church and reach out to the local Indian reservation.   These folks are not rich by any means, and we know this was a sacrifice.  They were blessed themselves and told me they wanted to share the blessing with us.  They said that they were looking forward to what God was getting ready to do in Ireland.  Words can’t express what they have done for us.  I know that not only is God getting ready to do wonderful things in Ireland I also know he is getting ready to do wonderful things in South Dakota.

Tuesday of last week we loaded up pretty much all our possessions and took them to the shipping container in Effingham IL.  Maybe I should clarify that all the possessions we were going to be able to take with us.  Which due to space and practicality wasn’t much.   That’s ok though.  We had a full day and I have a few pictures to share.  We spent about 9 hours organizing all the personal effects and items of our, the Bunch’s and McFarland’s stuff.  We have a 40ft container, but with the building material that is being sent over for the new sanctuary space is limited.  Bro. Dan Dollan, who is over seeing the loading and the purchasing of the building material has this thing figured down the very inch of space.  He drew a line on the floor of the container and said “you can’t go past this line with this stuff.”   Well we accomplished the task after several packs and repacks.  Tara and I had my Dad and our Youth Pastor, Kevin Raposo, helping us out.  My Dad proved to be quite the packer as did Kevin.  I think these guys could move a family of six accross country in nothing but a Ford Pinto.

Sis. McFarland if you are reading this I have a picture of one of your trees.  We set it outside and I guess the worms got to it or something.   Just kidding! We took the limbs off so they woudn’t get smashed.

That is all for now.  Keep us in your prayers.