November 29

Hello All! It has been awhile, I know. I'm sorry to leave you hanging, but our internet really stinks. In fact, we have to go to the roof to use a neighbor's signal. We are thankful for that at this point though :)

We are doing well. Our kids are stir-crazy and we are sick of being slow at Hindi. We wish our brains would "get it." We only have two more weeks of formal classes and then we move to our city! We leave this week for a 4 day trip to find a house. Oh pray for the Lord to lead us to the place! This is a major concern.

We have a tree up for Christmas. Yes, we are moving in two weeks, but we can easily take it down and re-decorate when we move! It was nice to put it up on Thanksgiving since that it is our family tradition.

I am unable to put pictures on at this time, but after our trip to "N" we will add some.

Please send us a note anytime...our email is: www.5martinsinasia@gmail.com

We are so thankful for your prayers.

Love, The Martins

Last Days...

Sitting!!

The cousins.

Me and Jess.

My Mom.

Saying "goodbye" at the airport.

At my Grandma and Grandpa's house in Ferndale, WA. The girls had such a wonderful time with their great-grands!

My younger brother Erik and his daughter Emma with me and Madelyn at our Aunt Brenda's

It was wonderful to get to see my Aunt Sheryl, her oldest son John and his son Clayton, and Emily. It has been over 10 years since we've seen each other!

The famous "jumpy jump!" The kids LOVE going to Nana and Pop's house to jump.

(This picture is totally out of order, it was taken before we went to Washington!)

I appreciate your patience as we continue the packing and good-bye process in preparation for our trip overseas this Sunday (the 11th.) We have very busy brains right now, so updating the blog is a little overwhelming. I have put most of our recent pictures on Facebook, and if we aren not Facebook friends, friend me so you can see the albums.

We had a wonderful trip to Washington, we always do. Seeing my family is priceless, and of course it was short, but worth every second. We got to feel a bit of fall weather, which we LOVE. We also got to go to an apple farm and taste Washington grown apples! Yum :)

As we prepare to move we are so thankful for every step God has brought us through to get to this point. Each of you have been precious to us in some way, and we are each thankful for your love, support and prayers. We will miss all of our family, church family and friends over the next two or so years, but know that we will keep updating you and will love your updates as well!

I will update one more time before our departure, stay tuned...

If you have Skype, we would love to chat face to face, our user name is "Justinandchandra" so add us :)

LOVE,

The Martins

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