Jim in Philly; Sara and Kids in St. Louis

Well, I made it. Flew in yesterday and am in Philadelphia now for 9 days...I fly out Oct. 8th. Pray for me that God would bear fruit through me for His purposes and Kingdom. Pray for Sara and the kids in the same way and that they would be blessed with this time even though we're separated.

Pray with Us

Dear Friends and Family - those who keep up with us in this journey:

We are at 60% of our monthly ongoing support. Once we reach 100% we can leave for Lima.

We have been promised a one-time gift of $10,000.00 when we reach 100% or our monthly ongoing support.

We are asking for you all to join us in prayer that God would graciously and mercifully allow us to go in January 2008. (That's four months away!) The reason, you ask? Because that would give us a great window of time to move our things to Lima, get the kids tested for their new school, spend a month doing intensive language learning in the city of Arequipa, Peru, then get back to Lima in time for the kids to start their school year at the beginning of March.

Please, pray with us for this. Pray, also, that we would do what God says in Psalm 37:5, "Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him..."

And in light of that verse, pray that God would do as He says in the following verse, in Psalm 37:6, "and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun."

LIMA

Getting Ready for Jim's Trip

So, on Saturday I, Jim, leave for a trip to Philadelphia and region. I get the blessing of meeting with people to share what God is doing in Lima right now and what He wants us to be a part of. Cool, huh?

Pray that God's will would be done on this trip...details and testimony to follow...

God's Continuned Encouragement

I met with someone today whom the Lord clearly used to send me a message:

#1. God is clearly calling us to Lima, Peru and He's the One who put this desire to do so in our hearts and minds;

#2. God continues to lay out specific parts of the vision/ministry only AS we walk along in this journey and He did so even in the last several weeks, i.e. God has planted His Church in Salamanca, a neighborhood in Lima, through HIs Peruvian believers and the Lima New City Team that we are joining is partnering with that ministry.

It's really exciting to see God give very clear, concrete form to what He's doing as He transforms lives/hearts/minds and brings workers to labor in a given field.

I'm sure I'll write more about this in the days ahead...
Jim

Sara's Home!!!

Needless to say...WE'RE ALL VERY GLAD THAT SARA (OR MOMMY AS SOME LIKE TO CALL HER) IS HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Video Welcome

Starting New...

Well, we're trying out a new blog site. HOpefully, with this we'll keep it new, fresh and updated with snippets of info, stories, pictures and videos...

Jim