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Time flies and so do we...soon

Since the last post we've travelled across the country a couple times, returned to Vienna and Kosovo for short time, Michael got a coaching job at Providence Christian College, and we've continued to prepare for our move to Kosovo.

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    The big piece of news is that we have purchased our tickets for our return flight to Europe! We will be departing LAX on the evening of June 9th. We will spend a few days in Vienna and attend graduation for this year's ICSV seniors, worship at Grace Church, and make final arrangements with our partners for the Baseball Academy in August. Then we will fly to Kosovo on the evening of June 14th.

    We are very excited to take this step...but it's a nervous excitement as well. We are still in need of about $1300-1500 per month in committed giving. God has given an overwhelming vision for His Glory in Kosovo and we'd like to invite you to be a part of it.

    If you are able to support our family in this work, you can send checks to Global Baseball at 18 Adele Rd, West Nyack, New York 10994 OR make electronic payments at https://connect.egiving.com/michael-johnstone/global-youth-baseball-federation.

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