10/11 Update - God is SO Good!

PRAISES and PRAYER NEEDS

• Catching up on house work. Blessed with help painting front door, shutters, and deck! Still finishing windows/trim.
• Loren blessed by men’s fellowship and Bible study on God’s intentions for men as husbands, dads, sons, etc.
• Blessed to have good camping trips to make fun family memories and just take time with one another.
• Michelle going on weekend women’s retreat 10/27.
• We are very thankful to have 65% of our support partners. Praying the final 35% will join us by the end of the year.
• Zack having minor surgery with general anesthetic on 10/24.
• Michelle struggling with insomnia and migraines. Never good for Mama/teacher to be sick.
• Loren’s contract job will be reduced to 20 hrs/wk starting November 1 and end December 30.
• Significant organizational restructuring and staff loss in JAARS IT Department. Loren is needed more than ever to make technical support available.
• Cars are making weird noises, one needs heat fixed, and one has rust spots busting thru. Praying for help or ability to fix them.

CAMPING ROCKS! We recently took a family camping trip to Kings Mountain, SC and slowed down a little to enjoy God’s creation. We were blessed with blue skies and crisp refreshing air, fall colors peeking   through on the forest palette, and moonlight softly shining on our tents. It was an amazing display of our Creator’s work that Psalm 19: 1-4 tells us is there for a special reason.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.

Imagine people’s response when they receive the Bible in their heart language and discover that God designed all of creation to call them to an intimate relationship with Him.

Wycliffe is currently translating the Bible for 1,525 language groups (representing 2.6 billion people) and seeking to start new projects in the remaining 2000 language groups (340 million people) by the year 2025.  Michelle and I are excited that God has called us to use our skills in technology and health care to help realize this goal.

Thank you for your prayers and support as we ask for the remaining 35% of our monthly financial need.  Along this journey, God continually proves He is so faithful  and He delights in providing for us (Malachi 3:10). We can trust Him in all things!

God bless you!