It’s almost been two weeks since we’ve arrived in Elkhart. For the time being (and the foreseeable future) we are staying with a friend who has graciously taken in us four (noisy, sticky, mess-making) Scatliffs. Our days have been filled with administrative stuff (obtaining social security numbers, applying for new insurances, establishing a new banking […]
Today marks one full week of being in Indiana. This past week has been far more emotionally challenging than I ever anticipated, but thankfully the past few days have drawn us back to what matters and I’m reminded as to why we are here. As I head to bed tonight, I’m clinging to words of […]
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Tom Scatliff
In the middle of all the stress and running around, trying to find a house to call home, a car to take us around, a community to be family, and all the admin of social security numbers, bank accounts, credit cards, cell phone plans……… Sometimes God swoops in and does some mighty, inexplicable work through […]
On Wednesday afternoon my mom, the kids, and I flew into South Bend, Indiana, the nearest airport to Elkhart. Tom and his dad (who drove the uHaul truck and arrived the night before) met us at the airport with the rental car. And just like that… After two years of support raising, lots of prayer, […]
This is it! We are, literally, going now!!! After an amazing crew of friends helped us pack the uHaul truck on Sunday, June 1st, Tom and his dad rolled out of town Monday morning – Elkhart bound! The kids, my mom and I are hanging back at a friend’s house to allow the guys a […]
This is it. Our last night in the place we’ve called home for four years. The place we scooped up in a heartbeat when we returned from serving in Ecuador. The place we brought our first child home from the hospital to. The place our second son surprised us by arriving while we were still at […]
This past week has been a BIG one for us! We traveled to Elkhart, Indiana for an important fund raising event last Saturday and this past Wednesday we traveled to the border again to have our visa applications adjudicated. The Lord walked ahead of us for both of them! The fundraiser was an awesome evening […]
Howdy! It’s time to take a giant leap of faith. We’ve given our landlord notice that we are out June 1st. Yup, June 1st. No, we don’t have our visas yet. Those will come, Lord willing, in the 3rd or 4th week of May. Considering we won’t have a home within a week of that […]
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Tom Scatliff
This past December we left Montreal with a six-week old and a two-year old and headed west; yearning to find the rest of our support team and determined to make the most of the time we had. While on the road we spoke at numerous churches, presented at small groups, met with families, and followed […]
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Tom Scatliff
Quit my job today. I’ve been looking forward to this day for a long time. And, the thing is, I really liked that job. Quitting my job means that I’m finally ready to follow what I feel is God’s call on my life… Joining in the technological ministry of the HCJB Global Technology Center in […]