Jamaican Us Crazy!!!

Greetings from Buff Bay, Jamaica! 

We just wanted to shoot you a quick note and let you all know we have arrived safely and are kind of settled in.  We are staying at a church-owned complex called the GLOBE until we have house supplies.  Yesterday was a day of shopping and buying some furniture for the house, which was delivered TODAY (you can't say that for stores in the States!!!). 

We were welcomed by the Women's League (the ladies' fellowship group of the church) with a decorated home, a great meal, and a key to the city of Buff Bay!  God has been faithful in preparing the hearts of the church for our arrival.  The town is pretty small, so finding our way around has been pretty easy.  We are looking forward to tomorrow night's youth fellowship where we will be able to see the youth group again. 

Please continue to pray for us as we try to get accustomed and used to living in a new culture.  We will certainly post more stories, details, and pictures in the days to come.  Until then, much love! 

Grace and peace,
Jon and Kirsten

Up, Up, and AWAY!!!

Well, the time has come to sleep our last night in the states for awhile!  Today was an incredible blessing at church as we were commissioned to go out as an extension of our church to minister in Buff Bay.  We thank all of you for your encouragement and for being a tremendous blessing in our lives.  You all have been tangible evidence of God's goodness and faithfulness!

Please pray for us tomorrow for a nice ticketing person as our bags are a little heavy, energy throughout the day to actually make it to Buff Bay before midnight tomorrow, and God's great peace to wrap us up as we officially enter the next stage! 

We love you and will update you as soon as we can...

Grace and peace,
Jon and Kirsten

Winter Newsletter 2

Skype Tested...Anzardo Approved!

We have set up a skype account so feel free to add us to your contact list! If you do not have itand would like it (ITS FREE!), go to http://www.skype.com/download/skype/macosx/. Skype is a free computer-to-computer calling system and a low cost long-distance computer-to-phone calling service. Search "add to contacts" for Jon Anzardo and you will be sure to find us. Please call or write!

Grace and peace,
Jon and Kirsten

Now back to our program...

HellllOOOOOO.....

We are very sorry for the time that has lapsed from our last post. Life has certainly been busy and eventful! Lets get right to it. Our first order of business....

We have met our financial goal and will be departing for Jamaica on December 14th!!!! We thank you all a million times and more for your generosity, support, and love. God has certainly shown his faithfulness through you all and we praise Him for it!

Second. Our working permit is processing (so please continue to pray that it goes through and that we will get the fee exemption!). We believe that it we will be granted the permit, hence the reason we purchased tickets, but the fee exemption is a not so sure of a thing... We were told by Pastor Allen that we should find out this week or early next week about the details of our permit request and should go ahead and book the tickets now.

Side Note: We traveled to the Philadelphia Airport yesterday to lobby the airline monsters to grant us a free pass on some excess luggage. Not only did we see Allen Iverson arriving in Philadelphia (literally 3 feet from "The Answer") but we were granted our request!!! We praise God because we were told by the Spirit station manager that given the time we are leaving and where we are going we have practically no chance! God had other plans.... We praise Him for his faithful and we are thankful that we will not have to put many of our things on an ocean freighter or send it through the mail.

Lastly, stay tuned...we will be sending out our latest newsletter and some other updates via email.

We love you all and are thankful for you!

Grace and peace,
Jon and Kirsten