The Basics

We wanted to make sure you all were well informed. Most of you received or will receive this info from us. But to make things easier and if you're like me and forgot the details here they are:

We're attending a 4-mon. training program in San Juan, Puerto Rico from Jan-May called Discover.











"Maps courtesy of www.theodora.com/maps used with permission"

While there we will gain cross-cultural exposure, minister to the local community through a new church plant and on the college campus, as well as take seminary classes through Birmingham Theological Seminary. We'll also take an exposure trip to Thailand and India for 2 weeks.

It's designed to help us evaluate and discover what our next step may be. So we're looking forward to this helping us grow in understanding our calling as individuals and as a couple.

Check out the program's great website www.ileadprogram.org

The cost is approx. $18,000, which will cover all of our expenses from travel, to housing, to food, etc. We're currently raising financial support and are up to around 13-14%. Yay God!


Some current prayer needs are:

• For our walks with God to deepen as we look to him for guidance, renewed strength and provision.
• Personal time management (sticking to priorties with work, support, family, friends, spouse time and ministry)
• Confidence that our support will be raised and that it is through faith in the Lord and not our own abilities
• That we would not be so busy looking into the future that we miss out in what God is doing around us here, now.
  

A little housekeeping...

For all of you who have joined, or are considering joining our support team, THANK YOU!! Really, there's no way we can truly say it enough so please know how grateful we are. Just being able to share this experience with the people we love and admire has been a joy. And I know there's some of you that we haven't met with or maybe even haven't contacted. I just couldn't wait to get you in on what's happening! We covet all of your prayers and want you to be in the loop! Also, if you don't hear from us and would like to know how you can help financially just let us know! Okay, okay enough advertisement. I'll try to make that the last time I do that...

Speaking of prayers, we're thinking that since most people use email so often and check it regularly that we would just put the things we'd like you to pray for on here. Regularly updated and relevant. Of course we'd be happy to make cute little cards with them listed and a carefully chosen picture of us on it. We just know that works for some and for others, well it either stays in that forever growing pile on your desk or falls behind the fridge never to be seen again. So just shoot us a comment or email and we'll get it to you pronto!

All of our updates will be through this. That way we can post pics and videos easily for you to enjoy. We'll just email you the link each time we make an update. You may want to bookmark it, just an idea. So again, thank you and if you have any suggestions on how we can keep you informed let us know!! And don't worry now that we have this out of the way they'll be shorter posts!

The formation of this blog

There's no way that I could give this process a valid description. Such commitment. From the name to the layout. Well I guess I made it a slightly bigger deal than was necessary but I wanted it to be just right. So here we are, finally, with a somewhat finished project for the world to see. (okay, who am I kidding, not that many people will most likely see it) So at least for our world to see...
That's just like me. Wanting everything to be this wonderful thing that means something. Really the whole reason for this is to communicate with our family and friends to keep them updated on our lives. I'm sure that these people, if any, will appreciate it for what it is and not care about much else.

If you're still reading this I hope you enjoy this little peek into our experiences. Hopefully it will be a candid account of our lives and thoughts as we attempt to follow Christ's lead. We also hope that through watching us you yourselves will get in on the adventure and see where He leads you.