Just a couple weeks left...

We are leaving for the Congo (D.R.C) in less than 3 weeks now! Time seems to be moving extra fast and we want to give you another update before we wake up and find ourselves on our way to the O’hare airport. We leave the U.S. on the night of August 11th and after 2 flights, a day in Paris, a ferry ride and a 10-12 hour truck ride, we will arrive in the D.R.C. on August 14th. (We will be sure to write about our travel experience if we survive).

We are so thankful for your prayers and support up to this point and continue to ask for more prayer as we prepare to leave. Here are some specific things to pray for us at this time:
- For peace and organization as we pack up our apartment this week and move to Sarah’s grandma’s guest house in Shirland, IL (we will live there temporarily and store our things there while we are in the D.R.C).

- That the Lord will bless and direct another team training we have scheduled with Aaron, Michelle and a couple of ReachGlobal staff August 1-2.

- Protection as we travel to the D.R.C. with the Larsens and Sam’s dad, Jim.

- That our focus will continually be on the Lord in the craziness of preparing to leave and during the adjustment of living in a totally different culture.

Not only are we grateful for your prayers but also for the financial support we have received. We are elated to report that the garage sale we had in June raised over $1,400!! We used that money to purchase items we will ship to the D.R.C. for our two-year stay (toiletries, air mattresses, bug spray, sunscreen, etc). It would have been difficult for us to purchase those items out-of-pocket, so this was an amazing blessing.

We still have a long way to go in raising financial support (see our financial update in the post below). We are currently at about 20% of the monthly support we have to raise in order to leave for 2 years. We would love to have you partner in this ministry with us and encourage you to prayerfully consider doing so. Please contact us via E-mail if you are interested in more information, supporting us or sitting down to chat with us.