Last Updated March 5, 2012Staff Blogs

September Prayer Requests

• A Routine! We are looking forward to regaining a sense of "normal," after a fast-paced summer when nothing was routine. Pray especially for our relationship as a couple reconnecting with each other. During the summer, we're used to being the "captains of our own ships" (as Sarah says) - Keith directs his staff, and Sarah directs the home. As a result, many times it's an adjustment to simply come back together when we're both used to having our own way :).
• Hiring a Mission Trip Director. Pray that we find the person with the unique mix of passions, gifts, and skills to oversee our overnight trips. Also pray for consistent funding for this position. A large summer program helped us get on good financial ground, but the fall and winter tend to be our more difficult months financially for the mission trip programs.
• New Minivan. We just discovered that to pass inspection, our van needs about $6K of work (we only paid $4K for it), so we are looking for a new(er) reliable van, probably '04-'06 models.

  **UPDATE 9/14** We drove home our new minivan last night!! Praise God for an AWESOME deal on a newer van - it's even All Wheel Drive! It definitely stresses me (Keith) out to spend so much money, but I am happy that the van we got was a good deal and should last a long time (my goal is to drive Aaron to college in it).

• Financial Support for our Family. This year, we increased our support-raising goal by $8,000, but we are not keeping pace with where we need to be - we're about $6,000 behind our goal right now. Please pray for new opportunities for people and churches to partner with us.