Dear friends, I am now just under $300 per month shy of my support needs for the year in Venezuela. It looks as though we are planning to leave next Wednesday, September 5th.
So the big crunch is on. I'm soooo close! I still cannot get onto a plane and leave if this last little bit does not come in.
So pray, pray, and pray!! Please continue to let me know if you think of anyone else who might be encouraged to hear about the ministry in Merida.
Thanks!
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
$650
Well, my support has been coming in slowly but surely. I still find myself about $650 per month shy of my needs.
Please continue to pray and spread the word!
We are hoping to leave in the next week or so for Venezuela, and I cannot board a plane until I am fully funded!
STINT Briefing, August 12-19, 2007
We spent the week at the Copper Mountain ski resort area near Denver. We stayed in the housing used for all the ski instructors and such during the winter. For lack of a better term, I'll use the word "Ghetto" to describe our lodging. It was a great place to meet and such though and a very beautiful location. We rode the chair lift up the mountain and had lunch at the top one day. The view was amazing!
Meeting the Team:
The North American counterpart of our team finally were able to meet and spend the week together. I will briefly introduce my teammates now, though I'm sure I'll give better introductions when I have gotten to know them a little better.
From left to right, we are: Amanda Coonts from Boise, Idaho, myself!, Chelsea Hasenpflug from Sequim, WA, Eben Allen from Portland, OR, and Ivan Bucher from Homer, AK.
We look forward to meeting Claudia our Venezuelan teammate very soon!
Training:
The week focused on four "L's".
1. Love the Lord.
2. Love your team.
3. Launching movements.
4. Learning a new world.
All the things that will hopefully help make us faithfull and successfull in our time on the university in Merida.
Support:
We arrived for training with probably around 60-65% of our support collectively. We spent some time together working on phone calls and follow-up with people and saw God do amazing things! In one afternoon we saw our support increase collectively by over $1,000 per month!
As we left at the end of the week we were at about 80% as a team. We must be at 100% to leave for Venezuela, so please keep praying and spreading the word!
Fun:
We had so much fun getting to know each other throughout the week. One night we spent about 2 hours with bubble gum, just hanging out and goofing around. When I find the photos I will post a few.
Meeting the Team:
The North American counterpart of our team finally were able to meet and spend the week together. I will briefly introduce my teammates now, though I'm sure I'll give better introductions when I have gotten to know them a little better.
From left to right, we are: Amanda Coonts from Boise, Idaho, myself!, Chelsea Hasenpflug from Sequim, WA, Eben Allen from Portland, OR, and Ivan Bucher from Homer, AK.
We look forward to meeting Claudia our Venezuelan teammate very soon!
Training:
The week focused on four "L's".
1. Love the Lord.
2. Love your team.
3. Launching movements.
4. Learning a new world.
All the things that will hopefully help make us faithfull and successfull in our time on the university in Merida.
Support:
We arrived for training with probably around 60-65% of our support collectively. We spent some time together working on phone calls and follow-up with people and saw God do amazing things! In one afternoon we saw our support increase collectively by over $1,000 per month!
As we left at the end of the week we were at about 80% as a team. We must be at 100% to leave for Venezuela, so please keep praying and spreading the word!
Fun:
We had so much fun getting to know each other throughout the week. One night we spent about 2 hours with bubble gum, just hanging out and goofing around. When I find the photos I will post a few.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Denver
My week in Denver was fun. I stayed with a friend from junior high and highschool, her husband, and a very comical black and white puppy named Sugar. Yes, another puppy! (another schizophrenic puppy... possibly worse than Kavu)
I spent a lot of time just catching up on some work that I needed to do, but I also played around downtown one day. I visited the University of Colorado in Boulder and Colorado Christian University in Denver as well. No near future plans... just checking out some grad programs perhaps for sometime down the road. Let's see... some other highlights were a street market, some good coffe, and the Princess Bride on a huge screen in the park.
Then it was off to Copper Mountain for training with my Stint team to Merida, Venezuela.
I spent a lot of time just catching up on some work that I needed to do, but I also played around downtown one day. I visited the University of Colorado in Boulder and Colorado Christian University in Denver as well. No near future plans... just checking out some grad programs perhaps for sometime down the road. Let's see... some other highlights were a street market, some good coffe, and the Princess Bride on a huge screen in the park.
Then it was off to Copper Mountain for training with my Stint team to Merida, Venezuela.
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