The Final Countdown - How You Can Help

UPDATE: Less than 14 hours after publishing this post both of our physical needs were met by friends! God has blessed us with many amazing people whose generosity has been overwhelming. Thank you all so much for the love and encouragement.

We're less than three weeks away from moving to the Dominican Republic to being our year of service. Even though this is a journey that started more than three years ago, it feels like it has all happened really fast! We're more excited than ever to GO but we've also got the reality of everything that has to be done HERE. We've got lots of arrangements to make before we go and God has faithfully helped us with the right steps.

As we plan for the move, we're realizing we've got a lot of things we could use your help with. The most important of all is your prayer. Here are some ways you can pray for us:

• The ability to hear and follow God's voice into the unknown.
• Obedient hearts and minds. We have come this far by simply saying "Yes" to God and we don't want to stop now!
• Peace and rest in this busy, hectic season of our lives.
• Courage to say goodbye to family and friends here and hello to the new people God puts in our lives there.

In addition to prayer, there are a couple things we could use help finding:

• A home for our cat, Jack, for the year that we are gone. Jack is a large orange cat (see picture to the right) who is neutered. He's a very loving, cuddly cat who likes to spend time both outside and inside. He's great with our kids and our dog. We're not sure how he would do with other cats in the same house because he's very territorial with the other cats in the neighborhood while he's outside. If you would like to cat-sit or adopt Jack please let us know! Call Katie at (574) 400-9936 or email her at krweiss78@gmail.com.
• We are looking for a laptop computer that we can use to watch homeschool curriculum DVDs as well as continue using our Rosetta Stone software. It doesn't have to be brand new, super fast or have the highest quality screen. It would be nice if it is Wi-Fi ready, but not required. Also, a built-in web cam is preferable but not required. If you have one, or know someone who has one that would like to donate it to us, or sell it to us at a good price, let us know! Call Dan at (574) 256-8783 or email him at danweiss76@gmail.com.

Like we said, we are very excited to get started with our year of service in the Dominican Republic. And even though there are some loose ends to tie up, we are not overwhelmed or discouraged. God has provided everything we need - and more - throughout this whole process so we have no reason to doubt He will do it now.

If you feel like God is asking you to pray for us or provide for any of the needs listed above, please be obedient. We'd love for you to be part of our support team and take you on this journey with us!

Thank you all. We love you!