Donation Match

What a glorious Sunday we have had. It has been a day of worship and praise starting with morning worship at 8 o'clock right down to the youth choir leading our worship time this evening. As we sang and worshiped throughout the day so many things jumped out at me from the songs. One of the first songs we sang talked about an awakening of the soul and letting God's will be done in me. The one that really reached out to me was when we sang "Our God is Greater". As I lifted my voice up to God and sang "and if our God is for us who could ever stop us and if our God is with us what could stand against us?" all of the worries of the world just disappeared from my mind. The concerns about who will send us, where we will go, where we will get the money to go and many other questions that have been a concern for us. We are living our lives for Him and only Him. We are doing our best to put aside the worldly desires and only focus on the desires He places in our hearts. And if we do that we can be assured HE will see those desires to completion in His timing and in His way. What a comfort to be able to rest in that truth.

We in no way want to come across as only caring about asking for money for our trip to East Africa. Your prayer support is so important to us. We need major prayer coverage for this trip and our ministry in general. Without your prayers we will be under even more spiritual warfare than we will be with it. So we thank you so much for all of those prayers. Please keep them coming!

We got some wonderful news today concerning our fundraising efforts. Our total amount that we need to raise is $13,000. So far we have raised about $2,300. So we need approximately $10,000 more. There is a donor that is willing to MATCH our donations from this point on up to $5,000. If we can raise $5,000 it will be matched and that will cover the entire amount we have left to raise. What a praise!!! So I would ask you to please pray about giving at this time. We have 19 days before we are supposed to get on a plane to Africa. The tickets are being purchased this week. Any amount you give from today on will be doubled by that donor match. You can give online or you can mail it in. It is quicker if you do it online but either way is ok. Remember all donations are tax deductable. the information is below. There is no amount to small. We appreciate ANY amount you are willing to give.

Our passports are scheduled to come in this week. We have gotten our shots and are planning on filling our malaria prescriptions a few days before we leave (insurance doesn't cover the total costs so it's a bit pricey for the better meds.). John is doing lots of test well drilling here locally to prepare himself for the drilling in East Africa. I know he is getting very excited but also has many concerns. Please keep that part of this mission in your prayers. We want the test wells to be a success. Only God knows what will happen from this trip concerning those test wells. We are excited to see what God shows us on our return to the states. He has been faithful to show us the next step as we finish up the step before.

Thanks again for your prayers and your financial support. We can't wait to share with you what God does on this trip.

~Terri