Sunglasses?!

Adalynn is apparently got the wrong seasons in mind when she thinks of Russia...she wants to bring her sunglasses! We are continuing to pack, pack, pack! Good news though...we only need one more faith promise for $25 a month! Just ONE!!!! Once we get that Faith Promise in we will be fully 100% funded! Praise Jesus!

1% Away

We are 99% funded! We need one person to make a Faith Promise of $25 a month and we are there!!!!

Here is the link if you want to be that person who puts us at 100%!!!!!

http://www.wesleyan.org/gp/makefaithpromise/WM04-0343/missionaries


Blessings,
Philip, Kara, and Adalynn

And So It Begins...

(Adalynn wanted to make sure she was going too, so she climbed into the duffel bag)

We hope you all had a wonderful and special Christmas this year! I can't believe that it has come and gone already. We have 20 more days until we leave for Russia...and 20 more days to do 20,000 more things! We have a lot of packing in front of us! Since Christmas is over, we can now focus more fully on packing, what to pack, and how to pack! We are really excited to be leaving!
Here are some questions we have been getting that we thought you might be wondering too!

Where will you live once you are there? We will be living in an apartment in the ministry center for the few months we are there. Once we return after the baby is born, we will find a more permanent apartment in a different part of the city.

Will you be alone? No, Global Partners already has a team there in the city. There are 2 families with young children and a single woman.

What will you be doing? First, we will be trying to adjust to time change and life in another culture. We are going to begin language learning right away, and will also be finalizing our residency applications/process.

Will you hold Adalynn on the plane? No, we got Adalynn a separate seat on the plane. I am sure we will be holding her some of the time, but the flight is through the night, so we are hoping she can sleep!

How long is the plane ride? Once we connect with our connecting flight here in the States, we have a non-stop flight to Moscow. The total time for that flight is 10 hours.

What is the time difference? There is an 8 hour time difference...8 hours ahead of EST.

Hope these answers have helped you a little in knowing how to pray for us, and have helped in knowing what life will be like for us. We appreciate each one of you and your hearts for the Lord through this ministry.

Blessings,
Philip, Kara, Adalynn, and the littlest girl

They Came in Time for Christmas!

Look what came in the mail today! Dad Gormong drove over from the church to drop this package off to us...it was our Visas for Russia---approved and ready to be used come January 15th! Thank you for your prayers!

Philip opening the long awaited package from FedEx!

We're on our way!

Blessings,
Philip, Kara, Adalynn, and Little Girl Gormong #2

p.s. we are having another little girl!

Cookies

One month from today we will be on a plane bound for Russia! Can you believe it? No, I can't believe it. Especially as we have done close to no packing in the last few weeks. Yikes. In the midst of filling out some paperwork, last minute ministry visits, Christmas, and thinking about packing, Philip and I had a chance to spend a little Christmas fun together! Yes, we baked some Christmas cookies! I wish I could say they were all for us, but we actually were baking them for our Wednesday evening church service tonight. The decorating was still fun and we even ate a few leftover cookies!

(Philip's creation)

We are so thankful for each of you and your investment in our lives as we depart for Russia in a few weeks. We are overwhelmed by the Lord's provision, blessings, and grace this season. Thank you for your faithfulness to the Lord in your lives.

Blessings,
Philip, Kara, Adalynn, Little G

NEWS, NEWS, NEWS

2 Things I found on our financial reports recently!

The first thing is above:
We are 98% funded! We are still waiting on 3 more faith promises to come through, so hopefully that will put us at 100%! The Lord is faithful, isn't He?!


The second thing is this announcement we have been waiting to see:

Philip & Kara Gormong

Intern missionaries Philip and Kara Gormong have successfully completed home ministries and have purchased tickets to Russia for their first term of missionary service. They are scheduled to depart North America on January 15.

Haven't You Heard?!

Did you hear?! We have purchased tickets and are ready to leave for Russia on January 15th!!! Wawhooo!!! We are so excited! The Lord has provided for us. We are still waiting for our visas to arrive in the mail in the next week or so. Please still be praying for us as we wait for them. We just wanted to share with you our excitement that tickets are actually in hand! The packing MUST begin!

Adalynn has her new scarf and is ready to go!