We hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! The end of 2013 was a busy time for us. We were in Missions Conferences, we presented our ministry in many churches, and we traveled to Oregon to be with family, meet with Pastors, share our calling and vision, and to do a little more survey. By mid-December we settled in at home to enjoy the holidays. We start back up here in January and we are excited to see what God is going to do in 2014.

During our time in Oregon Edwin was able to go to a men's retreat in Washington. Over 300 men were present and multiple churches were in attendance. He had the opportunity to address the audience and share his vision and calling for church planting in the Northwest. Many of the pastors there were interested in what we are doing, took our prayer card, and wanted to stay in contact. Edwin was also able to be meet with a few pastors who have planted churches in Oregon or who have pastored in the area for some time. It is always good to be able to pick their brains a little bit about ministry in Oregon and the Northwest.

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We were also able to present our ministry in a few churches in Sherwood, Oregon and in Salem, Oregon, while we were there. We believe God is doing something awesome in the hearts of the churches in the Northwest and we look forward to seeing how God will partner us together with them to glorify Him through church planting! It was also great to spend time with Cassie's parents while we were in Oregon. These people have been a constant source of godly wisdom and encouragement. God's grace is made evident to us often through Mike and Mary Lou Bernard and we praise the Lord for them! We had a great ending to 2013 as we got a call from a pastor to tell us their church was taking us on for support at $200 a month. Praise the Lord!

We start out 2014 with a string of Church Planting Conferences. We look forward to attending these, getting to know other church planters, and being connected with churches and pastors who have a heart for church planting. We will be in Oklahoma, Illinois, and Colorado to start the year. There is a lot of traveling that goes on during deputation. It can be a costly endeavor, but we thank the Lord for many individuals who have given monetary gifts that make travel possible without stretching or destroying our budget.

Thank you for your fervent prayers on our behalf. We look forward to seeing what the Lord has in store for us this year and we will be sure to keep you up to date! If you haven't gotten one of our new prayer cards and would like to have one, please let us know.