Hello friends.
How are you doing today? I hope well. Do you like to travel? Are you an explorer?
I have always wanted to see as much of the world as I could, since I was a little girl I was amazed at God's creativity in forming the different parts of the earth. The idea of being under a new sky, on new ground, breathing in new air, and meeting new cultures who were so similar to me (which makes sense since we are all made in his image)
Eric and I are preparing to enter a season of travel. It started with Eric attending a men's conference in Escanaba for four days this month. Our next stop is as a family, the three of us (little baby has no choice but to join us right now) will be driving down to Spring Texas.
We have been so blessed to be asked to join a missions conference a New Beginnings Church. This will be the first missions conference where we will get to share as official missionaries and we are excited for the chance to share our heart and passion with the people down south. We will have to see what happens to my voice - Eric says when ever I talk on the phone to a pastor down south I develop and accent. I will let you know if it happens during the conference.
We will get back from Texas exactly eight days after we leave, we will then have 5 days at home to do laundry, repack, and find out the gender of our little one ( I will post on that too). Then we are off to pre -field training.
We course will be held in North Carolina, and we will be gone from March 16 till April 16. The course includes classes from 9- 3pm daily with homework on the weekends. We are looking forward to learning more about cultural communication and how we can best reach out to the new culture we will be moving and submerging ourselves into.
It was a blessing that GEM allowed us to attend slightly earlier than planned. Normally you have to be between 70 and 80% to attend. They are letting us attend a little earlier because the other dates for the course either ended 2 weeks before the baby is due or started two after... not the best timing.
Thankfully they had some extra space in this course and we were given permission to attend.
As you know when we found out we were pregnant it changed our budget and we went from above 50% to 44%. We are happy to share that during the month of January we have gained 4% and are now at 48% and we have some families who will be partnering but we are not sure on the amount. It is always encouraging and exciting to see God move and to join together with new families to minister to the young adults.
While we are excited for the chance to travel and stretch our legs I know we will be excited to return home to our friends and family and routine... just in time to start nesting for baby. Keep an eye out for pictures, updates, and stories from the road.
God Bless ya'll
