We have a lawyer!!

So Tuesday we met with our newly hired lawyer. We drove to downtown Fort Worth and went into this huge TOWER--I guess a skyscraper is the word. Now, please don't think that we are some hillbilly Texans with cows in our front yard and we'd never seen a skyscraper! But, we are definitely um, low maintenance? That might be the word. SIMPLE! That's a good word. Anyway, I digress.

So we walk in and just stand in the lobby looking lost until a guy in a security uniform helps us. (We are wearing jeans, tshirts, baseball cap (Blu), and a ponytail (me)). So we go up to the 15th floor and there is a FANCY law firm--listen to the name...Bourland, Wall, and Wenzel. Say it and let is just roll off of your tongue...sounds fancy huh? So anyway our lawyer guy and his lawyer lady assistant or something come out and they are dressed in like suits, and then they usher us into this BOARD room, with HUGE rolling chairs around a mahogany table. They proceed to offer us coffee or water that has been set up. I wanted to take a picture SOOOO bad!!! I felt like I was in Erin Brokovich or something!

Ok, now that you really think we're some hicks.. the meeting went fabulously!! Our lawyer is a Christian who works with religious non-profits, especially churches, but he has done several missions non profits as well. They knew exactly what to do, what is going on, and the fee is lower than we expected! So basically, the ball is rolling! We will be setting up our Board of Directors, writing bylaws, and submitting our "stuff" to the IRS to become a 501c non-profit organization!! (Yes, we realize we can do all this ourselves on LegalZoom for cheap, but we (and especially our big donors) felt the need to have a lawyer backing us for added accountability.)

So that's the lawyer update! Oh!!! I have a little plug!! I rarely do this, but our sweet missionary friends who worked in the same town as us in Zambia wrote and produced a film using Zambian church members. It's a pretty neat little play called Detective James Tembo, and I especially love the Zambian music on the film's soundtrack! Check them out here!

And finally, a picture to get you through your weekend:

Our home church in College Station, Texas, did a dime drive when we were in Zambia. Back then, one dime would buy a pair of flip flops for a child, so we got to go to a school and pass out flipflops to all the kids! It was AMAZING :)