Cleared For Take Off!!!

We are finally cleared of all application paperwork! Now reality has set in and we are in a real panic as we realize how much there is to be done and how little time. Since we have planned to leave from Texas and need to see family before we go, we will have the house packed and stored Monday and be on our way Thursday with "my backpack on my back. Val de re, val de rah". Packed with all we will be taking for the next 2 years. Oh, and each of us is limited to 80 pounds in no more than 2 bags each! No problem, right? Suddenly the french press coffee maker isn't so important!! Creativity is the mother of invention.
We are EXCITED and so appreciative of our great family and their love and support in this endevor. God has guided us in all this and made things happen, so it must be right.
To each of you "!Muchas Gracias por ser un bendicion!"
We will be "on the road again" with cell phones and laptop for the next month, then will fly to D.C. March 1. All we have to do now is become fluent in Spanish! HA! We will see if you can teach old dogs new tricks.