My time at Verve was great!
Three, i think, people are interested in coming on to support me as part of the 100 people at $20/month.
Jacob flew into Vegas Monday and flew out yesterday. Having "lost" his ipad on an Airtran flight, they gave him a free roundtrip ticket that gave him the opportunity to meet Verve and the pastor of All People's church, where I'm serving now and will be speaking at on Sunday. We also used this opportunity to do some sightseeing and (fun fact!) Jacob's favorite hotel on the strip is New York New York!
Yesterday, All People's church gave me a nice sized to-do list and I got a chance to join a short term missions team from Colorado as they did their thing at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. This morning, after making a dent on the to-do list, I'll head back over to All People's church and help out with their preparations for Easter Sunday!
As always, this PD trip has been and promises to continue to be VERY busy! And that's the way I like my PD trips!!
Please continue to pray for this trip.
Specifically, the meetings I have this week and my 5 minutes on stage at All People's. That people would partner with me in this work.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Day 4: Sitting on the Strip
I am in Las Vegas!
Staying with a friend from undergrad, we spent last night having a grand time catching up!
Yesterday, before I began my trip from Surprise, I stopped by the church office that I had worked at last year. And after discovering the person I was looking for wasn't there, I walked dejectedly back to my car to head off to Vegas. And that's when he pulled up! After chatting a bit in the middle of the street, he asked me to send him a direct deposit form so he could partner with me monthly!
Another supporter! This PD trip is going in the direction of a smashing success!
Thank you so much for your prayers and please continue them!
Tomorrow and Monday, I'll be at Verve where Vince will announce that I'll be speaking after services. Pray that people will come. It's not expected many will because they won't really care and they'll have things to do after service so won't want to stick around. But pray that people will come, through flukes, randomness, and coincidences, people will have time to stop by and here what God is doing.
While support is always nice and is the objective of this trip, most every time I tell people about what I do, it amazes them, it opens their eyes to a world that they didn't know about, work they didn't know about, circumstances that they didn't know about. I want to people to come so they can learn what God is doing in Papua New Guinea. Pray that they will come. And that they'll be inquisitive.
Staying with a friend from undergrad, we spent last night having a grand time catching up!
Yesterday, before I began my trip from Surprise, I stopped by the church office that I had worked at last year. And after discovering the person I was looking for wasn't there, I walked dejectedly back to my car to head off to Vegas. And that's when he pulled up! After chatting a bit in the middle of the street, he asked me to send him a direct deposit form so he could partner with me monthly!
Another supporter! This PD trip is going in the direction of a smashing success!
Thank you so much for your prayers and please continue them!
Tomorrow and Monday, I'll be at Verve where Vince will announce that I'll be speaking after services. Pray that people will come. It's not expected many will because they won't really care and they'll have things to do after service so won't want to stick around. But pray that people will come, through flukes, randomness, and coincidences, people will have time to stop by and here what God is doing.
While support is always nice and is the objective of this trip, most every time I tell people about what I do, it amazes them, it opens their eyes to a world that they didn't know about, work they didn't know about, circumstances that they didn't know about. I want to people to come so they can learn what God is doing in Papua New Guinea. Pray that they will come. And that they'll be inquisitive.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Day 3: About to Leave for Vegas
Presently, I am awake at 6:30am (the effects of being in a time zone just two hours over), sitting on Javin's bed. Brian Leach, a friend I made at my home church in Virginia Beach, opened up his couch to me. But when I arrived, Javin, his daughter, grabbed some blankets and made her way out to the couch. When people at age 12 demonstrate sacrificing their own comfort for the sake of someone else, that's a beautiful thing!
So staying in the midst of a beautiful family who gives shelter to the homeless and gives sacrificially, I've been having a great time.
Yesterday, after I concluded my stay at Starbucks, I headed over to the church I had served at in my visit here last year. It took me an hour to find this church I had worked at for TWO weeks! AN HOUR!
But conveniently, I arrived at the moment a couple of the women I had worked with before were walking out to lunch and was invited to join their party. Upon the end of our meal, I asked one if she would join me as one of our 100 who commit to $20/month. As her husband was absent, she couldn't immediately commit but assured me she would talk to him. She continued on to express how excited she was that something as important as fully-funding a missions team could have her hand in it for such a small commitment.
"Many hands make the burden light"
Your prayers please!
That people I have asked and people I will ask will be reminded to bring it up to their spouse throughout the distracting chaos of life and that they'll get back to me and let me know the response, even if it's "no".
And that the people I meet will give like Javin gives. "You just need a bed? I have a bed. You can have my bed."
So staying in the midst of a beautiful family who gives shelter to the homeless and gives sacrificially, I've been having a great time.
Yesterday, after I concluded my stay at Starbucks, I headed over to the church I had served at in my visit here last year. It took me an hour to find this church I had worked at for TWO weeks! AN HOUR!
But conveniently, I arrived at the moment a couple of the women I had worked with before were walking out to lunch and was invited to join their party. Upon the end of our meal, I asked one if she would join me as one of our 100 who commit to $20/month. As her husband was absent, she couldn't immediately commit but assured me she would talk to him. She continued on to express how excited she was that something as important as fully-funding a missions team could have her hand in it for such a small commitment.
"Many hands make the burden light"
Your prayers please!
That people I have asked and people I will ask will be reminded to bring it up to their spouse throughout the distracting chaos of life and that they'll get back to me and let me know the response, even if it's "no".
And that the people I meet will give like Javin gives. "You just need a bed? I have a bed. You can have my bed."
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Day 2: God is liberal with giving good things!
You know those people who you thought were just the coolest when you were younger and aspired to one day be them? Mine were the girls who sat outside of coffee shops with their coffee and their laptops and books and their cute outfits and worked on smart people stuff (now that I'm older I realize that most of them we probably college students studying) but here I am. Successful in my aspirations, sipping a coffee, reclining in the Arizona sun, looking outrageously cute, and keeping my supporters updated on my comings and goings via this blog. (This work we'll consider smart people work because smart people have occupations and this is mine. (Occupations extend to students and housewives, don't think I'm insulting you all! I am among your ranks!)
But back to keeping you informed.
I arrived in Surprise, AZ yesterday and had dinner with a couple who support me, who told me that they decided to double their monthly gift. I love this! Not just for the way that it benefits me, but for the way it benefits them! They've been supporting me for a year now and I have done pretty much nothing to make this such an amazing experience that they decided to double their giving, which means God must have been doing something. That God must have blessed them immensely with an understanding of how much better it is to give and with an understanding of how their gift will impact generations of those who, in time, will no longer be considered Bible-less. I think we've all heard about this kind of blessing, but it's so wonderful see if be such a blessing that the elicited response is "we have to do more!" So, if you are one of the amazing people who prays for me and this work, thank God for being so amazing that He blesses both the giver and the receiver, He is just so liberal with giving out good things!
So on the first day of my PD trip, before I even got sleep from my 17 hour drive, I increased my income (which is the objective of this trip, of course)! Hopefully each day continues to be as fruitful as the first! Hopefully we'll find people we need to meet our goal. See Jacob's post on our goal for 100 people giving $20/mth.
Your prayers are appreciated!
But back to keeping you informed.
I arrived in Surprise, AZ yesterday and had dinner with a couple who support me, who told me that they decided to double their monthly gift. I love this! Not just for the way that it benefits me, but for the way it benefits them! They've been supporting me for a year now and I have done pretty much nothing to make this such an amazing experience that they decided to double their giving, which means God must have been doing something. That God must have blessed them immensely with an understanding of how much better it is to give and with an understanding of how their gift will impact generations of those who, in time, will no longer be considered Bible-less. I think we've all heard about this kind of blessing, but it's so wonderful see if be such a blessing that the elicited response is "we have to do more!" So, if you are one of the amazing people who prays for me and this work, thank God for being so amazing that He blesses both the giver and the receiver, He is just so liberal with giving out good things!
So on the first day of my PD trip, before I even got sleep from my 17 hour drive, I increased my income (which is the objective of this trip, of course)! Hopefully each day continues to be as fruitful as the first! Hopefully we'll find people we need to meet our goal. See Jacob's post on our goal for 100 people giving $20/mth.
Your prayers are appreciated!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Getting Ready for Vegas
It's 4:00am and I'm trying to wear myself out in order to sleep all day tomorrow in order to be refreshed for my 17 hour drive to Surprise, AZ. I've occupied my time by cleaning house, from bathrooms and vacuuming to laundry and dishes so the house will be clean for Jacob who will be staying there while I'm gone. I've cooked a month's worth of food for Jacob to enjoy on my two week trip, providing plenty of variety and sustenance, so that when Jacob's not working, he can focus on relaxing.
In Surprise, I'll be staying with a friend and meeting up with a supporter, it sounds like a good rest stop on my way to Las Vegas.
In Vegas, I'll be speaking after service at Verve to those interested enough to stick around about my work with Pioneer Bible Translators and my upcoming trip to Papua New Guinea in September. My fiance, who's busy working, supplementing our income while we're not in training, will take a couple days off any take a free flight out to Vegas (the perks of getting your ipad stolen on a previous flight) in order to visit Verve and meet the pastor of All People's church and his family. All People's church is the church I came in contact with when Verve invited me out to Vegas for a couple weeks to serve them and has annually supported me since. I'll be speaking at this church on April 1st. After spending a couple days serving them as they get ready for Easter Sunday, I'll head back to Dallas to spend my first Easter with Jacob.
Please pray for safety on my trip, that the people I meet have their hearts prepared to see the importance of what I'm doing, that those who God has chosen to support me will hear God clearly and will give generously, gratefully, and be blessed in doing so, and that I will hear God clearly and speak what and to whom I am told.
In Surprise, I'll be staying with a friend and meeting up with a supporter, it sounds like a good rest stop on my way to Las Vegas.
In Vegas, I'll be speaking after service at Verve to those interested enough to stick around about my work with Pioneer Bible Translators and my upcoming trip to Papua New Guinea in September. My fiance, who's busy working, supplementing our income while we're not in training, will take a couple days off any take a free flight out to Vegas (the perks of getting your ipad stolen on a previous flight) in order to visit Verve and meet the pastor of All People's church and his family. All People's church is the church I came in contact with when Verve invited me out to Vegas for a couple weeks to serve them and has annually supported me since. I'll be speaking at this church on April 1st. After spending a couple days serving them as they get ready for Easter Sunday, I'll head back to Dallas to spend my first Easter with Jacob.
Please pray for safety on my trip, that the people I meet have their hearts prepared to see the importance of what I'm doing, that those who God has chosen to support me will hear God clearly and will give generously, gratefully, and be blessed in doing so, and that I will hear God clearly and speak what and to whom I am told.
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