A fine start to April

Hi!

Sounds like spring is arriving in Ontario - finally!!!

Just an FYI on a couple of events in our lives.

First, Stacey is recovering from having her wisdom teeth pulled yesterday. Yuck. She is doing well. The Alliance Academy is on Easter break until Tuesday, so hopefully she will be back to almost normal (whatever that is for a teenaged girl!) by then.

We are working on our summer plans - but nothing is clear yet . . . there are huge administrative issues here that will need addressing this summer. This is mostly due to changes in law and our need to quickly adjust. So we aren't sure when/if/for how long we'll be able to make it home, but we are working on some ideas. It sure would be a lot more convenient if someone would open a Tim Horton's down here!

Finally, please rejoice with us as God has provided a new Director of Finance for the ministry here. This has been a need that we have filled in a piece-meal style for the last year. God graciously provided some wonderful people to help us out, but it was not a long term solution. Finally we have been able to find an experienced woman who is familiar with both US and Ecuadorian tax and charity laws - a very rare combination! Graham think his stress level went down 50 points just by hiring her!!! She starts in May (we can't share her name because her current employer doesn't know she is leaving).

Have a great day, enjoy the spring! Have a Tims for us. We are kinda guessing the Leafs won't make the playoffs this year - would that be a correct assessment? But alas, it wouldn't be spring if the Leafs were in the playoffs!

Thanks so much for your love, support, encouragement and prayers. We appreciate you so very, very much.

Graham, Sharon, Toothless-Stacey and Erin

(We can truly say her bark IS worse than her bite now!)