Monday, July 28, 2008

Kwa Heri! ( Swahili for "Goodbye")

Dear Friends,
We have raised both the cash amount and the monthly pledge support required for our reduced budget; we have been given final clearance. We will leave for Tanzania on Saturday, August 2 and will arrive on the 3rd in time for the Tanzania Assemblies of God General Council which convenes on August 5.
We are rejoicing at the goodness and faithfulness of God. We are also thankful for the many individuals and churches who have prayed for us and who have given financially to our ministry.
All we can say is "THANK YOU"! We pray that God will richly bless each one of you.
Please continue to pray that in the months ahead we will be able to finish raising the remainder of our monthly support that was cut from our original budget; we are $1,500 per month under our original budget. Until that happens, we will continue to trust God to provide for our needs and provide the funds to keep us on the field.
We have been amazed at what God has done for us financially in the past few weeks; truly we serve an awesome God!
Blessings to each of you!
Joyce

Saturday, July 12, 2008

"Marvelous Things"

I will thank you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done. I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High. Psalm 9: 1,2

Dear Friends,
We have met our requirements for monthly support according to our new reduced budget and we praise God for that; we are going out $1,500 short of our original budget. We will be at a disadvantage financially but we believe that we will continue to have new ministry partners join us and that our original monthly budget will eventually be met. God will take care of us while we are being faithful to do His work in Tanzania.
We are still $5,000 short for our cash budget; we believe that this is going to come in some time this next week so that we can receive final clearance to leave for Tanzania.
We have tentatively set August 2 as our departure date; however, we cannot finalize that date until we receive clearance.
Please continue to pray for all of the last minute things to fall into place; our desire is to be in Tanzania in time for the Tanzania Assemblies of God General Council which convenes on August 5. We will keep you updated as we press on towards our goal!
Blessings to each of you!
Joyce