Moving

Hello All,

We start off this week with the great news that our landlord has found some one to rent out our apartment for our last remaining month. Our lease was until the end of August, and since Ian and I would both be leaving before that, we had really hoped to either end our lease a month early (ending it on July 31st) or find some one that would possibly want to rent it out right away and take over for our last remaining month. (This would save us from having to pay our rent in August-an overall savings of over 1,000 dollars at least, as well as getting out security deposit back sooner rather than later.) Happily, our landlord called us the day (July 4th) she listed it on craigslist.com and had some one interested in it immediately. To our amazement, the new tenants saw the ad the first day it was posted, responded within the hour to the ad, made arrangements to come look at our apartment with our landlord the same day, and a few short hours later they saw our apartment, liked it and filled out the application forms, also putting down a security deposit as well! This all happening in one day and even before 1:00 in the afternoon!

Moving out of our apartment on July 31st still leaves us with a bit of a problem. We don't have any place to live for about 4 days! Ian's departure date is Monday August 4th, and my friend Dawn's wedding is on Saturday August 2nd. So we need a place to stay for the few days that we'll still be in Chicago-land. Again, God has blessed us with such wonderful people. Some friends from our church House Group have graciously offered up their spare bedroom and agreed to tolerate our dogs being in their home for a few days. We were so blessed by their generosity. Every step we take towards moving to Germany, God continues to give us little boosts here and there with help and His provisions.

Thank you to all that have remembered us in your prayers. We appreciate the support and couldn't ask for a better community.

Ashley & Ian