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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

        Only a few days left until christmas. I hope you're all ready! Well for us it doesn't seem like it's that time of year yet. We have been very busy since the last time I wrote. I have been filling out paperwork for SI, now that I am officially on staff, and we spent many long hours trying to get our Christmas and support letter out. It would have been a simple task but Erin and I decided to make the big jump and buy our first computer. We got an apple laptop which will be just what we need in Costa Rica. I am hoping to learn how to edit video so I can send out some video updates to you all instead of just e-mails. Anyways, we have had to re-enter all of the addresses and transfer all of our info from the PC that we had to this apple. Before this we have only had hand-me-down computers that weren't very good and our info is spread out on many CDs and hard drives. I won't do that again. I'm an apple man now.

         For those of you who didn't get our letter and would like to receive letters in the future e-mail your mailing address to us @ jerinjanzen@att.net and we will make sure to add you to our mailing list.  I will try to post or letter for those of you who didn't get it. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS we wish you all a blessed holiday season,

Jeremy, Erin, Ella, and Judah

Finally!!

Hello all of you who check in periodically!! Sorry, it has almost been a month since you've heard from us. We have just been plugging away at life. I finally had my interview with Jeff and Tracy Dixon this last week and guess what?!?! I got hired!!!! I am now on staff @ SI! We don't know if our account is set up yet but Jeff told me we're on board, (good thing cause I was really nervous) and I should get a conformation E-mail soon.
Well that's it for now. I will be updating you all again after thanksgiving. Hopefully I can tell you exactly what our gaols are for this coming year financially and just an over all timeline.
May Christ bless you all,
the Janzens

Not much going on here

Well , it has been quite a while since our last post but not much has been going on. As I wrote in the last post I went to L.A. for more training with The Gas Co. and it was very uneventfull. I was trained to walk leak survey. The entire job consists of walking over every Gas main and service with a machine that sucks air up into it and measures the amount of methane gas present. If I find any indications I call for a crew to come investigate or just write up some papers to document it. I end up walking from six to eight miles every day and also end up very, very bored. Some of my coworkers think that I am being punished by our management for my decision to move to Costa Rica and leave the company. I haven't decided where i stand on the issue but I know that God can still teach me something through this extremely boring job.
Other than that, we appreciate all of you who continue to support us in prayer and with finances. We are still going to need to see a miracle if we are to move next June. It seems impossible in my mind but nothing is too big for God. I am just waiting for one of my references to send in his form and then I'll be interviewed and hired, then we can hopefully begin receiving financial contributions through S.I. For all of you that are planning on supporting us we would appreciate you to begin as soon as possible or the beginning of the year. all of the moneys received before our departure will go towards our moving costs and schooling. We need about $10,000- 15,000 for that .
Well, we gotta run. God bless you all,
Jeremy and the Janzens

S.I. Banquet!!

I want to start by thanking all of you that came to the S.I. banquet. I had a really nice time and i hope the rest of you did to. I also want to apologize to those of you who did not get an invitation, I feel so bad about that. Next time I will make sure to write on the blog about it. Anyways, we had a great time. The food was great and I felt it was very informing. Everyone at our table was very exited about possibly going to Costa Rica possibly on a men's trip or some other outreach. It would really be awesome to get a lot of people we know down there to see what we do first hand.
I wish i could summarize the evening for you all but there's no way i could tell you everything that happened. the testimonies and the video presentation were very emotional and moving. S.I. has really touched a lot of people over the years. we are very excited for what God is doing with S.I. and with us.
We also had a few more people commit to support us and that is just a continual blessing. It will be quite costly to move to Costa Rica and it's not much cheaper to live there. I am continually overwhelmed by people and their generosity. Gods blessings don't always come straight from Him, sometimes He uses you and I. my faith has continually grown through this process and I am so grateful that he uses you to help the process.
I am sorry this update is a whole week after the event but I have been in L.A. for training for the Gas Co. It wasn't much fun but I'm back now and i may never have to go there again.
Thanks for reading and God bless you all,
Jeremy and the rest of the Janzens

We have info!!

This last Sunday we had a meeting at the Dixons. (They're the family we'll be moving to Costa Rica with) We were able to spend time with them and two other women who are also considering going with us, Krysta and Cailah. We ate dinner and spent time talking about everything we could think of relating to Costa Rica. Jeff Dixon is on staff with Students International, S.I., so he knows more than the rest of us. He has estimated their cost of living at $3500 per month. plus the one time cost of $20,000 for schooling, moving, and a car. (Cars are about 40% more in C.R.) We figure our expenses will probably be just a little less than theirs because we don't need a house with an office. We are estimating around $3000 per month although it may be a little more to begin because of language school and some missionary training we have to complete. Over all we are pretty excited to know a bit more. We asked when we need to move down there and it all depends on when we raise enough support. I have heard that some missionaries spend two or three years raising support, I hope that's not our situation. God willing, we will move with the Dixon's around June but otherwise we'll be going whenever the Lord provides the money.
I appreciate all of you putting up with my last post. the one about golf. Sorry for those of you who do not golf, I was a little excited about my game. Erin, Jeff, and Tracey (Dixon) have all told me I shouldn't have put that on here so again I apologize. But for those who want to hear about my golf you'll have to e-mail me. (I'm expecting lots of e-mails:))
thanks again for all of you who are supporting us in prayer or financially. We appreciate it greatly and we know that you are spreading Jesus as much as we are.
Jeremy