3 Weeks!

We are so excited to be leaving in just 3 weeks!  I can't believe it is coming so soon!  We are busy getting ready to move.  We are also preparing for a wedding this weekend.  My older brother Matt is getting married this weekend.  We are excited for him and his fiancee Emily and can't wait to see all God has in store for them!  We are surely going to miss them while they are gone!

We have been trying to take advantage of the time we have left here to not only prepare for our move but spend as much time as we can with family and friends.  We will be having  a few more gatherings and we would love to see each of you who are located here locally.  Our next big gathering will our send off service at our church Indy Metro Church at 401 E. Michigan St, in downtown Indy on June 17th the Sunday before we leave.  We will have a gathering after the service as well at a local restuarant.

Prayer Requests
2 Thessalonians 3:1
Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we ask you to pray for us. Pray that the Lord’s message will spread rapidly and be honored wherever it goes, just as when it came to you.

Please pray with us as we spend these next few weeks preparing to move and finalizing all logistical things.  We have a lot left to do.  Here are a few of the things you could be praying with us about:

1. We will get all the necesarry paperwork finished.
2. We will get our insurance finished and lined up.
3. Be able to find a reliable vehicle in Guatemala.
4. We will be able to sell our van here.
5. We will be able to finish raising the last $200 per month in monthly support we need. Click here if you want to commit and begin to support us monthly.
6. Safety and no issues as we travel.
7. That we can continue to learn Spanish quickly so we can share the Love of Jesus with the people of Guatemala.
8. That God will give us favor with our relationships there in Guatemala.

Praises:

1. We are at nearly 100% of our onetime expenses! Praise Jesus!
2. We have a friend who is going to travel down with us to Guatemala to help us with the kids!
3. We have housing lined up when we get there!

Thank You
Thank you so much to each of you who have overwhelmed us with your prayers, love and support!  We have been blown away by how God's people have come along side us during this journey.  Many of you have been so sacrificial in how you have given of your time, money and resources to help us!We look forward as we continue to partner with each of you in Loving Guatemala!

Article Written About Us:
A small local paper here in Indy wrote an article about us if you are interested you can read it here.

Grateful!

Psalm 118:29 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.

We have the privilege of being a part of something big.  All of us do.  Each and everyone who claims to be a follower of Jesus has the privilege of being a part of something that is so much bigger than we are!  Our God is a big God!  He with His breath spoke all we see around us into existence. He is at work all around the globe. 

His Kingdom is expanding here in your neighborhood, your workplace, your church and in neighborhoods and churches across the globe.  Our role is to find out where He is at work and get invovled where He is leading us.  That is what we are doing.  We have seen the work that God is doing in a small village in a third world country in Central America.  We have seen God at work in the lives of the precious people of Magdalena, Guatemala and know without doubt that He has called us to be a part of it.

We have seen what He has done, what He is doing and all that still can and will be done.  And God has called us to play a small role in that.  We are honored and grateful to be a part of a movement of God in Magdalena, Guatemala!

We are grateful first of all for Jesus! We are grateful that He made salvation possible through the cross and His resurrection from the dead.  We are grateful that we can be carriers of this Good News!  We are grateful that we have so many friends who have chosen to come along side us and help us in this journey.  We feel like we are along for the ride.  We feel as if we are being carried along by Jesus through His people who have prayed, given, fasted, and supported us in so many different ways.

We are grateful and we do give thanks to the Lord!  He is faithful and His love does endure forever!

A Single Day

Over the last few weeks the Lord has continued to blow us away by the way He has provided and paved the way for us to move to Guatemala in just 6 weeks. Yes just 6 weeks!! I cannot believe it is only 6 weeks away. Here are a few of the things Jesus has been up to in our lives.

We got word that they began building the home that we will be living in long term. We were also able to confirm our short term housing as well. This will be a big blessing because it is fully furnished so we won't have to worry about buying all of our stuff right when we get there.

We found out last week that in April we had several large gifts given towards our one time expenses. One of our friends from another state had a yard sale with their small group and sent us all the proceeds. It was the largest sale they have ever had! We also had our own sale a few weeks back and raised almost $2,000! Crazy! Who makes 2k on a yard sale???

My mom also put together a concert to benefit our move to Guatemala. It was awesome! My Stepfather and his family put on the concert. We raised nearly $1200 at that event.

It has been one thing after another! It seems like everyday we find about another way the Lord has provided. Our God is so Awesome! The Lord keeps reminding me of this verse in Psalm 84:10 that says “A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.” A single day in God's presence living the life God has called us to live is better than anything else.

God has clearly called us to go to Guatemala and we have experienced in this calling and journey that even in the difficult days and times it is much better then anywhere else and or anything else we could be doing.

Thank you so much for everyone who has been praying and supporting us! We are so honored that so many people have chosen to come along side us and partner with us in this journey.