Crates and Packing

Dear Friends and Family,

It is the last day of November! EEEEK! Time is getting away from us and we had better get busy making the final preparations for moving.

It was a busy Thanksgiving for us, but such a great break from the usual routine of studying. Although some school preparations had to be made, we spent the majority of our holiday preparing for the upcoming move. What a blessing to spend Thanksgiving with some friends here in Kansas City - what a feast and what great company. We had a very nice and relaxing day. But then, it was back to the work of crate making (that's David's job) and packing (that's Shelley's job). David made two great looking crates (well, they are not exactly pretty, but how pretty can plywood and 2x4s be?) and I began to stuff them with our belongings. All the pictures are off the walls, the curtains are down and I'm left with only a couple pans. So, progress is being made in the Webb home.

David will build us two more crates tomorrow and that should be plenty of room for our things. The crates will be stored for the year of 2006 and will meet up with us again in 2007 in Mexico City. Wow! That will be like Christmas. (I'll probably think, "Why did I keep this?") Kayley is taking as much room in the crates as anyone with her toybox and her many stuffed animals and dolls. Yes, we have managed to persuade her to give up some things, but there is only so much you can do with a packrat like Kayley. Joshua is easier to deal with in this department. His toys are much smaller (and much more expensive!).

David and I completed our final class presentations today. We still have some small papers to write and finals to contend with, but the majority of the school work is completed. YEAH!

This weekend is our last traveling deputation weekend. We'll be in the Tulsa area with services in both the am and pm. It will be a lot of fun to speak at Pastor Gunter's church in Tulsa. He and Sharon are special to us as they were our pastors in Junction City, KS many years ago.

Thanks for your continued prayers. You are each special to us.

The Webbs

Christian Academy of Guatemala

Friends and family,
It was another great weekend as David and Shelley visited churches in Jefferson City, MO and Eldon, MO. Everyone was wonderful, as usual, and to top it off we got to eat a great Thanksgiving meal after church on Sunday morning. Yum - Yum!

Joshua and Kayley stayed behind in Kansas City. Grandma Webb was kind enough to drive down from Iowa and keep them all day Sunday so they could have a break from all the traveling. They appreciated being back at Central Church on Sunday morning for Sunday School and Church. It's been a few months since they could attend Sunday School and attend Children's Church with their friends.

Joshua and Kayley will be attending Christian Academy of Guatemala while living in Guatemala City. This school serves the missionary children in the area. The kids are excited to see their new school and Joshua is anticipating playing soccer on this field. Here are a couple pictures off the internet. The web address is http://www.christacadguate.org/ if you want to see some more.

On Thanksgiving we will be sharing a meal with a special family here in K.C. The Richardson's have invited us for Thanksgiving meal with some of their family. We are looking forward to having a weekend off from traveling, yet there is plenty to do. David will be building some crates to store and later ship our household goods to Mexico City. Shelley will stay busy packing up the house and making decisions about what to keep and what to throw.

We have much to be thankful for this year. I'm sure you do too. Enjoy the holiday and remember to thank God for all His goodness and blessings this year.

Until next week,
The Webb Family

Friendships Galore!

Dear Friends and Family,

One of the most enjoyable things about traveling and speaking is meeting so many new friends. Kayley is especially good at this and usually manages to find a little girl to play with wherever we go. This weekend her new friend shares her name with only a slight spelling variation: Kailey. (You can see Kailey's little brother there too). We had another wonderful weekend, this time in Burlington, Iowa. We were blessed to be there. I didn't hurt that we got to watch the Iowa State game on Saturday night at our hotel. Wow! What a game! Go Iowa State!

We are glad for bit of a break from our long car trips this weekend. We are headed for Jefferson City, MO and then Eldon, MO in the evening. Grandma Webb is coming to stay with the kids so they can have a weekend off from the traveling. They have had great attitudes about it all, but are anticipating a fun weekend at home.

It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just around the corner. We have much to be thankful for this year. And much to look forward to as well.

Thanks for your continued prayers,
The Webbs

Update on Language School

Hi Family and Friends,

As you all know, we will be studying Spanish and doing some ministry projects during our year in Guatemala. This is a picture of Antigua, a city just west of Guatemala City. We will be driving 45 minutes or so each day to get to Christian Spanish Academy in Antigua. It looks like we'll really be "roughin' it" doesn't it!? The school has a great reputation and we are excited to study there. Antigua used to be the capitol city and has great history, culture and beauty.

We had (once again) a great weekend presenting a Faith Promise in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It was a special treat to have Shelley's mom and step-dad, as well as Shelley's step-mom at the Saturday night presentation. The church was so fun and receptive to our message. Unfortunately, Kayley got sick on Saturday night (at 1 am wouldn't you know it!) but was able to attend with us on Sunday morning. She seemed to be over it by Monday morning after sleeping much of the way home to Kansas City on Sunday. She is a trooper.

Keep us in prayer as we have another couple of hard weeks ahead of us with our schooling. Most of our major research projects are due just before Thanksgiving, so we hope to begin the serious work of packing at that time. So much to do, but somehow it will all get done.

A special thanks to you all for your emails, calls, cards and letters. What a blessing you have been to us during the last few months. We are thankful for you all.

Have a wonderful week,
Shelley and David
Joshua and Kayley