Changes coming our way

It hardly seems like it has been over a month since we arrived back home. The Lord has been working many wonders in our lives since then and we are also getting back into the swing of life and hopefully not letting it bog us down in the process. It is so easy to lose ourselves in our daily lives and forget where our number one focus must be in order to stay on task.

Our house went on the market while we were in QZ and before we left, we sent out this message to many people saying, "we are prepared to wait out the market for the house which is 66+ days but if the Lord wanted to sell our house in two weeks, He will!". Once again, the Lord has shown His power in our obedience to let go and trust Him in this journey we are on. We had a buyer within two weeks. We couldn't have asked for a more smooth transaction with the house closing on Aug. 20th.

Paul and Andrew had left for our Youth Montana Mission Trip the week after we got back. They both had a great time of working for their perspective towns, didn't receive any injuries (yeah) and grew in their faith. What more could you ask for?

Two weekends ago, we received a call from M&J (our field mentors - who we will be working under) to let us know they had found us an apartment and rented it. They will use the space for other visitors who come and go until we get there. It is fully furnished, with the exception of a diningroom table, on the 3rd floor (no elevators), with two bathrooms, oversized bedrooms and it is over a bakery!!! Boy the Lord is good!

Last weekend, we had a garage sale with some help from of our friends and it was a great success. Even the terrential rains waited until we had everything picked up and under cover!

Paul's dad who has been on a stem cell transplant donor list for several months now has received word of a 10 out of 10 match and will most likely start the process of a mini-stem cell transplant in September! Praise God!

As you can tell, the Lord has been awesome in moving us ahead this last month. But along with many blessings comes some hard things as well. We wholeheartedly believe we have been under attack from the enemy from day one, but the last month seems to have been more than usual. So please pray for our family to be faithful in following God's word in standing firm against the enemy (Eph. 6:10-17) and that we don't get discouraged along the way.

The best news of all is, we can leave at any time! So what is holding us back? Well, we do believe the Lord's timing is perfect and when He is ready to send us, the means will be there. But, the Lord is not relying just on us to be faithful to His call to missions. We feel part of our job is to allow people to see God's call on their lives to be part of missions as well. He may be calling you to be a committed prayer warrior for us, He may be calling you to give financially or He may be calling you to be encouragers in sending us. Either way, He is calling all of us to make sacrifices in our daily lives to serve Him and His purpose for us. Please be in prayer as to how you might be involved in missions with us. It is very humbling for us to rely soley on other people to provide funds for the work He has planned for us, but we trust He is speaking to many of you and wants you to be blessed by being part of His global purpose in some way!

Many blessings to all of you who we appreciate so greatly!
K & P