Spanish, Spanish, Spanish!

The last few days we have done a bunch of translating! Why, you may ask? Well, we have the amazing opportunity to speak at a Spanish church here in Columbia this Sunday! Members of Iglesia Biblica Latinoamericana came into Sim's Music where Micah works, and they were buying something for their church. One thing led to another, they exchanged stories, and we were invited to speak to their congregation! This is both very exciting and very scary at the same time! The first church congregation we will ever speak in front of about our involvement in missions in Spain will be in Spanish! Thankfully I (Kim) kind of get to be wimpy and run the powerpoint while Micah takes the stage with our presentation. Now, before you freak out too much, there will be an interpreter on site in case we're not sure how to say something. One really amazing thing that has happened in planning is that we found that this church has a connection to the church we'll be ministering in Spain! What a small world! A guy came to speak at IBL just recently, and he will be teaching at the MK school where our church meets. God is so cool in how he brought us together to this church! Please pray for us this Sunday morning as we will be giving this church an opportunity to take part in God's plan for Spain.

On another note, we've been spending some time with our long-time friends the McMillans. They were in Venezuela for years as missionaries and are now in Columbia, SC trying to move to, you guessed it, Madrid! One of their daughters, Heather was in town to spend some time with family before she moved to S. Korea to teach English, so we took the opportunity to see her! We had a blast, sharing ideas and getting caught up. We returned to the McMillans' house just last night where they helped us translate our presentation into Spanish. What a fun time we've been able to have with them as we are both in transition! I trust we'll spend many more fun times with them.

Us with Sharon, Peter, and Heather McMillan

Thanks for praying with us!

Coming Along!

Good news! We are starting along the journey with 5% of our support raised! Pray with us that God will bring in the rest of the money we need to do His work! Thank you for praying with us! More updates to come!

Planning, Planning, Planning

Planning is the name of the game. It's comprised most of our free time in the last month or so, and there's still so much left to do! But God is giving us an amazing amount of strength to keep the stress down and still move forward, and I know that a lot of it has to do with the fact that we have a bunch of people praying for us already! Thank you! The more we plan for this internship, the more God gives us a sense of excitement and anticipation for all the He is going to do! But before we can actually go to Spain, we have to plan for Spain. In all of our planning, we've found out several things. The biggest two things that are ready for us to move forward are our goal date for when we leave and our budget.

August 16, 2010! This is the date of all dates for us this year! It is tentatively when we are planning to leave for Spain. Of course, the date is not set in stone, and God could get us there sooner, or choose to send us off later, but nevertheless August 16, 2010 is our goal. One of the reasons we chose this date is because of the visa process. From start to finish, the visa process takes about 3-4 months. And once we are actually awarded our visa, we must leave within 30 days of getting it. So we obviously can't apply for it yet, because there is little chance of us having all of our expenses in by then! So, once we have a good bit of our support coming in, we'll be able to apply for our visa. Please pray that we will be able to begin the application process by mid-April in order to leave by our goal date!

Also, our budget has finally come in! We need to raise close to $45,000 for the year. This is comprised of both one time expenses and monthly living expenses while in Spain. Will you please pray with us that God lays it on the hearts of churches, families, and individuals who can partner with us on this journey? We are so excited about what God is doing in Spain, and we want to get others involved in it! Hudson Taylor's words have comforted me so much in this time: "God's will done in God's way will never lack God's supply." We are excited to report that we are at 5% of our support! I know that God will provide the rest for us. If God is leading you to partner with us, there are several ways you can! Contact us about information about automatic withdrawal, give online at www.teamworld.org, or send your donations to:

TEAM

P.O. Box 969

Wheaton, IL 60187

(Write Account 010820-T in memo)

Thank you so much for all of your prayers and for your interest in our ministry! We are hoping to update you with prayer requests and updates frequently so that you can know what's going on in this exciting journey to Spain!