Lots happening

Days, even weeks have gone past and many things have happened in this time. Here's the low down.

The Contract has not worked out now as they need DJ here in Bangalore in Feb and we will be in NZ renewing our visas. There may be something else that comes up but not as yet. This means that we will apply for a business visa and not employment and also means that all our funds will need to come form NZ as we will not be able to draw a wage here.

We farewelled Ariana after her spending 3 months with us. It took a bit of time to readjust to her not being around, we really loved having her with us.

We had friends from Delhi staying and had a wonderful time with them, nice just to relax chill and get to know them better. Shared a bottle of French wine with them that they gave us, so yummy.

We have also spent a night in Kollegal, saw the house we will be moving into, looked around the small town, met the girls from the girls home and began to learn some names. I love these kids already. This is my passion, this is my dream.

Yesterday we sent our stuff to Kollegal and moved to B and V's place for a couple of nights. His brother and sister in law are cooking for us and giving us time to chill out a bit.

Tomorrow we head to Malaysia on our way back to NZ. I am looking forward to getting on the plane, taking a deep breath and embarking on yet another part in our journey.

 

Of the meeting

To say that I am exited would be an understatement but I am not in a frenzied over excited state either. I think I am being a little cautious yet in really letting myself go.

The meeting last night went well and even though we have a couple more questions that will be the final decision maker on what visa we come in on, it is all looking very positive. He has basically offered a contract to us that would cover our requirements to meet the employment visa requirements next year. I think he thought it was funny that we were finding it hard to make $25,000 USD as he is working with millions of dollars, to him it is nothing. He can't believe that we have just come over here with 6 kids and no real income. Funny really.

So the real question was can we have this contract and live down at the girls home. Can all these dreams and passions that we have inside be about to happen. The answer I have is that it is looking that way...... wow, it really is looking that way.

A little bit impatient

It’s been a while since I wrote and as I write D.C is out meeting with a business guy to talk Business :) How profound is that. The difference about this meeting is that it has the potential to change the course of everything we have been doing or are wanting to do. This could be a break though in finances, in getting our visa or just helping us to make what we want to happen happen. Now all this sounds like I am taking God out of the equation but it is the opposite really. Perhaps this is one way that God is going to bring provision.
I could go on but I wont, I have not even really wanted to write about it because it all seems to be about maybes and perhapses and I would rather write when I can say,
“Look what God has done” and maybe I should be thanking God already in anticipation.

The Girls home has the go ahead from our friends and they are as eager and excited about it as us for us to move there. We would have a small house to live in there and to be honest, I would welcome the down grade to a three room house but with plenty of run around room for the kids outside. We now only  need this meeting with the business guy to be over and know what he is thinking and for us to get our visas. It is looking like we will apply for a business visa no matter what this business guy says but we shall see, hopefully in the next hour or two. Aaaarrrrgggg the suspense.

New Year 2011

It's a strange year already, it's beginning with us having no idea what lies before us. There are many possibilities, many things we could be excited about but there is nothing where I can say exactly how things are going to be. Right now I can't even tell you if we will be shifting out of our  current house in 4 weeks or not. The only thing I do know for certain is that we we will be on a plane to NZ on the 2nd Feb and after that it's a blank page. It is a strange feeling and it evokes different emotions in me at different times. I actually quite like the unknown and wondering what is going to happen next. I have learned to live with sudden changes and uncertainty but sometimes the mind plays tricks.

So as this New Year begins there is only one thing I want to say and that is to my Husband.
"Hun, I don't want you to carry our future on your shoulders, you lead us wonderfully as a family. Yes, things are uncertain from our perspective but from an eternal perspective nothing is uncertain. I place our family in God's hands, it's His responsibility, his plans and his purposes. Let's just hold hands and walk into what lies ahead. I love you so much."