This month we have BIG NEWS for you!
THE HOPE CENTER: We are so pleased to announce to you the birth of another Hope Center baby. A beautiful, healthy baby girl was born on September 3rd. We can't even express to you the exhilaration it is to celebrate the victory of each new life that is born through this ministry! The journey is often very rocky, with so many hurdles, but in the end it is an amazing joy and privilege to hold the baby in our arms and to rejoice with the new mother.
PERSONALLY:
We are on the move, taking another BIG leap of faith (as pictured above with
the bungee jump). So here's the story; at the end of summer 2013, Mike and
I both felt the Lord was speaking to us about leaving Greece. We were surprised
and were not expecting this as the Hope Center ministry was just beginning to
grow. We prayed and prayed and asked God for clarity on this. We spoke to our
HM leadership and our church leadership and we came to believe that yes, His
will for us is to leave Greece and to follow HIS lead to serve in another
country. So, after 7 years of serving in Greece, we will be leaving in December
2014.
Our plans, God
willing, are to be with our family for Christmas in CO, then head to Wheaton to
visit our family, friends, and home church in early January, return to CO for a
week of debrief at Missionary Training Institute in late January and then
travel to investigate new ministry opportunities.
Because we believe so
much in the local church, and since we have been so blessed by our small Greek
church here, we intend to pursue working alongside a national church,
in Mexico and/or Central America, in mentoring and discipleship.
PRACTICALLY: We
are so thankful for you all and we invite you to continue partnering with
us in future ministry. For now, Hellenic Ministries has graciously agreed to
continue processing the financial gifts you send on our behalf until the time
we have a new mission selected so you are able to continue giving as normal.
There is a lot of
transition for us in the days ahead, both in downloading and storing the
records for The Hope Center and in selling our furniture and belongings, which
we have determined are too expensive to ship across the ocean again, but we are
taking things one step at a time, in full confidence of His lead.
Please pray:
- Praising God for the gift of life for this new baby girl through THC ministry. Thank you so much too for all your prayers that were part of this delivery. We so appreciate your faithfulness and your support.
- For us to finish well here in Greece and for wisdom and direction for future ministry.
- For faith and confidence for us to follow His lead into the unknown again.
