I'm leaving on a jet plane.......

Well we are off!! Our journey has begun. Leaving home was not easy!! Our wonderful friends and family all came to the airport and really made it special. It was tough but we know we are doing the right thing. We are really going to miss everyone!! REALLY REALLY REALLY!! Everyone kiss my niece for me every time you see her! We made it into MN last night around 8:20 and have really been enjoying ourselves. Last night we went to see a movie and today we spent the day at the Mall of America. Can I say WOW!! The mall is unbelievable. 4 stories, a movie theatre, dinosaur park museum, underwater park and amusement park. Along with its gazillion stores. We were there for about 4hours and maybe made it into 5 stores. The stores themselves are so big, it took a long time to look around and then wait in line. Tonight we went to service at River Valley. Awesome, awesome church. The members were challenged three months ago with $100.00. To take it and somehow multiply it, to then give it to some type of ministry or charity. Their passion to carry out this challenge was amazing!! I'm not sure about how much was raised total, but I think they said that for children's cup, 14,000 was raised!! Isn't that awesome? We were so encouraged. Pastor Rob Ketterling and Anthony Hilden have been such a blessing to be with this weekend. They are great men of God who have truly blessed us. We look forward to meeting with them again in the future. Everyone email us and keep in touch. We miss you!!

Brie Nicole Duplechain

here is the hilight of my life right now, my newest niece Brie. she was 7 lbs 14 0z 20 inches. she is absolutely precious!!! see all of her pictures on www.theduplechains.com

Less Than 3 Weeks!!!

Well it is officially less than 3 weeks away. Being that we are leaving 3 weeks from yesterday :) We have been having a lot of fun hanging out with friends and family, trying to spend as much time with people as possible. I started packing this week (thanks mom for helping me) and realized that it is going to be hard to bring everything i want to. I guess i'll figure it out though :) In case anyone is reading this today (Saturday 8th) out going away party is tomorrow at the Annex at 6:00. I am excited about seeing people i may not have seen in a while and maybe seeing some people for the last time :( God has been pouring His blessings on these past few weeks. I am so excited about this next chapter in our lives!!! Hope to see everyone tomorrow night.