Less Than a Month

We are leaving in less than a month! The countdown is on! We are packing, moving stuff, meeting with people, sharing our story, and seeing friends and family.  Our house is SUCH a MESS!!! :) 

We are excited about:

Doing what we have been talking about for over a year now

Reconnecting with people in Uganda

Setting up a new home and life together

Teaching English to the Missionary Kids (Cody)

Setting up programs and plans for the orphans who have Special Needs (Katie)

We are anxious and praying about:

Raising all of the funds in time

Adjusting to new situations

Making new relationships

Saying goodbye to people we love

Getting everything done to move in time

Through this process, we came up with what we felt called to do, which we summarized as "Serve Encourage, and Educate." Then we chose scripture to support each part of this summary. Thought I would share...

 Family Scripture:

Galatians 5:13-14- 

13 For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. 14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[a]

Serve:

 Philippians 2:2-5

2 Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. 3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. 5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

Encourage:

Hebrews 10:24-

24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.

Educate:

Titus 2:7-8

7 And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching. 8 Teach the truth so that your teaching can’t be criticized. Then those who oppose us will be ashamed and have nothing bad to say about us.

Financial Status:

We are still in need of $560 in monthly commitments to be fully funded. (6 people donating $100 monthly, 12 People donating $50 monthly, 23 people donating $25 monthly)

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40 Days Out...

             We are on the final countdown until we leave now. Our tickets are booked, items are being purchased, and we are saying our "see you laters."  With a little over 5 weeks left in the states, our minds are a jumble at this point. We are spending our time with those we love, packing, gathering documents, fundraising, and sharing our story.  The number of unknowns and uncertainties can be overwhelming along with the amount of things that need to get done. I am learning (many times the hard way) to be here and live today rather than worrying about tomorrow or five weeks from now.  The reality of how suddenly our daily reality is going to change is beginning to hit me, like picking up fast food, taking a hot shower, or being in air conditioned rooms.
              God has been amazing and showed off so much throughout this process of asking for support. We have been told that the money comes from unexpected places and we believed it, but it is another thing to be blessed by people who we never expected. Cody and I have grown so much from the fundraising process as a couple and individually. Through this fundraising process, we have learned that our job is only to share our story and ask if people would consider supporting us. If they can, great and if they cannot, that is fine too! We do not take it personally, but it is our responsibility to ask because the answer is always no otherwise.
           At this point we have ALL of our start up/ one time/ set up costs covered through donations and commitments! This is a HUGE blessing at this point. We are down to needing $850 of monthly commitments to be FULLY FUNDED!!! This means if 34 people gave $25 a month, 17 people gave $50 a month, or 9 people gave $100 a month we would be fully funded! We are excited to find out who God has in store for us to partner with financially and meet with over the next 5 weeks.
            Our prayer needs at this time are for strength and protection for our relationship as we work together to process leaving and partner together during this slightly stressful season, and that we prioritize God and each other. Another is that we are doing a lot of paperwork to get into the country, setting up new accounts, and collecting legal documents, and we need these processes to go as smoothly and quickly as possible during the remainder of our time.