We've got a new buyer for our house as of yesterday afternoon. There are still a fair number of details to be worked out, but it looks like a good offer from a solid lender. The closing date is tentatively set for December 18. We plan on hanging out and not leaving until around January 2. The reason for delaying our departure is that we want to wait to purchase airline tickets to Quito until after the closing paperwork has been recorded. This choice to stay a couple of weeks longer is largely based on a desire to be extra-extra cautious given what happened to us back in July. My guess is that we could come and visit with you and the class on January 11--assuming that this timeline holds. I feel really good about this (peaceful).
We plan on holding off telling the school in Ecuador and my employer/dear friends here in Missoula the good news until after the home inspection which will be at the end of next week. We don't anticipate any significant problems given that the house was inspected just 4 months ago. We just want to play it as safe as possible.
Thank you all so very much for your prayers and support over the past 3 months (in particular). They have made quite a difference. It has been a trying time for our family. Please pray that the closing process will go much better this time around.
One last thing to mention is that earlier this week, before the new buyers showed up, I spoke with the school. We decided that I should begin teaching my Physics course online December 1. In hindsight, it looks like this will make a great transition for me. Pretty neat how God works
On a different note entirely, Jonathan got to go on his first real hunt last Saturday. 15 minutes into the season on opening day, he shot a cow Elk that weighed about 530 pounds. It's at the butcher. It looks like we will be bringing a cooler or two full of elk meat to Florida in January. I, Bryan, have been hunting the mountains around here for the past 6 years often driving to the remotest of locations to try to find an elk with no success. This year I drove 10-15 minutes down the road from my house, walk 2 1/2 miles, sit down with Jonathan. The sun comes up and there are 30 elk standing in a field 150-200 yards away from me. To enhance our chances of seeing an elk, I held off on buying my elk license hoping that they would know that I didn't have one. That way, Jonathan could get a shot possibly. It worked!!! Who says that reverse psychology doesn't work.
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