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Mission Training International, Palmer Lake, CO

Hello all!  It has been quite some time since the last blog.  We are currently in Palmer Lake, CO at Mission Training International.  We will spend three weeks here learning about cultural adaptation and interpersonal relationships.  The training has been great so far, revealing as much about ourselves as the challenges we'll face working with others.  It is amazing being with missionaries who will be serving the Lord all over the world.  We have also met missionaries who serve in the DR as well.  Speaking of which, we will be returning to the DR on Christmas Eve for two weeks.  We'll be assisting with another group and working on the budget for the next year.  Pray for us during this time that we are away from our families during the holidays.  When we return to the States in early January we will continue our partnership building and hope to sell our house in Des Moines.  Provided our partnership building goes well we hope to return to the DR in March on a more permanent basis.  Please see below our activities over the past couple of months.

After returning from our trip in the DR in Sept/Oct we attended the TIME Ministries board meeting in Dallas, TX.  We had a great time of fellowship with missionaries from the Monterrey, Mexico and Dallas, TX locations.  Plans were discussed for the coming year and Cindy and I were officially approved as missionaries!

In late October we took a short vacation and visited friends in Orlando, FL.  The day after we arrived the four of us (six if you include two Shelties) drove up and spent a week at a cabin in Gerton, NC.  The fall colors in the mountains were beautiful and it was a great time of relaxation. Upon returning to Orlando we continued partnership building with churches and individuals we met during the summer in the DR.

From Orlando we flew to the DR to help with a senior high group from Ovilla Christian School.  Apparently during this week grades 9-12 take missions trips.  The seniors travelled to the DR and built a chapel for a Hatian community in Santo Domingo.  It was a great experience for them and we even had some impromptu baseball ministry at a nearby sandlot.

Praises:

Our partnership building goes well.  Although we are at 37% of our total monthly need, we are at nearly 61% of the minimum we need to leave for the field.

The opportunity to attend training at Mission Training International.

Our supportive church family.

Opportunity to return to the DR on a regular basis until we are there full time.


Prayer Requests:
That God would provide the resources and work out the details for the sale of our house.

Our full support would come in by March.

Pray for our families as we are away during the holidays.





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