This is our LAST day in the States, and we fly out to South Africa in just a few hours. It has been such a wonderful time in Georgia, connecting with so many friends, hanging out with family, and enjoying our first WHITE Christmas! Emi had so much fun here - especially with her grandparents and cousins. She has grown up a lot here - in the last 2  1/2 months she has learned to walk, then run, then climb; to say lots of new words, and to make a ton of animal sounds too! We want to thank all of you for showing us so much love and hospitality while we were home. So many of you have also graciously continued supporting us, and we say again that we couldn't do this without you.

This will be our last blog from AIM. Our two year commitment has ended, and we are now being sent out  by our good friends at SERV (www.servintl.org). We will hit the ground running, and will be  joining forces with Global Challenge (www.gcex.org) as soon as we get there. We're very excited about helping to train these young leaders as they serve orphans and other needs around the globe. Jodi will be working in a local community center with orphans and refugee children, and she's very excited to be a part of that.

 

Please pray for our safe flight (and equally important a peaceful flight for little Emi as 17 hours is a long time for a toddler to be still!). Please pray for us as we will also be finding a rental house and moving in the first 3 days we arrive, right before training starts. 

 

We love you and appreciate your partnership with us in making a huge difference in orphans' lives! We hope you have an amazing New Year and that 2011 is FULL of love, joy, and the awesome peace of God in the midst of whatever you're going through.

 

love,

Marius, Jodi and Baby Emi

 

 

 

p.s. My new blog updates will come from jodideetlefs@yahoo.com or jodideetlefs@mac.com, as we will no longer use our adventures (AIM) email account, so be on the lookout. I will send same blog from the new account so you can see the new format.