New Horizons
Good evening! We hope you are enjoying the sunshine and summer weather. This year has really been flying by for us, and we have plenty of news to share!
As we mentioned in our previous letter, we have been praying for wisdom and direction as we search for a full-term placement location with AIM. We were initially looking to join a two-year outreach team among the unreached, semi-nomadic Mbororo people group in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.). As we prayed through the details of that team, we began to develop a burden for the Mbororo people. Unfortunately, due to instability in the region, that team has been postponed for the time being.
However, we have been presented with an exciting new possibility that we are prayerfully considering, and we ask you to join us in prayer as well as we seek the Lord’s direction in this. There is a possibility of forming a new team with another couple who had planned to be on the original C.A.R. team. We would be joining up with a veteran missionary and be based in the D.R. Congo, where the Mbororo people are nearby. While the details are still yet to be worked out, the idea would be to spend our first term primarily focused on language and cultural acquisition, along with discipleship, hoping to eventually move into the C.A.R.
While we are so enthusiastic about the possibility to move forward with this new team, there are still so many details and logistics to be worked out. We ask you to please join us in prayer as we seek wisdom in moving forward. Pray for the leadership within AIM as they work on the logistics, pray for the other couple who is considering the team, and for the veteran missionary who is already there laying the groundwork. Please also pray for us in our preparation, and for the Mbororo people. You can learn more about them here: http://prayafrica.org/mbororo/.
We are also stepping out in faith and moving ahead full steam with our support raising process. We are not certain the exact amount we will need yet, but we trust that when the Lord is ready for us to go, the funds will come in.
If you would like to support us financially, we are in need of monthly pledges for living expenses once we are on the field, as well as one-time donations towards our outgoing expenses. The following are ways to give:
– Checks made payable to “Africa Inland Mission†can be mailed to our home address.
– One-time or monthly payments can be set up through AIM’s online giving site. (Please let us know if you set up a payment to start at a later date).
– You will receive a receipt for your tax-deductable gift through either payment method.
We would love to talk with you more if you have any questions. We would also love to present our ministry in your church, Sunday school class, small group, or any other forum. Please let us know if this would be a possibility.
Thank you again for your continued prayers and support, and we will be sending out more details as they come!