Tuesday, November 30, 2010

"God is Showing Out Again!"

Give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.  
1 Chronicles 16:34

God continues to amaze us.  Although sometimes I feel that we shouldn't be amazed at the Power and the Marvel of God, other times I feel we should.  His magnificent plan for us shouldn't find us without the expectations and hope of what will come, but should amaze us because there is no greater Power than that of the one and only God.  I like to use this new phrase to me that I heard from a brother in Christ from the Atlanta area, "God is showing out again!".  We have made our arrangements for our final move flight.  We will be leaving December the 30th.  Flights went down in price somewhat, and we are now able to leave a little earlier than previously planned.  We are extremely excited for this move, and cannot wait to serve our Lord and Savior in Guatemala!  We know that God has some awesome things in store for us if we continue to be obedient and follow his calling on our lives!

On another uplifting note, we want to share with you that we are now at 93% of our annual financial goal!  Praise God!!!  Let us say that again, PRAISE GOD!!!  "God is showing out again!"  We received a gift of $5,000 today that will greatly help us in our start up!  We have tried to establish a start-up fund to help us with much needed furnishings for the house and the purchase of a vehicle.  With our final family doctor and dentists visits, international health insurance cost, etc. this has been very difficult.  We trusted that God would handle this for us and he did!  This same donor sent a note that they will be giving $500 a month for one year!  This is what put us at the 93%.  We have had many other churches and individuals tell us that they are planning to start committing an amount to our ministry.  The more we take in, the more ministry we will be able to do, the more we can give to others, and the more people that will come to know Jesus!  Again, PRAISE GOD!!!

Praise the LORD.  Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, you servants of the LORD,
Psalm 135:1
Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
Psalm 150:2

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Back in Alabama

Here I am, now back in Alabama with my family.  It was so hard to come back here.  I actually told Kim to just go ahead and bring the kids on to Guatemala.  God has prepared our hearts and minds for the mission field.  We are ready and it is tough to have the patience we need for the next 7 weeks here in the States.  I got great response and encouragement about my past updates while I was in country.  I apologize for not being able to send updates the last couple of weeks.  I didn't have access to the internet like I did the first 2 weeks.  When we arrive in January we will remember the responses that was given and try and keep the updates flowing to you all on a regular basis.  Please continue to keep our family in your prayers.  We need all the prayer support we can get as we are spending our final weeks here getting ready for the move.  Please pray for our extended families.  Both sides of our families are believers, but it is still difficult for some to understand completely the reasoning for us taking off with the kids to a foreign land.  There is a peace that can only come from God that we have about moving.