100 Days!!

Counting down the days until we leave for Texas!

There are only 100 days left until we leave Montana and travel south to the Center for Pioneer Church Planting in Los Fresnos, Texas!  It has been a long wait, but we are beginning to see the end of this stage.   We are so excited to tackle the tasks that need to be done before we load up the Suburban and trailer. 

• Continue to raise support
• Have a garage sale 
• Get the old suburban ready for the long haul
• Continue to save as much money as we can
• Move out of our apartment
• Tons of miscellaneous small things!

100 days... That's only 14 weekends.  It may sound like a lot but it is going to go very quickly! 


We received an update on our support on May 1st and are praising Jesus for his continued provision!  Here are the new numbers:

• 37% of our monthly living expenses are met (groceries, rent, insurance, taxes)
• 90% of our one time expenses are met (tuition, books, week long trips into Mexico, etc)

It is so exciting that we now have enough to pay Josh's tuition!  Hopefully we will get that done in the next couple of weeks. 

We have been so blessed by all of you who have already committed to pray for us and/or support us financially!  We have even received some great notes of encouragement that has meant so much to us.  You are the other half of this mission!  We give up our comforts to go, just as you give up your comforts to give.  We are partners!  Thank you!

Would you please commit to praying with us that we will be fully funded before we go?  Trusting God to provide enough through financial donations is actually no different than trusting him to provide enough through a salary or an hourly wage.  But it sure feels different!  It is an amazing opportunity to allow God to grow us in our faith, and we feel we are being stretched.  From past experience we know that this is exactly where we want to be - fully relying on God because He is fully in control! 

If you have not already partnered with us financially would you consider joining with us?  We are very much in need of more monthly supporters!  Currently we have monthly supporters giving anywhere between $20 and $200 dollars.  The wonderful thing about monthly gifts is that they are a reminder every month that you are with us and that you are praying for us.  Any amount is an incredible gift!  One time gifts are no less important and as soon as our one time needs are met they will be spread over the year to help with our monthly living expenses.

It is hard to put in to words how excited we are to begin to train to be long term cross cultural missionaries!  We will be part of ongoing church planting every month in Mexico while we train.  So we really will be doing the work of spreading the gospel starting this summer!