We are headed to Vegas!

The Lord answered many prayers this week! Caleb our new baby boy is doing great! He is doing so great we have decided to make our transition to Las Vegas! We were scheduled to be out of our current home this coming Friday as the family is returning from their summer internship. Annette, our four children, and Angie Glassmeyer (the wife of Philip, the lead church planter of this work) will be flying out around 2:30 pm this coming Friday. We are amazed how the Lord worked out these details and provided a seemingly smooth living transition. Please be praying for all the aspects of this trip. Pray that it would be a lot of fun for everybody and that Caleb would be protected from any germs and sickness. We are so thankful that Angie agreed to help Annette! Praise the Lord for her love for her and our family. As I was talking with a particular donor about our travel arrangements, he offered to pay for all six tickets! Praise the Lord with us for this provision and this donor's love and care for our family. Getting tickets three days before a flight can be expensive, but praise the Lord that we found really good prices! We are so excited to finally get to Vegas! I will be driving our van to Vegas after I drop the family off at the airport on Friday. It is around a 23 hour car ride, so please pray for my safety and no break downs. I want to get to Vegas as legally fast as possible to be with Annette and the kids. A fully funished and equipped condo has been provided for us by a donor as well. We will be able to stay there for at least the next couple of weeks and possibly the next couple of months. All of the expenses including rent, utilities, and ammenities have been provided for as well. This is such a blessing for many reasons. It will allow us to focus on fundraising without having as great a financial burden. We will also be able to keep our belongings in storage and not have to move them more than once. Praise the Lord with us for this gracious provision! Please pray that the details would be worked out that we could stay there for the next several months. Would you please pray for us to make good decisions regarding temporary health care as well? Please pray for my teammate Philip, who is taking his final two ordination test as we speak and will stand for ordination on Sept. 22nd. This is a key undertaking for our work to proceed, so please pray for a successful ordination examination for him. Please also continue to pray for our fundraising. We are happy to report that we have crossed the $100,000 mark in pledges. We only have six more of them to go (our total goal is around $700,000). If you are still thinking and praying through this, I thought this update might be helpful. We have a few key churches that are meeting this week. Please pray for them to decide to support this work in Las Vegas. Thank you so much for your care and love for us by your praying regularly. The next time you get an update from us, we will hopefully be in Las Vegas! Rejoice with us!!