February Update

We have had a very eventful last couple of weeks, so I thought it would be good to catch everyone up.

We spent some time in Oregon during the last week of January with Sarah's family sharing laughter and tears as we honored the memory of her father, Joe. The memorial service at Enterprise Christian Church was wonderful and the support of the church family and community was overwhelming. One of my most cherished moments during our time there was spending an afternoon with the family and Pastor Bruce as he encouraged us to tell stories and talk about different memories we had of Joe. It was a blessed time of healing that we all shared. We will miss him dearly and remember him faithfully.

We are headed to San Diego on Friday to participate in another celebration of Joe's life with the large number of family and friends that live in that area.

We will come back on Sunday or Monday because I have to be at work on Tuesday. That's right...this week I got a job! It will be comforting to have some income flow and health insurance! God's timing is truly incredible, as I have been looking for work for 7 months now.

During that 7 months I wasn't able to find a job - but we were able to move ahead quickly with our venture in to the mission field. We would not be where we are at now without God's perfect plan. I traveled to Ireland in July for 2 weeks, then in September, our family went (along with Angela Caprine) to Atlanta for a week of missionary training. October saw the whole family head to Ireland for 2 weeks and in December we were able to visit Oregon and spend time with Sarah's dad over Christmas. In January, Sarah was able to go to Oregon again to spend the final week of Joe's life with him. There is no way we could have accomplished all of that if I had been working during that time.

Starting in November of '08, we began raising financial support for our journey to Ireland. As of today, we are at 35% of our goal. God is moving ahead and we are thrilled to be along for the ride.

If you would like to join our financial support team - maybe at $100, $50, $25, or even $10 per month - please let us know. We would love to get you more information on how you could share in our ministry.

God Bless!