My Denver

Here are some nice pictures that show my Denver, it's beauty, ugliness, and sense of humor.

OH HECK YEAH!

Ta-da!!!

God has again done miraculous (not quite magic, as the onomatopoeia would imply) things with AMCC!
This morning, through the generous contributions of various entities, I was able to moneygram over to John Muhika $3,600 for the three children who passed their exams to go to school!!! THIS IS AMAZING! Especially because about $2,500 of it came in yesterday- oh how God loves to wait until the last minute!


Also, it looks as though school will not begin until February, which means that there will not be a problem with John getting the money on Monday (John had said that school would begin on Monday, but banks are closed on Sunday. So, we prayed about this situation last Thursday and- BAM! God does this!)
I am VERY EXCITED about this and want to thank everyone who contributed to this effort, especially those who prayed for it- our prayers are heard! John said that they were weeping at AMCC, but I think maybe I misheard him. Oh well, that's why Nick and I are going over there- to find out what it's really like! Thanks especially to our God, who cares far more for the kids at AMCC than any of us. He's pretty tight.

Pics pertinent to my pronouncement!

Kenbia here I come!

News FLASH: Mark's ticket to Zambia and Kenya has been bought!!
Woohoo!!! Thanks to Fellowship Travel International for finding a cheap one-way from Zambia to Kenya, and to Heart of the Bride Ministries for letting me use them to keep myself financially accountable!
And a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed to my trip! I wasn't updated yet this week, so to my knowledge there's still only one person's contribution in my account. But I suspect that tomorrow when I get an email from HOB that will change...

Also, great news and prayer answered: Nick and I will be taking both a laptop and a scanner with us to Kenya! Woohoo! These marvels of modern technology will not only save us loads to time and money on internet cafe expenses, but will allow us to do exponentially more than we would have been able to. We can keep track of and document things much better, as well as send out more detailed emails. We'll take more pictures, videos, and be able to do so much more in terms of interaction with the states while we're there. This is great- Praise the Lord! (ptl)

Thank you for everyone who has been praying for AMCC to get all the money for the kids to go to school next Monday. Keep praying! Who knows what our God will do?

SUPPORT SCHOOL

This week I found out that 3 of the kids at AMCC didn't pass their High School entrance exams. BUMMER. But, the total cost of the year of school is now $1,200. So only $2,600 is needed for the three kids who did pass their exams to go to school this year- which starts Monday Jan. 19th!!
AND, super cool, someone has decided to make a dollar-for-dollar matching contribution to help achieving this goal!!! The money is needed by this Saturday- contact me if you want to help! (512-470-2781)

6 weeks and counting...

Well, that's the plan at least. I still haven't bought my plane ticket (Lord willing that will happen this week), but I feel much closer to leaving. This week I got some more shots, am taking my typhoid medicine, and got my prescription for malaria (Doxycyclene- bring on the sunburn!).
Cool story: the travel clinic that I went to for my meds gave me a $100 discount on my visit as "their contribution toward my trip"- how cool is that?!
In other news, Nick found out that missionary training school is a LOT more expensive than we had thought, and most of my old shots had expired so I had to get more new ones (should I get another meningitis shot? It's EXPENSIVE). I have only 3 weeks of work left at Shred-It!! This job has been super supportive of my trip and I'm very thankful for them. :-)
I've decided to use this blog as a way to keep people updated on my financial support situation. I'll update it on Wednesday of each week. On Wednesday of this week I had one financial donation in to the folks at Heart of the Bride. I'll hopefully have more by this Wednesday!
Nick's church, Bloom, is also very excited about how they can support he and I during this trip. Nick and I will be speaking there on Jan 25th about our trip- praise the Lord for a good meeting with them and the opportunity to share!
Also, my own church family (Ancient Paths Church Network) is hosting a going-away party for me... except that I just realized it is on the same day that I'm speaking at Bloom. Hmmm....

Well, that's a bit of an update for now! If you have any specific questions for me then post them in the comments or email me and then I'll blog about them! Adios!

The Professor who advises me.

Desi will help me get this party started.

Let's Get This Party Started

Well hello there!

   So this is my first blog post. Let's all pray it's not the last. ;-)

For your personal interest, here are a list of things that I need to do before I go:

- Visit the dentist

- Get my malaria medicine

- Buy my plane tickets

- Get enough money for the trip

- Catch up with lots of people

- Eat Round Rock Donuts

- Buy an LSAT book

- Start learning Swahili

- Take Miguel, Jose, and Frankie bowling

- Get lots of good advice

   If anybody knows of anything else then go ahead and email me, I'd appreciate it. :-)