Preparing for our next step...

We hope you & your families all had a wonderful Christmas! It's hard to believe that 2012 is just around the corner and that at this time last year, our family was in the middle of learning a new language. We pray God will bless each of you in the upcoming new year!
Since the end of August, our boys have been attending Grace Academy twice a week, as well as, being homeschooled in our home. Gordon was able to return to his job at Visionworks. We continue with our language learning through a tutor via skype, and our boys have a tutor that comes to our home twice a week for conversational Spanish. We also have been doing some fundraising as God has opened doors. This time back in the States has been wonderful visiting with family, friends, & supporters but we are anxious now to move forward to do the work that God has placed on our hearts.  To be able to participate in such a wonderful ministry is a blessing. God is doing an amazing work with the children of FCM & the people in the surrounding communities.

In just about 6-8 weeks, we will finally be on our way to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to live and serve alongside Forgotten Children Ministries. As most of you know, this path hasn't been without it's trials & spiritual warfare, especially during our time in Costa Rica. Times that brought us to our knees in prayer, many tears, and even made us question our call, especially as we watched the difficult adjustment of our own boys. We continued to seek the Lord and He was faithful to strengthen our resolve.
However, we recognize that another adjustment phase is coming. We ask that you pray for us daily as God prepares our hearts. This move will be even more challenging knowing the permanence of this home and because we are expected to use our new language skills for everyday life. Pray for a new circle of friends for our family in Honduras.  Pray for us as a new missionary family, that we will be received well by the Honduran staff & children of FCM. Please also pray for the Womacks, the missionary couple that we will be working with, as they help our family get acclimated to Tegu and to the ministry as well.

Next month we will be traveling back to Honduras to find a rental home and start the process of setting up house keeping.  Pray for God's guidance as we look for a home in a safe neighborhood & make preparations for the upcoming move. Our plans are to move in mid February (Lord willing!).  As independent missionaries there will always be the need to raise support. We will continue to work on raising funds here in N.C. until we leave. Please pray that God will continue to raise up more people to come alongside us as monthly partners. No contribution is too small, God will bless any commitment that He places on your heart!  He has already graciously brought more supporters to join our team since we have been home. We praise Him for His provision and we trust that He will still send more!

Thank you for your continued prayers & support!! We are finally ready for the final step to the mission field, which is due in part, to the many ways each of you have stood with us.  We appreciate you all more than you know!  Your commitment to our family will be making an eternal difference in the lives of many children and people in Honduras. God bless you!

Because He first loved us,
Gordon, Christy, Jared, Zac, & Wil

Psalm 9:18 ~ "But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish."

*For those of you who have asked about giving a monetary gift or contribution, we are registered at both Target & Walmart for items needed in our home.

Need of MONTHLY partners!!

"For the harvest is great, but the workers are few."


We just wanted to take a few minutes to explain what being a monthly partner means, because it's monthly partners that enable our family to work alongside FCM to minister to the 75 children that are housed by FCM and to the people in the impoverished communities in & around Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

A partner is someone who faithfully contributes to our support on a monthly basis, regardless of the amount of the contribution.
Each month the partner mails in a check (or you can contribute on-line) to Forgotten Children Ministries and they keep all of the contributions in an account for our family. From this account FCM allots us a budget to enable our family to live.
But remember...as independent missionaries on staff with Forgotten Children Ministries, we are required to raise 100% of our funds in order to serve. And even though we are members of a Southern Baptist Church, we are not with the International Mission Board nor any other mission board, therefore, we are not given a salary.  ALL of our support must come from individuals, like yourselves, or churches in order for us to do the work God is calling us to do.

With that in mind, please prayerfully consider becoming a MONTHLY partner!  It doesn't have to be a large amount; it can be $5, $10, $25 month or as much as you believe the Lord is leading you to do, but if every one gave just a little, then we would have the support needed for our family to do God's work in Honduras.

THANKS so much for considering to partner with us! Just think, your contributions to our family will enable you to have an active role in changing the life of many street children, & people who otherwise would have no hope apart from Christ. We pray God will bless our efforts and the efforts of this ministry so these children & the people of Honduras in turn can make a difference in their own country for Christ.