“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you … all the peoples of the earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12:2-3.

You may recognize this verse from our Prayer cards. We chose this verse as it was influential to us in how we view our relationships with God and how we interact with the world around us. God blessed Abraham and the Hebrew people with His presence. Through Abraham’s offspring Christ came into the world to perfect that relationship and extend it beyond the Hebrew people. When we choose to follow Christ, we are adopted as sons and daughters with Christ (Galatians 3). In that inheritance we become an extension of the offspring of Abraham and have the opportunity to bring the message of blessing by salvation with Christ to the world around us. We are blessed so that others will be blessed through us.

This year has been a busy one for sure. Most of you have kept up with us through our monthly newsletters so I’ll just give you some highlights.

We will strive to focus on relationships and the gift Christmas through the remainder of this holiday season and continue strong in January. We are currently at about 75% of our outgoing expenses and monthly reoccurring budget. January will be our last month to support raise as we must be 100% funded by February 4^th. If we do not meet our goals we would be delayed another year. This is due to the required aviation training only being offered once a year. If not already, would you prayerfully consider joining our ministry as a monthly partner and consider a year-end gift to our outgoing expenses? We need you on our team!

As of December 14^th Anna and I have; in a step of faith, resigned from our jobs. We have not met our financial goals yet but trust God to provide. This has been a somewhat surreal process as we are excited about our next steps but also are entering into an unknown and really beginning the process of saying goodbyes. As much as the crazy schedule was hard to manage and the support raising process is difficult, this is the part of this process that is hardest to bear. We continually remind ourselves to keep our eyes on Him and trust His understanding, not our own(Proverbs 3:5-6). We rest in the comfort of knowing He walks with us through the sweetness of friendship and the sorrow of goodbyes. He truly is Immanuel; God with us.

Merry Christmas!