Praise God!

We were able to talk to our church family today about our financial needs, and they have graciously decided to support us! They decided to commit to $125 a month, plus additional support as people give. This is our first “official” support! For those of you that are not familiar with our area, this is a big answer to prayer. Most of the churches on the reservation are so small; they do not pay pastors, let alone support missionaries. Our church has always had a budget, and over the years, missions have become more of a focus. Our pastor gets a small salary, and our church supports six missionaries. (We are number six.  ) Thank you church family! Thank you Lord for your provision! Praise God our immunizations in Farmington are complete! The boys did pretty well considering this was their first visit to the doctor to get shots! The boys still need a TB test, and Jace still gets his four year checkup shots at the end of the month. We have all been pretty healthy despite all the travel to various doctor appointments. (We drove 5,000 miles last month!) This week was the second time the Thrifty Nickel ad for the jeep circulated. Yesterday, we received a call from a rancher that is interested in the jeep. He said he would like to come out this week to take a look at it. Pray that we get it sold! I am starting to remember some of my readings from Asian history. I have learned about the ancient Indus Valley civilization, the nomads from the Asian Steppe, and about the first Chinese dynasties. Don’t ask me about specific dates, but my studies are going well. Please continue to pray for me as I read through my first book. I have much to learn before I can even start to build a class plan. As I learn about Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and other belief systems, it is fun to think of the possibilities for instructing students about the Creator and author of history. Pray for me as I work with BAIS to figure out how best to implement the class. Exciting stuff! (-if you love history!) All our prayer letters have been sent off. If you didn’t get one, let us know your address and we will send you one! Pray for us as we try to meet with particular families to discuss God’s work in more detail. If you want more details about our needs, click on the Join the Team page at the top of the blog, or shoot us an email. (feel free to call too) We would love to share more specifics. Lastly, we will have our first big moving sale in Crownpoint on May 12th. We don’t have a lot of free weekends to do this, so pray that the sale is successful and that we don’t have to have another one! If we do need to sell stuff again, it will have to be on June 2nd. That’s the latest for now. Thanks so much for your support. God moves through the prayers of his people. Thanks for praying with and for us. God bless! -mekj