Brief Update

Hi guys, we just want to put a brief update and a prayer request out there. Please pray for us tomorrow (Friday), we have an opportunity to share in an inner-city public school about our ministry. This is an amazing opportunity and we do not want to take it for granted; we have to be sensitive about certain points (in regards to our faith), which is to be expected, but other than that, we get to talk about the logistics of living in another country in another culture and missions as a whole.

Many of you know where this world is at, one day our very faith will be put to the challenge and the freedom to say we are Christians will be taken away from us, but while today is still called today, let us rejoice and share about our Savior and what HE is doing overseas. This might be the only opportunity for kids to ever have and see that there is a life outside of the American “dream”, and that there is a world in-need, without any hope for their future. Yes, we have to be sensitive and be wise in how we share, but just coming in and sharing about our lives and that we are willing to give-up modern day conveniences and following the Hollywood drama and famous athletes will be so foreign to them, we might as well be speaking another language. This world and Satan have blinded so many people that while we share, we are guaranteed to see shocked faces that just don’t understand what we are talking about nor have any frame-of-reference to comprehend the message we will be sharing… both students or faculty. With all that being said, pray for us as we present. Pray that we are clear with our ministry and what missions is, pray that we are sensitive to what we “can” and cannot say, and pray God stirs in the hearts of both students and faculty that our God is BIG and HE is worthy of praise and our service, we have an option for this life outside of what our culture dictates to us.

We have been plugging away at the countless emails and logistics that it takes to get back overseas, especially when you don’t have the safety of a giant umbrella organization watching over you. In some aspects, it has made us depend more on God and depend more on each other, so we are grateful for that as well. We will post in the next day or two about some registries we put together and a donation-list, which many of you have been asking about, so stay tuned for that. As always, we love and appreciate you all!

Your feet to the unreached, Seth and Nicole Stokes.