Waiting in the Wings

Good afternoon. The past month has been a good lesson on learning to be content in our circumstances as we continue to wait for another buyer to come and purchase our home so that we can all hop on a plane and complete our move to Quito. Everyone has been such an encouragement to us during this stressful period. Over the past month, we have had only two showings. Several people have driven by to look at the outside of the house.

Our partners down in Quito have been an encouragement and support as well. Over the past month, we have had several conversations with them developing alternate plans to deal with our delay in getting down there. School is set to start in 4 days, and they are in a real bind. They think that they have someone who will be able to fill in for me until we are able to complete the move. They are going to hold our apartment for us for 2 months, which helps. The furniture purchased has already been delivered and set up. (We will still need to purchase a good bit more when we arrive, but at least there will be a bed and two sofas to get started.)

From a support level standpoint, we are at full support. We are truly humbled at the love and support that you have shown us through your giving. Thank you so much! Our plan is to not begin using any of the support funds until after we arrive in Ecuador. By waiting to utilize the support raised, the funds will be used in the most efficient and economical way possible.

Our friend and realtor has told us that the real estate market is beginning to show signs of life again in the area after the mid-late summer slowdown. She anticipates that the market should remain active through October before dying down for the winter. Hopefully, a buyer will come along sooner rather than later. We are starting to feel the pressure of needing to make a Go/No Go decision so that both my employer here in Missoula and AAI in Quito can make the needed plans for the upcoming year. For us to go, our house has to sell. The former buyers bank's actions have cost us so much that renting our house out is no longer an option. We probably will need to make this decision by mid-late September.

Please pray that we get a buyer for our house very, very soon.

Thank you,

Bryan

Waiting to Go

Here's an update of what is going on with our effort to get down to Ecuador to serve.

The morning after the sale fell through, a realtor showed up in our driveway with two potential new buyers. The next day, the family made a contingent offer on our house, and we accepted. In order for the deal to go through, they had to close on their house in Iowa which was supposed to happen last Friday. Problems arose on their end with closing on their home, and they  had to withdraw their offer at least temporarily. Their closing date in Iowa was reset to today, and it did not happen. They are working to resolve the issues on their end and plan to come back to make a new offer if our house is still on the market.

Meanwhile, we had to cancel all of our plane tickets and tell the school that our arrival has to be delayed. This puts them in a real bind, but there is nothing else we can do at this point until we close on our house with a buyer. They are going to have to find an interim teacher until I get there and have a chance to get semi-settled.

Thank you all for your tremendous support in helping us get to the mission field. Once we clear this hurdle, we can go. We even have our visas ready to go! It will be interesting to look back at these two most recent postings in 6 months to see how everything worked out.