Faith & Trust
We just returned home after a great weekend of ministry! It was wonderful to get to be with the people of Chapel of Hope in Billings and Round Up Assembly yesterday. Thanks for your prayers, and your support!
As we start this week, I am a honestly feeling a bit overwhelmed. We are getting school stuff ready for the kids as I will be teaching them. Isaiah is doing 4th grade this year, and Isabelle is starting Kindergarten. It is fun, and a lot of work at the same time. This week on the to do list: potty train Ethan, get the school room ready, paint Ethan's room, de-clutter the house and get things ready for the garage sale, and put OUR HOUSE on the market. Wow that's no small list.....
As we have been traveling and sharing our heart for the Indonesian people, Bob's main point of his sermon has been how we need to completely trust God. I think that now more than ever this is something that I am dealing with. I don't know why, but letting go of my house is a big deal. Bob says "we have already given up everything to do this ministry. What is the problem with selling the house?"
Easier said than done. :(
God has given me a peace about it finally. I know that it is right thing to do, but taking that step of faith and doing it, is so hard! I don't have any idea where we will live. The good thing is I don't make the plans God does. He already has it planned out.
Please pray for us this week, as we try to tackle this list. Only with God's power will we make it.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Kid's Camp
This last week has been so much fun, and so exhausting at the same time. Our week started off with Bob and Isaiah traveling to Glacier Bible Camp with 5 other boys. I (Rebekka) followed on Wednesday with the youngest two. It was great to see how God was moving in the lives of the kids. Isabelle, Ethan and I stayed in a beautiful cabin. (Thanks Steve and Jan!) Then the whole family had a chance to share with the kids during one of the evening services.
Here are a few more photos from camp:
This last week has been so much fun, and so exhausting at the same time. Our week started off with Bob and Isaiah traveling to Glacier Bible Camp with 5 other boys. I (Rebekka) followed on Wednesday with the youngest two. It was great to see how God was moving in the lives of the kids. Isabelle, Ethan and I stayed in a beautiful cabin. (Thanks Steve and Jan!) Then the whole family had a chance to share with the kids during one of the evening services.
Here are a few more photos from camp:
From camp we traveled to Troy and Libby Montana. Such a beautiful place! We are so thankful to both churches for their support and love for our family.
We are currently still on the western side of Montana with a service scheduled for this evening in Somers. The kids are having a blast seeing and playing with friends. Because we had so many services scheduled on this side of the state (7 or 8 hours from home) we have been staying with friends. Thanks Jon and Cassie Warneke for letting us live with you for awhile. :) It has been great.
God is doing great things in the churches of Montana and we are so thankful that we get to be part of it!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
A short update:
Bob took a group of boys from our home church up to kids camp this week. Please pray that God will move in the lives of these young ones! Isabelle, Ethan and I will be traveling up to the camp tomorrow to meet up with them. The director of the camp has invited us to speak at the missions service on Thursday. Please pray for this mom as I drive five hours with my two little ones! It will be interesting. :)
Then this weekend we will be on the western side of Montana for services in Troy, Libby, and Somers! We are so excited to see what God is doing in the churches of Montana. Please be in prayer for us as we share our story and believe that God will move on the hearts of the people to be a part of HIS story!
Here is a picture from our service this past Sunday in Lewistown, at Celebration Community Fellowship.
Bob took a group of boys from our home church up to kids camp this week. Please pray that God will move in the lives of these young ones! Isabelle, Ethan and I will be traveling up to the camp tomorrow to meet up with them. The director of the camp has invited us to speak at the missions service on Thursday. Please pray for this mom as I drive five hours with my two little ones! It will be interesting. :)
Then this weekend we will be on the western side of Montana for services in Troy, Libby, and Somers! We are so excited to see what God is doing in the churches of Montana. Please be in prayer for us as we share our story and believe that God will move on the hearts of the people to be a part of HIS story!
Here is a picture from our service this past Sunday in Lewistown, at Celebration Community Fellowship.
May God Bless You this week!
Monday, August 2, 2010
We are beginning a new journey as a family. God is directing us into missions, and we are very excited!
God has been speaking to us for some time about the kids of Indonesia. In fact He gave both Bob and I a dream on the same night about the people of this nation. They need to know how much the creator of the world loves them. So because of this calling that He has placed on our hearts we headed out to fulfill the great commission.
For the last year or so we have been doing paper work and going through interviews to become fully appointed missionaries with the Assemblies of God. It has been a lot of work, but we are excited to report that as of April 7th 2010 we got the final word that we are fully approved. YAY!
Now comes the tough part...itineration. What exactly is itineration you may ask, well .... let me explain. Itineration is the process of missionary candidates traveling from church to church ministering and trying to raise a budget so that we can get to Asia! You see we have a budget to raise, and before we can board an airplane and fly to our destination we have to have certain amount of money in our account. We do this in two ways. First we raise a cash budget that we need while over seas. This is done through offerings or people who donate money as a one time gift. The second budget that we have to raise is our monthly support. This is what will keep us going when we are in Indonesia. People or churches can pledge to give a certain dollar amount every month. If you think..."well I don't have that much to give," let us say that $10 a month means more to us than you know. If you would like to contribute please visit our website and click on the donate button.
As we take this giant step of Itineration please be praying for us! Traveling will come with many challenges, but God has a plan that is so much better than anything we could imagine!
God has been speaking to us for some time about the kids of Indonesia. In fact He gave both Bob and I a dream on the same night about the people of this nation. They need to know how much the creator of the world loves them. So because of this calling that He has placed on our hearts we headed out to fulfill the great commission.
For the last year or so we have been doing paper work and going through interviews to become fully appointed missionaries with the Assemblies of God. It has been a lot of work, but we are excited to report that as of April 7th 2010 we got the final word that we are fully approved. YAY!
Now comes the tough part...itineration. What exactly is itineration you may ask, well .... let me explain. Itineration is the process of missionary candidates traveling from church to church ministering and trying to raise a budget so that we can get to Asia! You see we have a budget to raise, and before we can board an airplane and fly to our destination we have to have certain amount of money in our account. We do this in two ways. First we raise a cash budget that we need while over seas. This is done through offerings or people who donate money as a one time gift. The second budget that we have to raise is our monthly support. This is what will keep us going when we are in Indonesia. People or churches can pledge to give a certain dollar amount every month. If you think..."well I don't have that much to give," let us say that $10 a month means more to us than you know. If you would like to contribute please visit our website and click on the donate button.
As we take this giant step of Itineration please be praying for us! Traveling will come with many challenges, but God has a plan that is so much better than anything we could imagine!
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