We are off to a place we have never been to before, to be with people we have never met, to a country we do not know the customs, culture, or language first-hand…no more training, no more good-byes, no more “one mores”, we are leaving for PNG!
Continue seeking Christ, pursue Him with all you can, “be attached to the Great Commission” in every way you can…this life is short, and all that is therein on this earth is meaningless. Only souls and what you do for our Lord will last for eternity. As we were packing up this week, many people were so focused on the “game”, so many people arguing about ball pressure, so many forgot about the march-for-life in Washington DC (pray for that by the way, decisions are being made in congress), so many people will miss out on fellowships in church; to go to someone’s house and wear a sports jersey, to eat potato salad, and watch commercials. Keep the perspective! America has so many things that can steal your attention away from what really matters. Do not forget your first love, do not forget we have a worthy God who deserves our everything. Not just our Sunday mornings, and Bible study times, but our decisions in what job to have, relationships, interacting with co-workers and family, how much time I invest in entertainment vs. things of God, He deserves our very lives of every day. Our God is not mystical, He is very practical, and we are striving to understand the imminence of God (His closeness).
Please pray that it does not snow in the next 12 hours…we fly from Pittsburgh to DC (@6am), once we leave DC we are in the air until Tokyo (we leave @12:20pm with United for those of you who want to know). Please pray all our bags get checked through smoothly and we can get them ALL in PNG, 🙂 Thank you all very much, we love you all. And we are off…
Your feet to the unreached of PNG, Seth and Nicole Stokes.
Stoking The Fires 
So excited for you! I don’t respond much but I read your emails all the time and pray for you each time. Keep us posted! God’s blessing on you!Angela Ashby(met at Camp CoBeAc, from Ontario) 🙂 Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: Stoking The FiresSent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 9:09 PMTo: bjugrad08@gmail.comReply To: Stoking The FiresSubject: [New post] This Is It!
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stokingthefires posted: “We are off to a place we have never been to before, to be with people we have never met, to a country we do not know the customs, culture, or language first-handâ¦no more training, no more good-byes, no more âone moresâ, we are leaving for PNG!
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Love ya! Go get em for Christ! “Well done good and faithful servant” you both will hear!
I’ll be praying!
So excited for you two !! Praying.
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Well here I am at 1:32 am just praying for you both to have a great flight no delays no lost luggage and be rested when you get to PNG. Oh by the way angelsare surrounding you all the time just to let you now.