Posted by: kimthanh
Wow! It's really become a reality. We are moving to Portland, Oregon.
We are helping to start up a non-profit with our friends, Dustin and Cara called Bola Moyo (bowl-la moy-yo). it literally means "Better Life" which is what we are striving to give to the people of Malawi, Africa, particularly the children who are the future of their country.
We are thrilled to be doing this non-profit alongside Dustin and Cara, and look forward to seeing the harvest of our hard work as time goes by. But for now we are working on getting things together for the benefit concert that will be our fundraiser for folks in the Bay Area and Southern California. It's going to be interesting, a learning experience and I'm sure beneficial in so many ways.
But until then Michael and I have a lot to take care of like finding a renter for our house, packing, keep working on work and Bola Moyo stuff, visit families and friends, etc. Whew! It's going to be a hairy few months for us! So, by the looks of our schedule, it looks like we will be moving up some time in mid-late October. So, yea, I guess the reality of this move for us has really come to mind. It's going to be fantastic, fun and exciting, yet difficult to leave family and friends behind. It's always hard to be the ones saying goodbye because others feel you are leaving them behind. And then when it comes time to visit everyone, it gets to be a bit tricky. But with Bola Moyo's flexible schedule, we should be able to take enough time off to see everyone! Let's hope so!
As far as money, income. we still don't know what will come of that but we know that we will be taken care of somehow, some way. We will be looking for part-time jobs when we finally settle into Portland.
Here we go...we just never wanted to say we 'should have' or 'what if' that is why we are taking this time in our lives to do what we are both passion about - loving others.
