Wow, today we are doing something that’s really making this Africa move sink in, as it should.  Today we are putting in our final 30 days notice to our landlord.  That means that by December 1st we will be out of our apartment and will be temporary staying with our in-laws.  

 So here is what’s going on with the Warners:

We have only got 57 days left before our family packs up 4 suitcases and moves our entire lives to Africa.  That is not a lot of time and so we have committed to having our checklist done by December 1st so that we can see and say goodbye to anyone who wants a hug from the Warners.

 For the last week and a half our entire family has had the flu and so that’s why we haven’t seen anyone.  The good news is that God has been teaching us a lot through being sick.  He has slowed us down and is trying to teach us to be content in any situation.  He is trying to teach us to be servants rather than be served.  Most importantly He is teaching us that without Him, WE WILL FAIL IN AFRICA.

On November the 15th at 7:00am we are selling all our stuff and the things we cant take with us.  We are having a garage sale at Generation Church. The address is 1106 Whaley street, Oceanside CA, 92054.  Come buy our stuff.

 Our Portuguese study has been very slow over the last month so here are the prayer requests from us:

1.  Pray that all our paperwork will be processed and done very soon so we can devote all our time to meeting with people and Portuguese.

2.  Pray for our hearts to be encouraged as we have only 57 days left.

3.  We are not at our financial recommendation yet.  Pray for ministry partners  and our support to increase.

4. Pray for our continued health and for our partner Jerry who is raising his support and getting ready to leave in 57 days as well.

Keep informed and email us if you want to see us before we leave.

Wow. So it’s really starting to hit us that we are picking up and leaving so soon- moving our whole lives in 71 days. We are feeling it in every way. Excitement, anticipation, fear of the unknown, fear of the challenges and of being out of control, wonder and curiosity for all the new bits of culture we are about to experience…

Caden is getting so big and it’s a constant reminder of how fast the time is flying. October is almost over and we are just realizing this is the last “fall” season with pumkins and pie we will have for a while.  And with Christmas getting closer, we can only wonder what our future holidays will look like without pine trees in our living rooms and cool weather outside.

We feel like we will be ready when the day comes to board that plane and start this new adventure. But we can’t help but wonder what that really means. Reading emails and skyping with friends on the field now is helping to cushion that change in our minds, and we are just trying to work hard to get everything in place before December so we can actually just enjoy our time with family.

SO, on that note, we thought we’d be frank and tell you that we are freaking out. Some days we don’t want to go at all. Some days we wonder what life would be like if we stayed here, made our careers in sports and in music or nutrition, bought a house, lived the American Dream…and reached out to people here in the States. SO much easier. So much more comfortable. But then we were reminded of the words that Jesus said when he grabbed our hearts so long ago:

“DO NOT STORE UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES ON EARTH, WHERE MOTH AND RUST DESTROY,  AND WHERE THIEVES BREAK IN AND STEAL. bUT STORE UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN, WHERE MOTH AND RUST DO NOT DESTROY, AND WHERE THIEVES DO NOT BREAK IN AND STEAL. FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO.”  matthew 6:19-21

He goes on to tell us that we can’t love and serve Both Him and money. It’s one or the other. But that he will take care of us and provide everything we need, and that worry is pointless.

Thank You GOD! for giving us comfort and truth and a reality check. We are so glad we are able to read his words and know him better, and live life in fullness.

It’s for those people that don’t have his words to comfort them and teach them truth that we are going. Someone took the time to tell us, and we can’t imagine where we’d be without Him.

Ok so Caden fell asleep in the funniest way.  We thought you mught enjoy this one.

Here is the link to the video of it.  http://www.youtube.com/user/ntmwarners#p/a/u/0/kNBtvKio2zc

Friends, family and coworkers.

It is with joy that we write this update to let you know of all the 
things that we desperately need prayer for.
As you know, in our Christian faith, prayer is our communication line 
with our Lord.  It's where we rest with our Lord and thank Him, and 
talk to Him about our struggles.
It's where we intercede on the behalf of others. It's where we regain 
strength for everyday.

As we prepare to leave for Africa in 80 days, please pray for 
these important things.

- for our daily encouragement as the day approaches
- for our family who are going to struggle with sadness when we leave
- for the encouragement of our partner Jerry.  He is flying to Africa 
with us and will be leaving family. As with us he is still in need of 
monthly financial partners in his ministry. Pray for his strengthening.
-  pray for good health,  this is very important to us. We need to be 
at 100% for ministry in Africa.

Your prayers are VITAL-  please take the time.

We appreciate your partnership and love you guys
Email us if you need prayer or a cup of coffee.
The Warners.

Hey Friends and Family,

For an up close look into how God is changing lives all over the world, please enjoy this video:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=146525261543

Please join us in prayer for Mozambique and the Warners:

WARNERS

• –PRAY FOR GODS BLESSING IN ALL THE TRANSITIONS WE ARE MAKING OVER THE NEXT 90 DAYS.
• –PRAY FOR CADEN TO CONTINUE TO GROW HEALTHILY AND THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE WISDOM AS WE RAISE HIM.
• –OUR FINANCES TO BE SUPPLIED.  WERE AT 44 PERCENT PLEDGED MONTHLY SUPPORT.

–WE HAVE TONS OF PRESENTATIONS LINED UP AT LOTS OF SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDIES AND A CHURCH.  PRAY FOR WISDOM AND WHAT GOD WANTS US TO SHARE.

PRAISES

–WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE MISSIONS WITH TONS OF PEOPLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

–OUR WEEKLY SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY HAS BEEN A TIME OF REFRESHMENT AND JOY AS WE ALL HAVE GROWN IN CHRIST AND BEEN ENCOURAGED.

–GOD HAS SUPPLIED US WITH OUR DAILY NEEDS SINCE WE WERE BORN, AND CONTINUES TOO.

–FRIENDS AND FAMILY SUPPORTING US AS WE GO.

IN OTHER PRAYER NEWS

VISIT THIS SITE TO PRAY FOR THE NEEDS IN MOZAMBIQUE–http://www.ntm.org/mozambique/prayer.php

Take a journey with us to Mozambique 101.

Where is Mozambique located?

Mozambique is located on the southeast coast of Africa. It is bound by Swaziland to the south, South Africa to the southwest, Zimbabwe to the west, Zambia and Malawi to the northwest, Tanzania to the north and the Indian Ocean to the east.

 What language will you speak over there?  Portuguese is the national language.  Mozambique gained its independence from Portugal in 1975.  We are currently studying using Rosetta Stone.

 What will you eat?  Corn is the traditional food crop.  Chicken, seafood, bananas, and cashews are also part of main dishes.

Where will you live? We will be living in a small city in northern Mozambique during language study.  After about a year and a half we hope to be relocated into a village with a team.  There we will start the church planting process.

What is the climate like?  Mozambique has a tropical climate with two seasons, a wet season from October to March and a dry season from April to September.  Rainfall is heavy along the coast. Average temperature ranges are 55 to 75 degrees in July to 22 to 72 to 88 degrees in February.

How big is Mozambique and how many people live there?  Mozambique is about twice the size of California and has 22 million people living there.   There are 44 different language groups.  New Tribes is currently working in three villages and wants to work in at least six more within Mozambique.  There are people living in Mozambique that still do not have the Bible in their own language.

Will you still have internet?  Yes we will have internet and would love to keep in touch.  If you like Skype then you can chat with us when we are in the city.  We will find ways to keep everyone up to date on whats going on.

 So there you have it.  Some simple questions many may have wanted to know.  We currently have 97 days until we depart and are currently at 44 percent of our pledged support.   We are currently recieving 30 percent of our monthly 44 percent pledged support.    Praise God for that increase.  We are slowly reaching our goal. 

The concert was a success.  To all of you that came out to show us your support, we appreciate it. 

HERE IS THE LATEST NEWS:

–We leave tomorow for a one week trip to South Carolina where we will be meeting up with a pastor who is a good friend of ours, as well as his church who support us as their missionaries.  Pray for lots of great opportunities to share with the people we meet.

ONE HUNDRED AND NINE DAYS LEFT 109– Thats correct! In 109 days our family will be moving to Mozambique as careermissionaries.  Pray for our transition! We are going to be a part of a team bringing the Gospel to the unreached villages in South East Africa.

FUNDING–As New Tribes Missionaries we are completely dependent on monthly contributions from our supporting church and individuals.  We are currently at around 30 PERCENT of our reccomended support. Please consider praying about how you may be involved and realize it’s not just finances but a relationship with you we desire.  We need you to be our support, our backbone, as we commit our hearts to reaching the unreached in Africa.  Click this link to join our supporting team–http://www.ntm.org/wp/tim_warner/give/

COFFEE-  Want to catch up and talk about life? We would love to get together, encourage each other and pray for whatever is going on in your lives. Let’s connect! Email us, we will make it happen.

Till next time, thank you guys for everything.

We have recently been privileged to hang out with some good friends of ours from Hungary.  We asked them how you would say “How is it going” in Hungarian and were interested to here the answer. 

You see, God has been teaching us a lot about relationships and how they typically work in our culture.  What we usually do is ask someone how they are doing, and nine times out of ten get a response, “Good and you”.  My friend was explaining to me that if you ask someone in Hungary how they are doing, then you need to be prepared to sit down and listen to how they are doing.  You might not get the typical answer, “I’m good, and you?”

This phrase “Hogy Vagy” which sounds like–Ho-dj Va-dj (I would write it phonetically if i had a phoentic keyboard) has been an eye opener to us.  It is our desire to be like our Hungarian brothers and sisters and listen in a deep personal way to the things people are going through. 

If you have noticed your relationships with others to be shallow and not very meaningfull, then we invite you to take a lesson from the people of Hungary.

We are so thankfull that we have been challenged in this area to make our relationships meaningful and deep.  Life, ministry and frienships are based upong deep meaningful times with others.

Thanks for reading.

We are holding a Music For Moz Benefit Concert and everyone is invited!

Live original music performed by us and Patrick Walsh

Plus

African Coffee, Tea and Snacks

Come enjoy the music and hang out. We will be speaking briefly about what we are doing and

let you in on ways you can be a part of it. It will be a great time!

SUNDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 from 7-8:30 PM @ Generation Neighborhood CHurch

1106 Whaley Street, Oceanside, California

No Cover Charge!

Bring a friend! Hope to see you there.