Open House Update

Dear friends, we had previously communicated that we would like to host an open house event so that can have a chance to share with each one of you and also have a chance to say good-bye (even for a short period of time)!

We have decided to postpone this until December, just before we leave. Dates to come out shortly. This is intended as a time for people to drop by, even for half an hour, to say hello, etc.

Here's the latest update: Ray to leave Toronto for Hong Kong on Thursday October 12th and return to Toronto for Christmas December 21st. We're looking at us leaving for Taiwan either December 31st or January 1st.

Preparations have been going well so far. As per the previous post, its been amazing seeing how God has really provided through friends and family. We've had the chance to share and reconnect with many old and new friends over the course of the last couple of weeks. Other than the housing situation in HK, things seem to be coming together. We're working hard towards transitioning our work, ministry, volunteer work, etc. We ended up selling the Sienna - it took less than a week! That's pretty good for selling a car!

Small tidbit: Ray's first stop will not actually be HK, but it will be to attend meetings in Bangkok, Thailand! Looking forward to going there, but basically, I'm looking at flights that will be almost 24 hours of travelling, just enough time to check into the hotel and then attend meetings with the Asia country leaders. I'm not expecting this to be a high energy, high impact first impression!