Well, we thought that asking for $3,000 for our trip was asking too much… and as of right now, we have received $3,654.00. This is such a huge blessing, which means we wont have to pay for a lot of things out-of-pocket. This was an encouraging thing for us because this was our first project we ever did! We will have about 2-3 more projects in the next year, and since we are not 100% supported we need people (like you) to help us reach those needed funds. The next 2-3 projects (if the Lord wills and we can leave in January) would be; Medical Intensive Training, Moving to PNG, and our house building project. Those 3 projects will be the next big things we will need your help to do, if the Lord wills and when the time comes.
But first let us rejoice and share what just happened. We found out about this opportunity back on the 1st of April, no joke for us 🙂 and shortly thereafter, we began to pray and found several people ready to support our trip before we announced it publicly April 5th. In less than 2 months, several individuals began to partner with us on this endeavor, a Sunday school threw us a fundraiser, and many people gave anonymously. In a short time, God confirmed this trip.
Because of the extra finances that came in, we were able to purchase Seth’s vaccines that were over $200, a pair of hiking shoes, a headlamp, mosquito net, and a nice durable camera, (which we are dedicating to the Sunday school that facilitated the fundraiser for this trip.) A family from Indiana bought Seth a watch: Thank you! The flight to Jakarta Indonesia from Pittsburgh, PA is about $1,500. The flight to the Island of Papua from Jakarta is about $500. The flight into the tribe from a small plane/helicopter is over $500, plus some international and luggage fees which brings that total to $3,000. We want to always communicate clearly on where your money goes. We want to be good and honest stewards of all we receive.
The missionaries are very excited for Seth to come, they are behind schedule with everything due to their runway being torn up by wild boars…a normal thing in a tribal setting 🙂 . The foundation is set, the exterior frame is up, and the roof is on. Some of the siding on one side is on, and part of the kitchen was worked on. Seth will be in the tribe for over 3 weeks, he will be taking the video camera and recording all that he does to give an update to those who partnered with us for this trip. Seth leaves in less than 2 weeks (27th) and will not be back till July 22nd.
Nicole will be going to camp this week with our church kids and Seth will be working for a local tent company. We have been blessed in regards to speaking engagements as well; we speak the week before Seth leaves and Seth speaks the week after he gets back. So it has worked perfectly timing wise even for speaking engagements. Pray we can fill up our schedule and get more partners so that we can leave this January. We are at an approximate 35% of our financial goal in about 36 weeks. We just need to get to the required 75% of our support goal before we get the green light to go. So we are about halfway there! Praise our mighty God!
Please remember Seth in prayer during his trip, for God to keep him safe as he goes to Indonesia during Ramadan, flies into a tribe where spiders are bigger than your head, centipedes are able to kill you, and where mosquitos carry malaria. Pray Seth will have strength and ability to help get the house to a livable state so the missionaries can move in and get to work learning the language and developing relationships. Because at the end of the day, all that matters is God’s people advancing God’s Kingdom. Missionaries giving the Gospel to a people group who have never heard the Truth that is in Jesus. So that a new tongue can confess that Jesus is Lord, and know Jehovah-God Who created them with the purpose to worship Him, and Him alone. Too many years have passed for the Dem people of Indonesia to not hear the Gospel in their own language… and there are many more like them. Hence why we are dedicating our lives to this cause. We thank you for your partnership and help in reaching these people, and want to encourage those of you who are not aware or who are not connected in reaching unreached people groups, get connected in what God is doing. He said “Go” into all the world, and make disciples. We all are commanded to be a part of His commission, we pray you all get on board with what God is doing all over the world. You will not be disappointed.
Stoking The Fires 