A Missionary’s Life :: office space & late night meetings

Well Ladies & Gentlemen…here’s our Friday Update!

 

Late night meetings. Any of you who know me well know that the later it gets, the better I get! No matter how much I sleep, I do not function well in the mornings. If you want creativity from me, my best will come during late afternoon through the wee hours of the morning! Lucky for me, I got to have a late meeting Monday night. Ryan & Tina Essmaker came over for spaghetti, and stayed for coffee and brainstorming. I cannot say enough GREAT things about this couple!!! They have volunteered to create a web site and print work for FREE for The Sound of Hope campaign (to raise awareness & funds for orphans). They are both SO gifted and have some wonderful ideas! We worked until almost midnight casting vision, discussing needs, and coming up with new ideas to take this campaign to the next level! I am THRILLED at what the next few months hold as we work together on this, and SO THANKFUL to have them as a part of our campaign!

 

Thanksgiving. Thursday night was our weekly “family dinner”, which just happened to be THANKSGIVING! We know we’re almost 2 months early, but our dear friend Andi is headed back out on the mission field. Andi will be co-leading a World Race squad for the next 3 months and will miss Thanksgiving with her family, so we celebrated early so she could enjoy some turkey! We always have so much to be thankful for, so it wasn’t too tough! Please keep Andi in your prayers as she heads out into the nations!

 

I’ll be home for Christmas. Yes, it’s true! Though we were planning to be overseas doing mission work for the holidays, our plans have changed. Our trip was canceled due to insufficient funds. We are disappointed, but we are choosing to trust God anyway! (and looking forward to being home for Christmas.) Read all the details here:We are NOT going overseas.

 

Support news. Though we still have ‘insufficient funds’, we are rejoicing in some good news in our support raising. We’ve had several people sign up as monthly donors this month- PRAISE THE LORD! We also had a dear woman volunteer her sky-miles for when we are able to plan another trip to Thailand. (thank you Brea!!) To all of you who are giving, you have really encouraged us this month. We are continuing to raise support in the hopes of having a healthy support account again. Once that happens, we will be able to go back overseas! If you feel led to give, click here! Support Us!

Office space. Last weekend I was able to get part of our home office decorated and set up. YAY! Now I have a beautiful used desk and a place to organize my work. It has already made me more productive, and it’s a blessing not to have ‘work’ strewn all over our home! There are still some things I’d like to change, but I am loving it! For those of you who wanted to see the office- here’s a picture of my workspace. (Rusty’s side is still ‘under construction’ 😉

 

 

There’s one more close up photo I put online too. Just  Browse My Photos to see!

Well, that’s all we have this week! We’re looking forward to college football this weekend,

and getting a little more work done along the way. HAPPY FRIDAY!