August brought with it a different pace for us, and we had the chance to venture out for a couple weeks to present in churches in Ohio, Indiana, and Virginia. Currently, my (James’) parents are in the states as well, and we were able to see them in between our meetings in Ohio.
Along with our travels, we have also been blessed to have a substantial increase in support, bringing our support to 83%. In our last prayer letter, we shared that our plans to leave for the field have been expedited to January instead of April/May. We are excited to let you know that we have purchased our tickets to leave for the field on January 1st. Please be praying that the remainder of our support will come in as we approach our departure date.
We would like to thank you for praying for the summer media intern Nathaniel Bowman who worked for Vision Baptist Missions over the summer. He was a tremendous help in creating videos for promoting some upcoming events such as the Our Generation Summit that will be held on December 28-29 as well as videos for the Our Generation Training Center and the mission board. He is now back in college so we are sure he would appreciate your prayers as he works on completing college.
On September 7th, our son Silas is due. Please be praying for Rosie during this time. Thankfully, the Lord has provided meetings that are fairly close to home around her due date so travel has not been too difficult. We would greatly appreciate your prayers as we begin to navigate the waters of parenthood!
Finally, please be in prayer for the Hill family in Japan as they plant a church in Niigata. Planting a church is no simple task, so please pray that the Lord will guide and direct them and allow them to see fruit for their labor!
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