Hello World!!!

at 07/23/10 11:11AM *

We moved into our apartment last friday and just got internet today (one week later). So for the last week our internet access has been extremely scarce, but now we have it again and are no longer out of touch with the world! Yaaaay!!!

Also, I went to my job orientation on Tuesday, then immediately following that we went to get our ID cards, so we can now get on base by ourselves and have full privileges. The only thing left to do really is take our driver's license test and register our car. That is scheduled for August 2nd unless we can manage to get in sooner, but I doubt it.

Anyway, things are looking up. I start work on Monday. Boxes are finally starting to get here. We've received 7 in the last 2 days so that's a good sign... unfortunately have of it has been winter clothes. Figures... but at least it shows they're not getting lost!

One last thing for now. We ordered a Vonage phone line so anyone can call us free of charge. Had to send it to dad's house, but he put it in the mail a few days ago, so hopefully it should be here next week. I was able to transfer my old cell phone number (just ask if you don't have it) so i was pretty happy about that. Therefore, anyone can call us free of charge. It's just like dialing a houston area code, just please remember that we are 7 hours ahead!

That's it. Talk to you all later. I'll be able to be on skype once again if anyone wants to video chat!

Peace.

- JL

p.s. - i also forgot to mention that we now have an APO (Army Post Office) address. It is PSC 1 Box 4102, APO AE 09009. You can send us mail there for just a postage stamp!

Yay internet! Hello world!!

by ambre at 07/23/10 11:25AM
Thanks for the update! I think you should do youtube updates, too. I'd like to see germany. :)

by jenmurff at 07/23/10 11:35AM
And I have more mail to send you. I think you get more mail at the PO Box than we do.

Can you get your own APO box now?

by AlanL at 07/23/10 11:37AM
That is great! So glad you could keep your phone number.

by adampual at 07/23/10 1:09PM
Congrats on the move. Hope you guys have a smooth transition!

by windham4life at 07/25/10 4:39PM
good times!

by rainout at 08/04/10 12:55PM

WE CAN STAY!!!

at 07/15/10 4:13PM

I got a job working on the golf course which means we get logistic support and can stay in the country legally! Woo hooooo!!!

Thank the Lord for answered prayers!

Woo Hoo! What about Amber's job? Has she heard anything, yet?

by carolattheriver at 07/15/10 4:26PM
by AlanL at 07/15/10 5:11PM
Ja! Das ist fantastisch!

by alex at 07/15/10 5:39PM
Excellent.

by jlmanager at 07/15/10 6:58PM
Wonderful!!

by jenkegley at 07/15/10 7:05PM
Yaaaaay!! I knew everything would work out :) I see you in two weeks!

by indianajoanna at 07/15/10 7:18PM
That's great! BTW.... Don't eat the sauerkraut! :-)

by tgatzajr at 07/15/10 10:47PM
*fist pump*

by dwatkins at 07/16/10 3:09AM
Right on!!

by adampual at 07/16/10 9:55AM
yay!!!!!!!!

by jenna at 07/16/10 8:53PM
sweet!!!!!!

by terra at 07/19/10 1:47PM
great news!

by rainout at 07/21/10 8:50AM
So how do you say that, "veelerbach", "feelerbach"?

by AlanL at 07/21/10 10:08AM

One chapter ends, another begins

at 06/30/10 1:31AM *

The last time I posted, I had just bought our plane tickets for Germany. That was like 6-8 weeks ago. Since then, we've packed up everything in Lubbock, I finished my internship, we moved back to Houston and put everything in storage in Baytown, went to yet another wonderful week of Dry Creek Camp, kept our 4 and 2 year old nieces, went to wonderfully uplifting and edifying lectures all week at Southside, sang A LOT, mailed a bunch of stuff to Germany, and now the day is finally here. It is currently 12:24am on June 30th. We are leaving TODAY! Crazy stuff.

We are excited to bring one chapter of our lives to a close, and anxious to meet the challenges of the new one that literally starts today. So thank you to everyone who has been supportive of us - by your prayers, your kind words, your hugs, your tears, and even your finances. We couldn't have even started this journey without you.

Again, to everyone, our door will always be open to anyone who wants to come visit. My awesome cousin Joanna is going to be the first to take us up on it and will be staying with us late July and into August. Woo hoo! See, we're serious! We want visitors!

Well it's late and we've got a long day tomorrow. Next time I get on here, we'll be in Germany! So until then, Auf Wiedersehen!

- JL

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update: we're here!!!

Auf wiedersehen und viel gluck!

by ladyinwaiting at 06/30/10 2:47AM
We are praying for you two!! Have a good trip today! :) We miss you already!

by adampual at 06/30/10 10:39AM
Still hard to get my head around it.

Better change your location over there on the right! (Still says Lubbock.)

by AlanL at 06/30/10 10:42AM
May God bless your new journey!

by bridgieaggie06 at 06/30/10 11:53AM
God bless you in your travels.

by jlmanager at 06/30/10 12:29PM
Excited for you and all the people that you will make an impact on to be a servant for Him.

by carolattheriver at 06/30/10 1:11PM
You're flying across the pond in 50 minutes! yee!

by jenna at 06/30/10 4:38PM
exciting stuff!!! i hope i can take you up on it! They'll love you over there!

by rainout at 06/30/10 5:55PM
Looking forward to reading your blog more often now!

by the_gaffer at 06/30/10 7:30PM
Now the real work begins! Glad for the safe trip. Let us know if you need anything! BTW Jo got her plane tickets last night.

by tgatzajr at 07/01/10 5:27PM
:)

by terra at 07/03/10 10:47AM
Yay!! Welcome to Germany!!

by celticgirl1787 at 07/09/10 3:23AM

The Date is Set

at 05/06/10 4:02PM

...and the realness of it all is setting in. I just bought our plane tickets for Germany. We're leaving from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on June 30th at 4:35pm on a Boeing 747-400 aircraft - Lufthansa flight 441, arriving in Frankfurt at 9:15am (GMT +1). There's no turning back now. It's happening. Pretty surreal.

I'm so happy right now, yet also anxious, nervous, scared, overwhelmed, unsure, but most of all excited - all rolled into one. I don't know if I've ever felt like this before. It's weird.

Anyway, if you want to see us then you'd better do it before we leave, and now you know when that is. We'll be back in Houston June 1st or 2nd, depending on if we make the drive in 1 day or 2.

Thank you so much everyone for your help in the forms of prayers, finances, or just getting the word out. The Lord has truly blessed us. Praise the Lord!

In Him,

Jesse

Road trip in October to Intermot!

by AlanL at 05/06/10 4:24PM
good times ahead! Godspeed!

by rainout at 05/06/10 4:32PM
Woo hoo!!!!!!

by ambre at 05/06/10 11:26PM
Though you will have traversed half the continent, and be much further from me than 100 miles, to me it's all the same. I know no boundaries.

by outrank17 at 05/07/10 4:40AM
Hi, Jesse. I don't know if you remember me or my husband but we were at Florida College - Amanda (Nash) Engel and Kevin Engel. I think I had at least one same church history class with you. Well Sonya DeVille told me ya'll are moving to Ramstein. This is so crazy but we are too!! Kevin's in the air force and has been stationed there for the next 3 years! Not sure when we're getting there but should be moved the end of this month or sometime in June.

by celticgirl1787 at 05/07/10 9:17AM
Okay, now that's just cool!

by AlanL at 05/07/10 10:02AM
Yes it is!

by yoyoma at 05/07/10 10:15AM
And I just might have to do that.

by yoyoma at 05/07/10 10:21AM
I can rent a Deauville for 79,00 € for one day here!

by AlanL at 05/07/10 1:28PM
"Deauville" in the rest of the world (named after a resort city in France) = NT700V in the U.S.

by AlanL at 05/07/10 3:11PM
haha, if you were wondering, I'm Sonya..you probably don't remember me from dry creek or fc, but I was the one who randomly came across your blog & told Amanda about your upcoming move. It's really great that you and your wife have such a great opportunity! I pray it goes well.

by sonya05 at 05/07/10 8:21PM
Yaaay!!!

by iheartshoes at 05/07/10 10:42PM
haha. travisism if we're to call it that

by outrank17 at 05/08/10 1:50AM
Soooo excited for you and glad to feel the happiness in your post! You guys are gonna do great!

by sheliandbrettsmom at 05/08/10 10:02PM
May all go well with your travels and plans.

by jlmanager at 05/15/10 2:51PM
Cool! I saw one of those planes at the Pudong Airport in Shanghai after flying back from Xi'an. I have a picture of it on my facebook. It's a pretty awesome looking plane!

by indianajoanna at 05/19/10 11:52PM
Very exciting!! :) We will have to try and come to Eastside one Sunday to see you guys. :)

by jenfc00 at 06/01/10 7:33PM
Stinks that we're going to miss you guys :-( We'll be in Houston for the 4th of July! Hey, what ninja do you ride?

by el_magnifico at 06/03/10 3:42PM

It's Official!

at 04/20/10 1:08PM

Well, as of Sunday night, our move to Germany is now official! Thanks to the generous pledges of support of several individuals and churches here in the last couple of weeks, we are going to be able to take on this great work. We are so excited that God has granted us this opportunity. For a while there, we really thought it wasn't going to work out, but we never worried because we knew that whatever the Lord had in store for us is what would happen. I guess He just wanted to teach us some patience, but we are glad that it has worked out.

With that being said, we are still open to any help that anyone might be able to give, whether by one time donation, or monthly, because we know that we could lose support at any given time and would like to build up as much of a cushion as possible so that we don't have to turn around and come back after a year or something like that.

I just want to extend a big thanks to any of you who might have talked to friends and family and helped us raise the support we needed to make this happen. This is a good and greatly needed work. The military families in the church there need the encouragement and teaching, and the German people greatly need to hear the gospel.

Our plan is the leave Lubbock on June 1st, stay in Houston a couple days, go to camp, go to lectures, then stay in the Houston area another week to be with family and friends before leaving for Germany around June 29-30th. If anyone is ever going to be making any trips to Europe, please come and see us and stay with us! We would love to have you! Ramstein is just an hour away from the Frankfurt airport.

Please continue to pray for us as we prepare for this move, Lord willing, and pray for the work.

In Him,

Jesse

Wow, congratulations! Guess I'd better get a passport.

by AlanL at 04/20/10 1:40PM
Yes you do!!!

by ambre at 04/20/10 4:56PM
Aww, thats great! We look forward to seeing you in Houston =)

by firefaerie at 04/21/10 10:42AM
Yaaaaaaaay!!!!!! This is great news!! I'm seeing a family visit to Germany in the near future... ;) Think Grandmom and Granddad will be up for it? haha

by indianajoanna at 04/22/10 11:03PM
indeed it does!

by indianajoanna at 04/23/10 2:22PM
got my passport, now just need some GREEN!! ;)

by rainout at 04/23/10 3:43PM
so exciting!

by ladyinwaiting at 04/24/10 4:49PM
Great news! We are praying for the Lord's work to prosper with you guys there!

by adampual at 04/30/10 5:02PM
congrats!

by windham4life at 05/04/10 8:04PM

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WE CAN STAY!!!

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