Changes

So some things are changing around here...our great friends, Jeremy and Kimi, have moved away :( . It was a sad day but we are excited for what the Lord has in store for them! They have been such a source of encouragement, fun, and spiritual challengers for us and we are so thankful for the time the Lord gave us with them! We will miss our weekly get togethers to discuss D.A. Carson's book, A Call to Spiritual Reformation, and our weekly times of accountability, and the fun times of just popping over to their apartment to hang out, chit-chat, grill-out together, play board games, pray and laugh. We will miss having someone to sit next to in church and to hike with and walk with and do Insanity with ( ;) ), haha. We will miss going to Bobcat Bite and Outback with them. But...God's sovereign plan has them moving to Colorado Springs, CO to work with an apartment ministry up there and also to attend seminary, then to ultimately move back over seas in order to take the gospel to the nations! How awesome is that?! Before they head to CO though they are headed to India to work with students there in order to share the love of Jesus with them before they head home to a nearby "closed" country for the summer. We love seeing how Jeremy and Kimi are so open to follow the Lord in whatever he calls them, in faith, and being ready and willing to go at the drop of a hat. They didn't know until a few weeks before they bought their tickets that they would be headed over there for 2 weeks but they kept praying and seeking the Lord's will and when he said go they said yes! It's been such a faith builder for me to watch their faith acted out in their willingness to drop everything and go. They didn't know where the money would come from or what the time-frame would look like but they were willing and God has provided for them! We love them very much are thankful for how quickly and deeply our friendship grew with them in the short time they lived in NM. Here's to Jeremy and Kimi and to what the Lord has called them to and their example of walking closely with the Lord to serve him and do his will!

Our last day with J&K at Olive Garden after a long, hard day of packing...we were tired, sweaty and feeling like yuck but enjoyed our time together! :)

A small excerpt from an email from Jeremy, please be lifting them up in prayer...praying for you guys! We love you!! :

  Yes, the Lord has opened the doors for us to go to India.  Kimi and I will be going to the Himalaya's.  We will spend about two weeks (June 6-26) in the area I served in from 07-09.  We will get the chance to work with some of the same people I was able to invest in two years ago.  While it will be great to catch up with those I knew before, we want this visit to serve a greater purpose.  We want Jesus to be glorified.  The students there only have a small window of opportunity to hear the gospel before they return to their home country, a "closed" country.  We pray that God would use our time there to further His kingdom.

Which brings me to the reason for writing all of you.  We ask that you pray.  We can look at Paul and see how so often he labored in prayer for others and for the advancement of the kingdom.  Pray with us. 

Pray for our time there, that we would be bold and that God would give us wisdom in sharing with the students.  Pray for the hearts of those we share with, that the seed of the word would take root.  Pray also for Kimi and I, that we would walk worthy of the calling so that the name of Christ would be glorified.  Pray for our health, that the dreaded "Delhi Belly" would not hinder us from spending time and sharing with the students there.