Praises and Prayers!

We just returned from a unbelievable time in Florida.  Thanks to Plant City's First Baptist Church for inviting us to their first ever missions conference.  We felt it was an incredible success.  They had invited missionaries and groups from “…Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” Acts 1: 8.  We were blessed and encouraged by the outpouring of support from the body. The close of the conference was extremely exciting.  We saw many people come forward with their commitment card and place it on the altar in response to the call to missions.

We also had the privilege of speaking with Wycliffe missionary Nard Pugyao.  He is a testimony to the saving power of the scriptures translated into heart languages.  We told him he was part of how God directed us to Wycliffe.  He did try to teach us how to eat grubs, but it was a lesson we are not quite ready to learn.

Praise

• We all made it safely to and from the conference, including a truck to comfortably drive back from Florida.
• Andrew and Rebekah had time to spend with their Grandparents
• Tim and Tara had some time to start the packing process.
• We added to our prayer and financial partners  at the missions conference.
• Tara was able to speak to two different Church's Missions Committees who might partner with us.
• We have reached 75% of our monthly budget!

Prayer

• We still need warehouse space with a drive up dock for our items to be shipped to Papua New Guinea.
• We need someone with Property Management experience to manage two rental homes while we are in Papua New Guinea.
• We had several confide in us that they feel called to full time missions.  Pray for clarity as they seek God for the next step in their lives.
• To be able  to deal with the stress as our departure time is fast approaching.
• Approval and issuances of our Visas for Papua New Guinea.
• Pray for Plant City's FBC as their Mission Team plans for 2012.
• Pray for us to be at 100% of our monthly budget by December 1, 2011.  

Philippians 1:3-5
I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.