I know a number of you are probably curious about what we are doing with all our MN considerations.  Here are the current plans in brief.  We will do a separate post on Japan plans.

• Timing – We will be moving in late June (June 21st is the current target)
• Houses
  • We are renting our home. Current price is $2,250 for the entire thing so spread the word!
    • Will leave the riding mower, snow blower, weed wacker, and wheel barrow for the tenants
    • We will drain the hot tub and prohibit its use by tenants
    • Projects – we have a bunch left to do and would love help (Jenny’s going to post more on this later)
  • We will continue to rent our old property on Norton St.
• Work – Jenny is quitting daycare and not working in Japan (she already quit!)
  • We are selling all the daycare stuff. If she does daycare when we come back we will acquire the materials to support it
• Vehicles
  • Selling my 2004 Audi TT turbo (let me know if you want to buy it!)
  • Storing the Odyssey (that we JUST paid off) at Jenny’s parents (THANKS!)
  • Selling the Bayliner boat  ;-(
• Pets – since Tokyo is rabies-free and has very little space for dogs…
  • We are giving Shadow to Jenny’s parents to keep him in the family. This will be a tough one for us but a Tokyo apartment is no place for a 75 lb golden-doodle that love people. I know he will LOVE saying hi to all the visitors at the Saathoff’s
  • We are bringing our cat, Sawyer, with us. The company will pay for his transport but not all the immunizations or testing. He will not be able to come until 3-4 months after we move and will be staying with a foster family (Thanks Luke and Sara!)
• Furniture
  • We will be shipping a good portion of our furniture to Japan.  It will arrive 3-6 weeks after us so we will rent temporary furniture when there or do without
  • We will be selling or donating a good chunk
  • The company will pack and store the rest here
• Other belongings
  • We will be shipping some, selling some, and storing some. We have gone through room-by-room and done the initial triage.
• Small group – we are transitioning our small group to new leaders and they will continue to meet and pray for us.  🙂
• Alcohol – we will be drinking all of it before we move since they won’t ship it (and we’ll for sure need a couple drinks before all this is said and done)