NTM

May 20th was a busy day as we got up early, prepared for the graduation ceremony and luncheon that was prepared by the staff at the NTM training center, then it was back to our little apartment which grew by leaps and bounds as we packed up all of our belongings which we had moved from Arizona and accumulated over the last 2 semesters from Missouri!
It grew even more as we washed down all of the walls and scrubbed all of the floors, cleaned all of the windows, light fixtures and sink fixtures, etc. in order to have the apt. completely ready for the next family to move in for the student enrichment seminar in June!
By the time we found our way to Neil & Tone Hess’s place (our guardian angels for sure!) for dinner & showers we were ready for a good scrubbing ourselves and then time for bed so we could get up the next morning and start the day with early morning prayer with Pappy and the crew from the 600 row and a few extras and then time for breakfast, (again thanks to Neil & Tone) then time to load up the vehicles and drive approx. 890+ miles to Michigan!
Thanks to my mom again for coming down for graduation and driving one of the trucks heading back north! She thought she was coming for a vacation, well it was more of a working vacation, I’d say!!! She packed boxes and scrubbed walls right along with me!
Next stop-Arizona! We should be there sometime around the first of August if all works well. We can hardly wait to see everyone there.
We received over 20 email congratulations from folks at our church, at least 15 the morning that we graduated! It was pretty amazing and overwhelming to see that before we went to receive our graduation certificates, I must say! I had to quit reading them because I was losing my composure before going to the graduation ceremony! It’s wonderful to have so many people encouraging you.
Well, until the next time, be encouraged by the fact that you can teach an old dog new tricks, (like I said in the beginning) we were the oldest students in our class but we managed to graduate and I don’t think at the bottom of our class either!!! Thank you Lord for being gracious!!!
May the Lord Bless Each one that Reads This…
Serving While We’re Able,
Sue & Ernie

The Semester is coming to a close and this ends our time at the Missionary Training Center. Please pray :
That we might stay focused to finish our training well.
That we finish one task at a time in order to actually complete it
That we remain a good witness to those we come in contact with during this unsettling time
For wisdom in what to do with our “stuff” now that we are in the “in between” stage
For good times of fellowship during partnership development
For people to come forward that want to support our ministry now that our training is complete
For safety as we travel from Missouri to Michigan to Arizona this coming year
That we remain of SOUND MIND AND BODY while going through yet another temporary move =-)

Someone in Arizona has been calling and emailing us for 3 days now and we have been missing the calls and emails. They are really interested in our house and have started the process to see if they will qualify for assuming our loan with the down payment we have requested.
Please pray that this will work out for all of us as this would be a HUGE blessing to us financially!
Thank you for partnering with us in this!
Ernie and Sue Moses

Well, it’s April 28th and we haven’t heard from the person that was persuing us about our house so I guess it didn’t work out.
Our Park manager has decided to try selling it for us and has offered to list it and show it for us so we are praying that will work out better.
Please pray, this has been a huge drain on our finances.
Thank you!
Ernie and Sue

Please continue to pray for Sue’s knee as she went to the specialist during Christmas break and found out that the surgery she had last summer wasn’t the best option for her and now will be taking Celebrex daily for flexibility and has to be sensible in the use of the knee. It was definitely much easier to get around in the warmer climate in Arizona. We’re glad the Lord has warm things in our future!
“Thank you for your prayers, I’m sure I wouldn’t be walking as well as I do without all of you!!!”-Sue

Please pray that we will be able to stay focused now that we are back from our long Christmas break. It was wonderful to be with our friends and family and back “home” for a month but now it’s hard to get back into the school schedule again.

We had been anticipating this break for a long time as this would be the first time since we moved to Arizona 14 years ago that Sue’s Mom and sister would actually make the trip out there to visit, and what a visit we had!
They were treated to Arizona hospitality in a really big way by our church family and were very impressed to say the least.
Christmas Eve meals, games, Christmas Day Breakfast, gifts, dinner, white elephant gift exchange, games, fellowship, fellowship, fellowship and hospitality as well while we were waiting for our house to be ready to stay in, food and gift cards to help with expenses, it was amazing!
(OK, they were impressed with the weather there too, it was in the 70’s the day we left town and I swear the car was trying to put itself into reverse as we were leaving town! It was really hard to come back to freezing rain and snow!)
We were able to give a presentation to our church on our 1st Sunday home, letting them know some of the classes we are taking, some of our challenges, blessings and how the Lord is seeing us through it all and assuring us of our place in missions.
We came back after 2 days of driving until 2:00 a.m. to get here and faced some tough classes but the health and wellness class was really helpful. I will be posting pics of Ernie and I learning how to give immunizations… to each other! OUCH! (Not really, they didn’t hurt, it was saline and it was non-invasive so it didn’t hurt at all! Also, it was a really, really small needle so the poke didn’t hurt either!)
Next break…Easter!