The Final Countdown...

...More than just a rockin' 80's song, it's an accurate description of what my life feels like this week. This week we are collecting pledges. (I feel like a public radio station.) We're not asking for money (yet), we're asking for amounts of how much money people could give if we did go back to Lima. We need $11,000 dollars for the next eleven months, and also some airfare and insurance amounts. It seems overwhelming. Completely and entirely overwhelming, especially in this economy!

And yet, we're throwing it out to our friends and family- "laying out a fleece" as our pastor put it. So far, we have more than $4500 pledged. In about five days. And I am realizing that what is truly overwhelming is the generosity of people who love the Lord, and believe in us as teachers. It is overwhelming. Completely and entirely overwhelming, especially in this economy! So, to all of you who are supporting us through prayer or financial gifts, THANK YOU for your love and faith. We value every cent that is being pledged to us and understand the value that every one of those cents has to the people gifting it to us. It is a testament to God- and to the faith of all of you who are acting out of love for God and the gospel.

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