June/July Prayer Letter

Special Request

We are so grateful that God provided all of our one-time needs for our travel and moving expenses. As our departure date approaches we get more and more excited. However, as team leaders we also feel the weight of our team’s financial goals. Currently two of our team members have yet to raise all of their one-time support. If they don’t reach their goals they will not be able to spend the year with us. 

We would like to ask you help get all the members of our team over to Cote d’Ivoire. They have $15,000 to raise in the next week. Would you please consider giving a one-time gift of $500, $300, $100, or some other amount? To give visit give.cru.org/0621320 or make a check payable to “Cru” and mail it to us in the provided envelope. We will make sure the funds get to our team. Thank you!

Meet the Team - Volume 2 

We love watching God take disappointing circumstances and turning it into something amazing. Meet Makda, a first generation American. Makda interned with Cru in Ohio last year and had her heart set on spending this year in Ethiopia, her parent’s home country. Unfortunately not enough people signed up to be a part of the team and she was unable to go. After much prayer Makda decided she would still spend the year in Africa, and decided that Cote d’Ivoire was where God wanted her. We are thrilled to have Makda join us. Her cultural background will be a unique and appreciated addition to our team as well as her experience speaking French. Praise God with us for Makda! 

Prayer Requests

• Praise the Lord for his provision! He has brought in all of our one-time support for our travel and moving expenses.
• Pray for us as we pack our house and pack our bags for Africa. We have a lot to do and it can be overwhelming at times. Pray for us as we make these transitions and say our goodbyes. 
• We are headed to Chicago, on August 12-19 for training with our team. Pray for us to bond and get prepared for the move.

HOW CAN WE PRAY FOR YOU? FILL OUT THE FORM TO THE RIGHT AND LET US KNOW!

WHAT'S NEXT?

We head to Chicago on August 12 for briefing. We will be with our team getting trained on doing ministry in another culture. We fly to Cote d'Ivoire on August 24!

OREGON VISIT

We were privileged to be commissioned by the church I grew up in. We also had Aiden dedicated which was very special as I was dedicated there as a child. 

AIDEN JAMES 

Our little wild man is 11 months old. We got a little taste of what flying to Africa will be like when we traveled from Missouri to Oregon. Aiden only stopped moving when he was sleeping, but was a very happy traveler even with flight delays.