Our targeted departure date of March 27th is now less than two months away! We are having just three more prayer meetings prior to our departure, one of which is tonight! We’d love to get a chance to pray with our prayer partners and supporters in person some time before we leave, so if you’re free, please join us tomorrow night (Tuesday), 7PM at the Robison home:
Please also put Saturday, March 9th on calendars. We will be having our last event before departure, looking back at the two year anniversary of the 3/11/2011 Tsunami. We’ll be giving an update of the progress that has been made, the ongoing needs, and how we believe that God is moving to do an unprecedented work in response to the disaster 2 years ago. Believe it or not there are still tens of thousands of people living in “temporary” housing, and many of the cities have not even begun to rebuild.
We continue to see God provide new prayer and financial partners almost daily. We’re now down to $1,700 in needed monthly support, and have had the great privilege of being able to share with a number of people who have let us know that they intend to become financial partners and are prayerfully considering how much they can give. JEMS processes receipts at the end of each month, which means that February will be a really crucial month for support raising, as it will be the last month in which we see new supporters showing up on our report before our departure. We also hope to purchase plane tickets at the end of February, and we’ll want to have a clear picture of how close to our support goals we are before doing so.
Please continue to pray for fruitful meetings with individuals and churches. We had a wonderful time visiting with Calvary South County yesterday, and are planning to visit Venice Church in Santa Monica this coming Sunday.