The Van's - It’s time for a new adventure

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We hear that blogging is a great way to tell your story.  Yet this feels very intimidating and like we might reveal TMI (too much information) but since we are going on a mission and want to share our experiences with our family and friends we will give it a try.  Besides it looks like it could be fun and we are always ready to have a little fun - so here's goes...




Saying good bye is difficult but our kids sent us off with the best farewell party!






We will miss our family 16 grandchildren, 4 married children, Greg’s mom, lots of brothers, sisters and friends so much but we have prayed about this and know it is the best thing we could possible do right now in our lives.  
And we are ExCiTeD!





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