Just wanted to say hi.

I just wanted to let everyone know that we are praying for all, that the Lord will be continuing to bless each and every one of you. Things here are going really well, we have received a few more people that are giving to us on a monthly basis. Suzanne and I are still working our temporary jobs, hoping that soon we will be our in California then on to Africa.

We really appreciate all of your patience as you stand with us to bring the Gospel to Africa. We know that it has been a long road (believe us!!), but we want you to know that we are constantly seeking the Lord and praying for His hand to guide us to Africa.

Thank You

We just wanted to say "Thank You" to all the people who have been praying for Suzanne and her family. Today was the funeral for her grandma, Mickey, all went really well. It was a great service and many were able to attend and pay their last respects. Praise the Lord that she was able to accept the Lord in her final days, we grieve now only because we miss her, but we rejoice because we know that she is with the Lord in heaven now, waiting for us.

Update

Hello to everyone,

We just wanted to let you all know that Suzanne's grandma passed away at 10:30pm, 04/01/2009. Praise the Lord she is a believer and is now sitting with the Lord. Thank you for all of your prayers and words of encouragement.

Hello To Everyone!!

We just wanted to say HI to everyone!! We are doing really well here in Ann Arbor. I hope that you all are doing well too. The Lord has really been doing a work here with us and with our church as a whole. We have seen many new people coming to church and really being on fire for the Lord. We are in the middle of doing a Fireproof Group, based on the Christian movie "Fireproof" that is designed to strengthen marriages.

Suzanne and I are patiently waiting on the Lord to continue the good work that He started a few years ago. It seems like just yesterday that we heard the call to go to Africa and serve the Lord. The past three years have been wonderful for us to grow into His calling and really be able minister to others who are wondering if they have been called as well. It is probably the most popular question we get, "how did you know?" Well, to be honest, it was a holy, perfect peace that the Lord can only give that rested upon us while we were making decisions. We read and studied the Word really giving ourselves over to the work of the Holy Spirit. The real work that the Lord is doing now is preparing us to be away for so long. I know that we have said this before, but this time that we have been able to spend with friends and family has been absolutely wonderful. We are glad that the Lord didn't send us off so quickly so we can get a chance to get to know more people so much better.

Also, Suzanne's grandma is in the hospital and it doesn't look good for her. Please keep her in your prayers, she is probably not going to make it much longer. Praise the Lord though, she did accept Jesus as her Lord and Savior just a few days ago!! I believe that the Lord has us here to see her off and to say good-bye one last time. But, who knows, she may pull through and we may be playing cards with her again! Only the Lord knows.

Anyways, we love you all and are so thankful for all of your prayer and financial support. We couldn't be here without any of you, we are constantly praying for each of you that the Lord would continue to bless you and be your rock.

Looking Forward

Hello Everyone,

As Suzanne and I are preparing to be here for the winter, we take a look back at the past year that we have been preparing for long term service in Africa. You know, our first trip to Africa was over the 2007 Christmas, not even a year ago. The great thing is, most missionaries wait for a few years to get to the spot that we are at. Now, we are just learning so much from the Lord and many others around us. The past year has taught us to wait on the Lord. He does have many, many plans for our lives, but they are not all going to happen right now. That is probably the hardest thing for us, being able to see the finish line and not being able to run at full pace (for lack of a better term!!).

This time has given us more time to spend with our friends and family. We thought that we would be in California for the holidays but much to our surprise, we got to see all of our loved ones. Even though the Detroit Lions lost on Thanksgiving (and every game before that) we had a great time with all the family and friends. We have gotten to make so many new friends at church and really get to strengthen the relationships that we already had. God has truely blessed the time with our home church. As is in the earlier post, you can check out our church at http://www.calvarychapelannarbor.org/, we have some teachings and pictures there too.

You can also go to http://www.farreachingministries.org/ to see Far Reaching Ministries home page. They have some great pictures of all the work they are doing in Africa and around the world. They really have a heart for the Lord and missions in general.

Once again, we are very blessed to have this calling on our lives and we hope that you can partner with is in prayer or how ever the Lord may lead you.

God Bless.

Our total monthly financial needs in Africa

While our total monthly goal is to have $2500 raised for Africa, we must have $1500.00 per month raised before we can go out to California to start our six months of training. Our training in California will be at Far Reaching Ministries main office in Murrieta. We will be learning the bookkeeping for the ministry operations in Africa, also we will have an opportunity to serve at the office in various capacities.

The needs that we have while in Africa are travel expenses (car and air), security, food, water, housing, cell, Internet, etc. This support will also cover the cost of our plane tickets for travel back to the U.S. once a year to take a month long vacation to spend time with friends, family and our supporters nation wide.

Thank you for your continued prayer and support and know that you are helping to make a difference in Africa.

Our trip to the Equator in April 2008

This trip was really good for us. While being in Kampala, we got a chance to meet some of the other missionaries that work there with Far Reaching Ministries. We took them out because none of us had been to the equator before, it was a good chance to get to know them.