I am so excited! I believe that spring it just around the corner...even here in Omaha, NE where I have just about froze to death! Living in the Caribbean for two years has adjusted my internal body temperature I do believe.
Eric and I have been keeping pretty busy this month. We are on a major fund raising campaign right now. We are so excited about the plans that God has in store for us!
Here is what we are up to right now. I am keeping busy right now preparing for the summer. We have several medical teams that will be providing free clinics this year in the D.R. and the Bateys. I am soo excited! We have some pretty good sized teams coming, and that means that thousands of families will not only get medical treatment, but they will get treatment for their souls as well!! I have been helping the teams with their paperwork, advising them on where to get medications, and just answering any general questions they may have. We are also preparing the team leaders guides for next year, and so I have been busy working on updating the medical part of that as well. I really enjoy it, it gives me the opportunity to learn more about the ministry and ask our other missionaries questions that have been with GO a lot longer than I have been. Eric & I have also been working on our Spanish. SO of course I am not fluent ( I will be one day) but after not speaking Spanish for about 6 months, I am surprised as to how much I remember. I have been teaching Eric the Spanish alphabet and other Spanish vocabulary. Our apartment and it's furniture is covered in post it notes. On these pieces of paper are in Spanish whatever they are sticking to. It really works and I get a kick out of peoples response when they realize what they are looking at! We also just ordered the Rosetta Stone program to help us along with the language. Eric & I just had some great support cards printed, so if we have contacted you about support and you have not committed yet, you will probably be seeing those in the mail soon! :) Eric is staying really busy at his job with the Omaha Royals. Please keep him in your prayers, he has quite a bit of responsibility, and if you live here in Omaha, you know that there is a lot of controversy over what is going to happen with Rosenblatt stadium. So, in addition to his day job, he is also networking for support, and trying to recruit more teams for the ministry. Plus we are working on presentations, and setting up meetings with family and friends for support. Eric has a men's breakfast scheduled in April for a missions presentation, and Eric's mom and I are working on putting together a luncheon for some women that she knows who would be interested in supporting us as well. If you all know someone who is interested in supporting a missionary or who loves missions, let us know! We would love to get them personally involved with GO Ministries!
God has been so good and gracious. Since our wedding we have 4 brand new supporters! Eric and I are trying to raise $3000.00 in monthly support so that in September, Eric can resign from his job, and together we can just focus completely on raising the rest of our support that we need. We are over half way there!! If all goes according to plan, we will move back to KY around September/October. Eric and I will get to spend a lot of time at the GO office, with our friends, family and then January we will be off to the Dominican Republic full time together! We can hardly wait!!
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