Countdown

As we have been meeting with people and talking the last few weeks, both Lina and I have a sense that we will be able to leave late November. Jason and Katie Huff, our friends and supporters near Houston TX, have invited us to spend thanksgiving with them on our drive down to Mexico. We are making plans around that, meaning we would leave Chicagoland on Monday, November 24th.




This means there are many different things that must come to pass. We are needing pledges for one third of our support to come in. Based on average giving per person so far, we will need about 25 more families to make regular financial pledges. Around ten families have given a verbal confirmation they will contribute monthly, but we don´t know how much. This means another 15 families are needed. With under seven weeks to go, that´s slightly higher than 2 new pledges per week. We´d also love to see one or two more churches get behind us as a local body.

Over one month ago, I (Matthew) stopped working my regular job at Hewitt so that I could spend time sharing more with people and inviting them to prayerfully consider joining our support team. Since then, the economy has been on a roller-coaster and surely many are more concerned than ever about their family budget and making ends meet. We definitely understand that for us to incorporate ourselves into a family´s already tight budget at this time poses clear challenges. Yet we are confident that God Himself will draw the exact people into the work that He has called us to.

Please join us in dedicated prayer for the next six weeks as we plan in faith to pack up, sell, donate or give away our furniture and other possessions as we head down to join the work in Tenancingo. Pray that we will be faithful sharing what God is doing and how we´re being led to join those efforts and that we will increase our trust and dependence on His provision.

... stay tuned ...