This month, Rachel and I want to take this opportunity to share with you where we are on this support-raising adventure. Eighteen weeks ago, we were weary and depressed. Our support was not coming in. We had spent several months lingering at the 50% mark, and we were ready to throw in the towel.
At Christmas Conference, we sat down with our support coach and he encouraged us to press on. He also gave us a deadline to complete our support.
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| [Indiana Catalytic team 2006] |
This served two purposes.
First, and most importantly, the deadline gave us the opportunity to trust God to complete our support in a given time, to confirm that being on staff was His will.
Secondly, it gave us a light at the end of a dark tunnel, knowing that there was an end to the misery and we wouldn’t have to raise support forever, for if we didn’t meet our deadline, we would most likely leave staff.
At the time, we struggled with the idea of having a deadline, because we wanted so badly to be on staff (we still do!). Once we discussed it further, we were relieved and encouraged. We decided that we would try everything and anything to complete our support. We would hold on to the very end and finish well, regardless of what happened.
Many of you know, the past fifteen weeks have been amazing. We received 25% of our support goal and were revitalized.God has been faithful (He always is!), and we were once again sure that it was His will for us to be on staff.
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| [This is how I felt coming back to Chicago from Phoenix. Chicago is cold, I am glad we are moving further south to Indianapolis] |
Recently, not long after we reached 75%, we hit another dead end. We ran out of people to talk to and June 12th seemed closer than ever. Now, with 2 weeks left to raise $1500 of monthly support, we are confident that the Lord can and will provide for us. We are continuing to try everything to complete our support, and knowing that God can do anything.
If our support is at 100% by June 12th, we will have the opportunity to take a few seminary courses in Orlando. If we come close to 100%, we may have our deadline extended, but if nothing happens during the next two weeks, we may be facing a difficult decision whether or not to continue.
We would like to encourage and challenge you to pray about how you might help us reach our goal by June 12th. We need two things: monthly or annual financial commitments and more people that we can share our ministry with. If you think that you might be able to help in either of these ways, please give us a call or an email.
We appreciate the support and prayers that you have already given and we know that you want to see us get to our assignment. We are so grateful for your partnership in the Gospel and we look forward to talking to you soon.