Homeward Bound-What's next??

Where is home anyway? After years in living in someone else's country, our dear friends are headed to a new home. We, as island family, would like to celebrate their years of service, years of obedience, and upward looking lifestyle. They have lived with less, so that someday, forever, others could live with everything. This has not been an easy journey, or a smooth journey, but it's been a faithful and faith-filled journey.



So what happens next: On October 3, 2009, Stefi returns home to spend time with her sister, who is due to have a baby very soon. She will provide "auntie services" while Lee and the girls "finish up" on Whidbey Island. October 11, the rest of the family will board a one way flight to Australia to start the next chapter of their lives together.



Goals for the next few years will be:

• Getting Stefi into the Austrailian healthcare system to better control her diabetes and keep her as healthy as possible. Australia has a universal heathcare system that covers the family upon arrival, since they are Aussies....Lee included
  
• Introducing the Kaylyn and Hope to their mum's culture and new school system
• Providing support to Stefi's dad, now 82, and "being" with Australian family for a season
• Finding jobs to help support the family through the next phase of following the leader
• Obtaining more international business education for Lee
• Being family without the extra stressors of violence, scarce resources, foreign language and culture