Crazy, crazy, crazy .......CRAZY......last two months. We are now in the thick of preparing our family for our new calling.........missionaries to New Orleans. SO MUCH has happened!!
Jun '08 - We emailed our close friends and family asking for prayers for direction. Should New Orleans be the place we go to serve?? Within just a few short weeks, we knew in our hearts that this was it. We accepted God's call with excitement and anticipation.
Aug 9-15 - I attended Team Expansion's LAUNCH training for us. A week long line up of about 20 different seminars designed to train and equip us to GO.
Aug 20 - We need to raise a team of 100+ Prayer Warriors to help in laying a solid foundation and a road laid out to NO that with invite God to go before us in all things. Sent out an email to 50 + close friends and family asking for prayer commitments.
Aug 20 - Present - We have raised 92 partners in prayer!!! Yey God!!! We've now decided to keep going to 200!!
Aug 30 - Have sent support packets to two churches that have have integral parts in our faith walk. Waiting to hear from them.
Sept 10 - Had a good meeting with our home church. Have also enlisted two individuals to be our two "Representative Elders" from our home church.
Sept 11 - Printed our first 200 Prayer Cards to be sent out to our Prayer Partner team soon.
Sept 11 - Bruce attended an all day meeting for CrossRoads/New Orleans field to make plans for remainder of the year and the beginning of 2009. Found out we already have a financial supporter down there that will cover almost one-third of our first year budget!!! Yey God!
This week - We are developing our new family blog....it should be ready for viewing by the end of next week. We are also writing our first support letter to be sent out within the next week. We are setting appointments with close friends to meet with here....gearing up for the next phase of our mission -- raising financial support.
LOTS happening here! I will try to keep you better informed. As soon as we get our other blog up, I'll set up a link here for NOMission Updates.
Please pray for us!! More info on becoming a Prayer Partner in the next post.
Hi! My name is Deborah, and I want to thank you for taking a moment out of your busy day to visit Home For Him. I hope in some small way that you find encouragement and ideas for not only your homeschooling experience, but also your walk with God.
The Boss ~ Bruce, my hubby and best friend, is a Project Manager for CrossRoads Missions here in New Orleans. He likes to listen to music, watch old concerts on Netflix, play practical jokes and be with family. He also spends alot of time in the Word these days, trying to be the best leader for our family and mission that he can be.
The Serious and Organized One ~ "Bri Guy" likes to read, play soccer, listen to music, build bionicles, collect pocketknives, hang out with friends, go to CBS, and be with family.
The Creative Dreamer ~ "Sissy Lou" likes to write on her blog, love on her pets, rides horses, scrapbook, read, play soccer, be with her girlfriends, and study the Bible.
The Extreme Goof ~ "Con Man" likes to do math, play football and soccer, snowboard, make people laugh, build bionicles, play with his dogs, play with friends, build forts, and go to small group at church.
