Liberia 2

So I was planning on holding off posting anything until we know more...but word has spread like wildfire so I thought I'd post something. Jamie and I (and yes Tyler, the boys too) have applied to an organization called SIM to work in Liberia. We will go for 4 days in the middle of May to an introductory weekend at SIM's headquarters in Charlotte. After that weekend we'll find out more about whether we're accepted and hopefully know a little more about when we'd go. Our best guess right now is that we'll leave around November.
If everything goes as planned I'll be filling their construction supervisor position. They have a 130+ acre campus just outside Monrovia that includes a radio station, hospital, dental clinic and school. You can see more about the site through their partners website here. They have a long list of construction needs to repair their facilities after the 14 year Liberian civil war that ended in 2003. The position is "self-supported" and we've made a 1-year commitment. After that we'll decide whether we'll stay longer or come back.
I'll post more later about what has led up to this decision and what everyone's reaction has been so far. Oh, and if anyone wants to buy a 2-year old house in Everson let me know.