It's Official!

Today is the first day we can officially call ourselves missionaries!
This morning we were commissioned by Countryside Community Church, a wonderful family of believers we have grown to love here in Sherwood. (check out the link to the left) It was so surreal watching our own video on the big projector screen, hearing the pastor talk about our ministry, having the church pray over us and realizing...this is really happening! Afterwords we realized that Nathan could no longer call himself a student or a contractor, I was no longer a nurse, and we didn't have to say we were going to be missionaries; we actually are missionaries! It's all so very exciting!
In the afternoon, our family and friends joined us at the park for an "Hasta la Vista" Party where we were totally blessed by the love and encouragement we received. It was a bitter-sweet day as we had to say goodbye to some of our closest friends that we have grown to love and were touched by hearing their prayers for us.
As if that wasn't enough, this evening we shared our last dinner with our Oregon family members...let's just say...there wasn't a dry eye in the house! We love you!