The Waiting Game...

Hello All,

Ian and I are at our appropriate destinations for the present moment. I'm in Texas with my family and Ian is in Germany! God was so good to bless us with Ian's promotion just before Ian left!! A few more pieces of paper need to be signed, but other than that, Ian is officially "MSgt Stegherr" (E-7). I am very proud of him! We're also very thankful that God had Ian's promotion board go smoothly. We had been praying for that a lot. Thank you to all of our friends and family that had us in your prayers!

Things with our apartment and storage unit went smoothly for the most part. All worked out in the end and went well, and we got our FULL security deposit back from our landlord. Thank you God!! We got almost all of our things into our stroage unit, and the few things we couldn't fit either Ian and I put in our cars to leave them there. Or a couple trusted friends graciously allowed us to store a few things at their homes. THANK YOU guys!! We couldn't have done it without your help.

So far, Ian's been gone for about 6 days. I've had one shorter phone call, and two brief e-mails. I take that to mean that Ian is working hard and staying busy. At the moment, I don't even know what kind of internet access he has, or "free time" to write or call. But I know he's probably working very hard at trying to get things set up quickly and working hard on finding a way to get me over there to join him as soon as possible. I wish I had more information to report on Ian, but at the moment, I'm still just playing the waiting game.

Prayer Requests:

-Please pray that God's will would be done in our lives, and that He would make it abundantly clear whether or not I am suppose to join Ian in Germany.

-Please continue to pray that God would work things out for my trip over to Germany. That I would be able to fly space A, without any hook up or problems and make it to Germany quickly if that is God's will. Also that I would be able to find an affordable place to live while I am there. We don't know if Ian and I will be allowed to live together over there or not. So be praying for God's will in that area as well.

-Please pray for Ian as he gets to know the guys that he'll be working with over in Germany. That he would be able to find christian men to help provide him with a support system.

-Please continue to pray for our departure from Germany and coming back into the United States. We really need God's guidance and direction in providing us with a job and place to live when we return home from Germany.

Have fun watching the Olympics everyone! We're enjoying watching it at my parents place. I hope every one is doing well. Please feel free to leave comments if you have any questions!

Love,

Ashley