NTM

After many long years we have officially completed our training with NTM. Matt finished and turned in his linguistic write-up on Cantonese. It feels much like the day after graduating high school, the whole world is before us, we are supposed to be prepared but feeling so inadequate and apprehensive. I guess that is where God wants us, trusting in Him not ourselves. Here are some things you can be praying about for our family.

• As we are looking at beginning our time of traveling and sharing about our future ministry in PNG
  1. for our organization
  2. for our preparation  (power points, videos, messages)
  3. that we would clearly communicate
  4. that God would continue raise up partners
  5. we are currently at about 21% of our recommended support and need at least 60% before we leave
• As we are preparing our paperwork and completing the final steps for heading to PNG
  1. that all paperwork would be completed and accepted by the government
  2. that we will be able to begin booking flights soon
  3. that we can finish up all the legal paperwork before we leave
  4. that we will have all the necessities ready and shipped in time to arrive for us
• For the family
  1. that the kids would stay excited about moving to PNG
  2. that Matthew would be able to complete his flight training and get his pilots license
  3. after their youth retreat that Matthew and Meghan would remain encouraged and challenged about their walk with God
  4. that Matt and Christine would continue to walk in faith daily and spend quality time with God in prayer and reading His word
  5. for encouragement and peace as we enter a time of many goodbyes

We are down to our last couple weeks. Christine will continue in Childcare until the first week in November when Matt should be completely done with linguistics. We will be officially done with our training and will be transitioning into partnership development mode. We want to finish strong so we would appreciate your prayers.

• Pray for diligence for Matt as he sits in the house for hours analyzing Cantonese and finishing his write-up.
• Pray for a smooth transition for the childcare, they will be moving a new teacher into the toddler room when Christine leaves.
• Pray for organization as we prepare to do some traveling an sharing of this ministry God has called us to.
• Pray for our application process as we seek to enter the field of Papua New Guinea before next July.
• Pray that the kids will continue to be excited about serving in PNG.

We would appreciate your prayers as we are now deciding which direction God is leading us. As most of you should know we are not headed to South East Asia anymore, God has decided to close that door. We are currently looking into some of NTM’s traditional fields and hope to have some clear direction soon.