Wooooo hooooooo! The consulate called TODAY and said that mine (Glenda), Macy, and Mia's visas are READY!!!!!!!
Thank you all sooooo much for praying with us about this urgent need! It is a miracle that they came through BEFORE we leave for Spain! Now we won't have to make a trip back just to get them!
We are so grateful for this answer to prayer!!!!
Blessings! Keep praying over our other latest prayer needs! Things are going to get rolling now! :)
New tentative date to fly out: January 24th...to be finalized next week.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Sniff...what a blessing!
We received a letter in the mail from Christian Assembly in North Little Rock this week....somehow their ladies group had heard about my sickness - and decided to take up a Christmas collection for us...
They sent us a check for more than $300! Tears filled my eyes as I read their letter - my sickness has created such chaos and financial strain for us...yet their blessing was such a reminder to me that God sees all - and is always going to take care of us. I am thankful for these ladies that were instruments of His blessing. May God richly bless them this Christmas season!
They sent us a check for more than $300! Tears filled my eyes as I read their letter - my sickness has created such chaos and financial strain for us...yet their blessing was such a reminder to me that God sees all - and is always going to take care of us. I am thankful for these ladies that were instruments of His blessing. May God richly bless them this Christmas season!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
UPDATE!
Since my last update - I unfortunately had a terrible relapse with the 24 hour uncontrollable pregnancy vomiting.... HOWEVER - I was able to take the medication they gave me to stop it - and it did. It just made me sleep and feel terrible for about 3 days!
THE GOOD NEWS is that since then I have had another 10 days of no sickness and have felt better each day. I am thanking God for all of the MANY people that I know have been praying for me - and believing that God is going to hear and answer those prayers. Your prayers and support are what have gotten me through this really difficult time already! THANK YOU!
THE GREAT NEWS is that the Consulate FINALLY contacted us that Brad's visa can be picked up! That was ALL we were waiting for to be cleared to make arrangements for the big move! THANK YOU FOR PRAYING!
PRAYER NEED: Would you PLEASE pray that by a miracle of God that the remaining 3 visas we need (Glenda, Macy, & Mia) would be granted BEFORE we leave the states?! If they are not - we will have to return in the next few months to get them.... so let's pray for a MIRACLE!!!!! :)
Our exact departure date is still being worked out....but flights will be booked soon!!! YAYYY!!!! Ready to get to work with our team at IMM!!!!!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Christmas Cards
We didn't expect to be here in the States for Christmas....therefore it has been a JOY to receive some Christmas cards! Especially those with PICTURES!!!! Love it! Just in case anyone would like to send a last minute card/letter - we can still receive mail at our current address until January 15th!
2807 SW 10th St, Bentonville, AR 72712
2807 SW 10th St, Bentonville, AR 72712
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Lost Blog Background
Just in case anyone is wondering.... my blog has NOT had a virus this past week..... they just removed the design from online that I was using....therefore the triangles and explanation marks! I have it back on something simple for now!
Friday, December 9, 2011
New Project!
Our production team at IMM has tackled the production of another language version of the video series entitled, "Open the Bible."
We have produced it in English and French. Now, with the help of broadcast partners in a *sensitive* country, we have produced this dynamic series in Arabi*.
Our guest Arabi* presenter "Yousef" broadcasts evangelistic programs in northern Africa and the Middle East. We are not able to show his face because he is steadily at risk for his proclamation of the Gospel in these *sensitive* nations.
Next, "Open the Bible" will be produced in Spanish and Mandarin.
December Prayer Update
We have some GOOD NEWS to share!!!!
HEALTH
I have now had 9 days of no vomiting and no meds (sorry - that may be too much info for some people - but in my case - this is such a HUGE praise!!!!) After 4 weeks of volatile and violent sickness - it is looking like I am moving past that stage. Every day I have said over and over throughout the day.... "Thank you God that I am not sick...thank you so much"....and every time my voice has cracked and I have teared up. Unless you have ever been so violently sick for so long - you can't understand how emotional it is to be HEALTHY. I don't understand why some women experience no problems with pregnancy, and yet others like me become violently ill. Yet I trust the Lord with my life.
I am SO thankful for so many of you that PRAYED earnestly for me during this time. I thanked God for you in the midst of my sickness - knowing that God was using you to get me through this dark time.
DATE TO FIELD
As of yesterday we received a PLAN and a TIMEFRAME from our directors in Spain!!! Brad's visa is still the only one in our family of 4 that has been granted - but we are going ahead and setting a date for leaving! Even if we have to come back later to retrieve the other visas. With Spain this process has been so unpredictable for so many missionaries! Ugh!
So - tentatively our new final date to LEAVE for the field is January 10th! That is in just 32 short days with the holidays crammed in there too! We have been trusting God while we wait on these Visas - knowing that our lives are in His hands. We had been starting on language study - and then all of a sudden - WHAM! we found out about our little surprise and I had several weeks of sickness. So in retrospect - we are thankful that we didn't have to surge forward with visas during this past month - because it would have been IMPOSSIBLE considering my condition.
SO HOW CAN YOU PRAY?
THIS IS HUGE!
1. First and foremost: PLEASE pray for a miracle here. Pray that mine and the girls visas will be granted BEFORE we depart in January!!! That way no one has to make a trip back to the states in the coming months to pick them up! This is HUGE! And we KNOW our God can do it! Please pray earnestly with us for this miracle!
2. Pray that as the last minute pressures come on us of having to purchase the transformers and supplies we need before we go, of packing concise for the container shipment, of taking care of final bills and utilities, of finding cheap flight tickets, and all that goes in with a move like this - that we will NOT be overwhelmed. Pray that we will have peace, energy, strength, wisdom, finances, and help to accomplish it all without becoming over stressed.
3. Pray that God will go before us and help the residence paperwork on the Spain side to go quickly and smoothly. This is big.
4. Pray that God will go before us and open up the exact perfect and right home for us at just the right time and rental price.
5. Pray for this new life. Pray that God will protect this baby and even now bless this child to become a mighty person for Him.
PRAYER NEEDS of Missionary Friends:
DAWN MARIE HELIN - one of our team members at IMM in Spain has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She is undergoing chemo and treatment right now. The Helins are an AMAZING family that God is using in great ways in this ministry. They also have 4 incredible children. Please pray for perfect healing and blessing in their lives.
WADE DICKERSON - Wade is the husband of one of our PHENOMENAL staff members, Nancy, at Assemblies of God World Missions. This past Wednesday he had another cornea transplant in hopes to restore his vision. He has already become legally blind and can hardly see at all. He is so discouraged by his loss of sight and we are all praying for a MIRACLE. PLEASE pray for Wade that God will intervene in this and help the transplant to miraculously take and restore his sight. I can not imagine what this must be like.
Let's pray friends! Thank you! When we agree together in prayer mighty strongholds can be moved!
HEALTH
I have now had 9 days of no vomiting and no meds (sorry - that may be too much info for some people - but in my case - this is such a HUGE praise!!!!) After 4 weeks of volatile and violent sickness - it is looking like I am moving past that stage. Every day I have said over and over throughout the day.... "Thank you God that I am not sick...thank you so much"....and every time my voice has cracked and I have teared up. Unless you have ever been so violently sick for so long - you can't understand how emotional it is to be HEALTHY. I don't understand why some women experience no problems with pregnancy, and yet others like me become violently ill. Yet I trust the Lord with my life.
I am SO thankful for so many of you that PRAYED earnestly for me during this time. I thanked God for you in the midst of my sickness - knowing that God was using you to get me through this dark time.
DATE TO FIELD
As of yesterday we received a PLAN and a TIMEFRAME from our directors in Spain!!! Brad's visa is still the only one in our family of 4 that has been granted - but we are going ahead and setting a date for leaving! Even if we have to come back later to retrieve the other visas. With Spain this process has been so unpredictable for so many missionaries! Ugh!
So - tentatively our new final date to LEAVE for the field is January 10th! That is in just 32 short days with the holidays crammed in there too! We have been trusting God while we wait on these Visas - knowing that our lives are in His hands. We had been starting on language study - and then all of a sudden - WHAM! we found out about our little surprise and I had several weeks of sickness. So in retrospect - we are thankful that we didn't have to surge forward with visas during this past month - because it would have been IMPOSSIBLE considering my condition.
SO HOW CAN YOU PRAY?
THIS IS HUGE!
1. First and foremost: PLEASE pray for a miracle here. Pray that mine and the girls visas will be granted BEFORE we depart in January!!! That way no one has to make a trip back to the states in the coming months to pick them up! This is HUGE! And we KNOW our God can do it! Please pray earnestly with us for this miracle!
2. Pray that as the last minute pressures come on us of having to purchase the transformers and supplies we need before we go, of packing concise for the container shipment, of taking care of final bills and utilities, of finding cheap flight tickets, and all that goes in with a move like this - that we will NOT be overwhelmed. Pray that we will have peace, energy, strength, wisdom, finances, and help to accomplish it all without becoming over stressed.
3. Pray that God will go before us and help the residence paperwork on the Spain side to go quickly and smoothly. This is big.
4. Pray that God will go before us and open up the exact perfect and right home for us at just the right time and rental price.
5. Pray for this new life. Pray that God will protect this baby and even now bless this child to become a mighty person for Him.
PRAYER NEEDS of Missionary Friends:
DAWN MARIE HELIN - one of our team members at IMM in Spain has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She is undergoing chemo and treatment right now. The Helins are an AMAZING family that God is using in great ways in this ministry. They also have 4 incredible children. Please pray for perfect healing and blessing in their lives.
WADE DICKERSON - Wade is the husband of one of our PHENOMENAL staff members, Nancy, at Assemblies of God World Missions. This past Wednesday he had another cornea transplant in hopes to restore his vision. He has already become legally blind and can hardly see at all. He is so discouraged by his loss of sight and we are all praying for a MIRACLE. PLEASE pray for Wade that God will intervene in this and help the transplant to miraculously take and restore his sight. I can not imagine what this must be like.
Let's pray friends! Thank you! When we agree together in prayer mighty strongholds can be moved!
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