Just thought we would update you on a few things we have been up to. Thank you to those of you who prayed for us to receive our Visas! SUCCESS! We received them within 2 hours of applying. Thanks be to God! It was a bit crazy the day we went to get the Visas. All 3 of us had to go downtown to Chicago. We didn’t realize that on that day, at that time, there was a parade of over 2 million (YES MILLION) people to celebrate the Stanley Cup win of the Chicago Blackhawks. We had to wait and were over 45 minutes late for our appointment. the office we had to go to was in the middle of the 2 million people. Luckily the consulate was gracious and still gave us our VISAS, thanks to lots of prayers from you. Thank you!

Just a couple days after that, we headed out to Nebraska and Iowa to visit two Covenant churches out there: Ceresco Covenant in Ceresco, Nebraska and Faith Covenant in Essex, IA.  Our friends who are the pastors of these congegations and the folks in the church themselves were just wonderful!  They were so kind and loving in listening to us present what God has laid on our hearts and so supportive of everything we are planning.  It was such a nice trip and a needed respite from the craziness in Chicago.
Last weekend we had a garage sale, a ‘sell all of our life possessions’ garage sale. It was a great success, we made $1215 toward our ministry, which is, by far, the most we have ever made at a garage sale. We thought we sold a lot but realized that we still had a lot of things left over. Actually, enought to fill a 10 foot UHAUL. Thank you to all those that helped, especially our families who came and worked like crazy!
We are currently staying in Goshen, IN with Joel’s parents. We took all of the leftover belongings after the garage sale to their house. We stored a lot of it, but currently all of the things we are planning to take with us are strung out in their basement and we are figuring out how to pack it all.
In addition to getting ready, we are saying our goodbyes to family and friends. As you can imagine, this is very difficult. Please continue to pray for us during this time of transition. We are also going to be leaving our dogs with friends in our neighborhood in Mt Prospect. We thank the Lord for providing this, but know that it will be difficult not to have them for 6 months.
Blessings and love to you all from the Delp’s!

Maybe in a few years he will be playing in the World Cup!

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We are in the home stretch of our preparations for heading to Ecuador!  We have purchased our tickets and we fly out on June 26th. 

We have just sent out our final pre-departure newsletter update.  You can view it here: Spring_2010

There is much that must be accomplished before we can head down on June 26th.  Here is everything that must get done, so please pray!!!

– We have 90% prayer support in – If you are interested in praying for us while we are in Ecuador, please email and let us know

– We are at 87% of our financial support.  Still just a little ways off.  
You` can now donate online.  Here is the link:

http://covchurch.kintera.org/give/delp

Also, if you have pledged support in the past, but haven’t set up a recurring gift, you can use that link to set it up.

We also need these things to happen:

– Receive Simeon’s passport from the U.S. Government

– Receive our letter from the Ecuadorian National Church granting us permission to come to Ecuador under their supervision (for the visas)

– Get our Visas from the Ecuadorian Embassy in Chicago

– Attend Covenant Short-Term Missionary training event in Chicago: June 3rd  – 12th

– Visit two Covenant churches in Nebraska & Iowa: June 15th – 18th

– Sell all of our life possessions in our Yard Sale: June 20th – 21st

Then we fly out on American Airlines in the morning on June 26th!!!

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Just a quick note to let you know that we are now up to 88% in prayer support commitments and 84% in financial support commitments!  Praise God!!!  As our departure date gets closer and closer, we just keep getting closer and closer in support thanks to your gernerosity and care!

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