100% Support Reached!

Have you heard the great news!  I'm fully supported!  Now I get to hand in my resignation at work and start working on all the details I'll need to wrap up before I leave.  I will be attending one final missions training course at Center for Intercultural Training in North Carolina in May and then hope to be on my way to South Africa by mid June.  So excited the time has finally come!

January Prayer Letter - The good and the sad

Did you have a great Christmas?  Our home is undergoing a bit of a remodel at the moment so Christmas occurred while flooring was ripped up, wallpaper torn down, and a bathroom was redone.  Thankfully the meaning of Christmas is not in the decorations! Soon everything will be fresh for the New Year.

On a sad note, the church I’ve been attending the past few years, Sedro-Woolley Community Fellowship, closed its doors mid-December, although many in the church hope to still meet together at times for fellowship.

A good church community is so important for support and fellowship and to keep one spiritually sharpened :).  I can’t wait to see where the Lord leads next!  What new friends will I meet?  How will I be able to serve? How will the Lord use this event to help pave the way to South Africa? 

For now, I’ve been visiting other churches in the valley and hope to be settled into a new church home soon.  Please pray the Lord will lead me to a church that is willing to support me spiritually, with prayer, and hopefully financially, over the years I serve in South Africa.

On a happier note, the Lord provided and brought in over and above the 15% I’d set as a goal for the end of 2014! The year end giving is not all in but it looks like I'm just about fully supported and should be able to set my departure and training dates soon. It is exciting to reach this phase and I am looking forward to being in South Africa soon where I have been called to serve.      

Finally, I’m looking to intentionally put together a team of prayer supporters over the next few months.  Prayer is key to getting to and accomplishing God purposes in South Africa.  If you already are, or will commit to, praying for me regularly, please drop me a quick email or otherwise let me know. My goal is 100 active prayer supporters before I leave.

May the Lord bless this New Year for you with joy, peace, and love.  I’ll look back to my time in Glasgow, Scotland for a quick Celtic blessing for you:

May you have

Walls for the wind

And a roof for the rain,

And drinks beside the fire

Laughter to cheer you

And those you love near you,

And all that your heart may desire

~ Celtic Blessing