Thanks for praying!

Daniel said his goodbyes to Miss Larson and 2nd Grade classmates. A child actually cried because he will miss Daniel! Can't believe that the ties are so strong after just 4 weeks together.
The school actually planned to review his case after the first school exams and inform us in November. I was really uncomfortable with the plan and had to make several calls to different offices before it was decided that Daniel takes an assessment on reading and math. During the official meeting with the school to discuss his promotion, we were informed that he passed 5th Grade in Reading and full score for the 3rd Grade Math ( After some coaching from his teacher concerning US currency. )  We are happy that he can move on rather that having to do 2nd grade because he did not finish his final quarter in Singapore!
Anyway the 3rd Grade classes are too full and the school decided to gather 2-3 students from each class to form a new class with a new teacher. So Daniel will not be the only one who is new. Thank God for this special arrangement!
The class met on Friday and Daniel is sure that he likes his new teacher because she gives out candy! Sweet =)

1st fun trip

by Catherine Lim on Sunday, September 5, 2010 at 10:31am

Invited by Roger and Maggie for a boat ride down St John River. Enjoyed the wind when we speed up, watching out for gators, tortises, manatee and birds along the way, great lunch treat and a time to be with our friends. Daniel loved this trip because of a dog named Winston. He really enjoyed it even though he was rather apprehensive when they first met!Before our car pulled out of their compound, Daniel requested that we should come back soon to visit with them again!

Arrived in USA- Part 3 Accomodation

As we take this step of faith in obeying God's leading to relocate, it had been amazing to experience God's faithfulness and love through God's people! We had been serving by faith in Campus Crusade (30 years for me) and God never fails to provide. As we did our sums for the relocation, we were impressed to use our personal funds to purchase a house in Orlando instead of raising funds for our rental. We even thought of "helping God out" by selling our 5 room flat! (What little faith we have!) As it turns out, it's buyers' market with many foreclosure units available. However, it is risky because paper work could take a long time. We decided to just trust God for His provision. No need to sell our house; just wait for this town house that was worth 250K that is going for 110K. We put in an offer to the bank for 100K back in July.

Upon arrival, still no news. Stayed at a rented apartment which is a blessing in disguise! We had a nice place to rest and just focus on getting our 3 kids into the school system. After the kids had started school, I even had time to attend our office  ladies' meeting, read books and blog!
On the 12th day since our arrival, our agent asked if we would like to accept a smaller unit which we first booked. Although it was tempting to accept (tired of waiting!) I was not comfortable with a few issues; That unit is being rented out and I do not know the condition after the tenants moved out! The kids will not have enough living space and there's no wow factor, just a house. We decided to wait some more...
In less than a week, the bank finally approved the sale for the bigger unit! We are so relief and thankful! ( Heard that the bank fired the guy working on our case because of his inefficiency and put a new guy on the job. This new guy just accepted our offer without counter offer! )

We are looking forward to complete this purchase and settle in. (2 more weeks?) Meanwhile, we are grateful to enjoy our current rented apartment at a super good rate. Remember us in prayer as we go through this new purchasing process and settling in. More work ahead but I am looking forward to it!