What we are doing in Bissau

Thank you for praying for us. We recently were given a handful of things that Mafi would like us to do in Bissau. Please thank God for the funding we have been given already. Right now Mafi has asked that we consider discipleship training, urgent building projects, and children's homes for abandoned children. Please pray for discernment, direction, and wisdom for us as we contemplate what we will be doing in Bissau! Thank you!

Sticking Mud

Some where there was a part of me that didnt believe that things could get more complicated as we approached leaving for Africa. That right there was my first mistake. It would figure that as the time to leave gets closer prayer gets more important every momment and leaving feels more and more like when you sink you foot up to the ankle in mud and then try to take a step and off comes your shoe.
Please be praying for wisdom, energy, and focus.
Wisdom to know what God wants us to do
Energy to do it
and Focus to not let the evil one distract our gaze.

Thank you so very much. It is so hard to express how much every prayer means.

Jason

PRAISE GOD! We are 23% closer to being fully-funded this week than we were last week. God is so amazing and SO good. He answered our prayers in a matter of a couple hours. We received phone calls and emails from people all within a couple of hours and jumped 23% in funding in just a couple of hours!

We know that God is doing a lot in us and in each person who responds, and we're SO thankful for that! You are such a blessing to us!

Please keep praying that we reach full-funding by January. We had to push out our leave date just shortly before this surge of funding came in, and we strongly believe that both things are part of God's plan. With the extra time we have, we're hoping to be able to reach 100% of our budget and be able to put the stress of fundraising behind us and focus on each of you who are praying, reading, giving, and generally being such a huge support to us as we prepare for our work in Guinea-Bissau.

Please also pray that God will continue to provide us wisdom and discretion. We've been really blessed as we talk to each of you and learn from you, and we're very blessed and thankful to have you in our lives!

Time and wisdom

Hi, and thanks for reading and praying! It's so encouraging to know you're there reading this and praying for us.

Right now, we would just ask that you'd pray God will give us wisdom about how to use our time. There is so much to do right now, and we want to use our time well. God's really spoken to us this year about what it is that matters most: people. So, we want to spend time investing in people--like you! We are also drawing close to the time when we are supposed to be changing directions and leaving for Guinea-Bissau, and we need wisdom in how to do that!

Thank you, and please please feel free to share your prayer needs with us. There's a place on this site where you can send us an email!

God bless you!

Praise!

After a much needed redo of our budget, and all the generous support so far, we are blessed by God to be over 42 percent funded for our monthly support, and almost at 100 percent of our launch cost. We only have just under 2195 in monthly commitments left to raise. God is glorious!

Prayer

Please Pray over our fundraising meetings. We currently have 2500 or so left to raise in reoccuring commitments, but more importantly pray that everyone we talk to gets that we are interested in them, their life, and we love them, and that is what we are expressing!

Also, pray against Satan who continously steps between us and God. Prayer time? Of course the phone is going to ring, if something else doesnt come up first. It just seems like we can use all the prayer we can get!