Working Together

Matt and I both have a pretty good understanding of the "body of Christ" and how each part of the body has a different function, working together in unity, but we never really experienced it until this last year. We have been absolutely blown away by the generosity of others to help get us to Indonesia, not only financially (though that has been a big part), but also by the way people have given up their time, spiritual gifts, and resources to help us!

Here are a few examples:

• One family is allowing us to drive their van until we leave since ours was totalled in an accident.
• A group from our church came over to help us re-side our house
• Another family allowed us to stay in their Arizona home while we were sharing about the ministry down there.
• Several people got up on a Saturday morning to come help with the house, even though it was raining
• One of our supporters put together a team to get our house/yard ready to put on the market (see picture below)
• Donations to our garage sales to fund raise for our ministry
• Donations of kids clothes since we have to get together four years worth of clothes to take!
• Setting up small group meetings, luncheons, and barbecues so that we can share about our work
• One family is funding the remaining balance on our one-time amount that we have to raise, bringing us up to 100%!!! Now we just have the monthly amount to raise.
• Donations towards our Indonesia set-up costs
• One man from church came over to put up new trim around our doors

Thanks to each of you who have been a part of this...we couldn't do this without you....you know who you are!

Blake helping the ladies plant flowers...he's such a little helper!