- We've officially moved out of our house. We have rented the house, and last weekend moved into the Wieler parents basement. It's a little odd to be living in Mom and Dad's basement after so many years, but the hospitality and support shown to us has been fabulous. The move itself was great, a HUGE thank you to Simon at Wiebe's Moving and Storage, and Ken Klassen for the help with the move and the storage of our furniture, that took a great load off our mind. We, well actually Charlene mostly, with the help of a bunch of our friends and family, spent the last week doing the final house cleaning, and we handed the keys over officially on Friday afternoon.
- The good-bye parties have started. My work goodbye reception was Wedenesday evening, and I had a great time. Ian (my Boss) had some very nice remarks, and it was wonderful to see so many of my friends and colleagues come out. Its a funny feeling wrapping up a sixteen year career. This weekend we have a bunch of family gatherings, which will be a lot of fun, but busy. We have already attended one party on Saturday, and there are two more today (Sunday). Our church "Small Group" also had a send off for us at Crescent Drive park last week, that was both a lot of fun, and very meaningful to us. We can't emphasize enough how greatful we are for all the help and support that has been given us. I guess we are learning (to paraphrase the famous saying) that "it takes a village (or a church community) to move a family to South Africa", or something like that. I can't image how difficult this move would have been if we would have had everyones help.
- We are giving everyone our "Missionary Picture" with our email and blog address (you probably already have one if you are reading this).
Some folks have asked for our actual mailing address in South Africa. Here it is
John and Charlene Wieler, c/o C4LPO Box 2510, White River,
Republic of South Africa 1240.
Click here to go see our geographic location using Google maps.
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