We've been waiting for this moment for quite some time and we are finally approved! We got the email Thursday. I've been meaning to update this, but just haven't had the time. So here it goes.
After an extensive application process that we've shared here before, we had a final phone interview on Tuesday the 14th. The person that interviewed us actually went to college with Amy. He is one of three that interview potential missionaries. The others were out of town; one in Asia, the other in Peru. Well, as you may have heard, there were some serious earthquakes in Peru... the next day. He was OK, but this delayed their decision a bit. They also wanted to clarify some of my theology. This also delayed their decision. Finally last Thursday, we received the news that we were official.
Thanks you all for your prayer and support through this process. Our next steps will be raising our financial and further prayer support. We need to have/ have committed 50% of our monthly budget for deployment. We think that our budget will be around $4,000 per month. We are also still looking for more renters for our house. Seth (the youth pastor from Lakeland) has been staying with us and will continue to stay here while we're gone. He's been looking for roommates and has some good prospects in mind. To ease a little of the burden on him, we are also looking for a handyman to help us fix the house if anything happens while we're gone. We are also looking for someone to buy our 2nd car from us.
These are some of the long term things we'll be looking to take care of. We do have an immediate need as well. There is an annual strategic planning meeting that is going to happen in New Orleans on September 18-19. We don't think we'll be ready to move there by then, but our attendance was requested and we think it would be important for us to be there. We're looking for plane tickets and the cheapest we've found was $199/per person round trip.
Please join us in praying for these things. Also, as we make the transition, continue to pray for God to use this time to grow us closer to HIM and to each other. As you can probably imagine, it's a big step to move away from all you've known. It can be pretty scary. Pray that God would continue to prepare us for this, and continue to provide for us in this time.
We are compiling a list of names and email addresses of those who wish to support us financially and those who commit to praying for us every week. If you would like to be on that list, please email us. weheartno@gmail.com
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