A Long Overdue Update

Hey all!

Sorry for the delay in updating. I should be back on schedule now. Life has been crazy and I have so much to share. The conference was amazing as usual, as well as our staff retreat. We just returned from our cruise to the Bahamas which served as our staff retreat. Sometimes I feel like I need a vacation from the vacation! However I came back completely focused on the year ahead and ready to get working.

This is the plans thus far for 2008: My coleader Patrick and I are leaving for Africa around March 11th (about a month earlier then I had planned but very cool). We will be picking up one of our new trucks in Johannesburg and driving it to the base in Zambia. Once we reach "home" we will jump into one of the smaller vehicles and recon for the upcoming expeditions. Our first team arrives the first week of April and is looking to be around 40 people. What an awesome way to start out the year! Patrick and I are also in charge of all of the Africa expeditions, which includes training new leaders, assigning leaders, making sure all tasks are completed, etc. In September, I will be helping to colead our Advanced Mission Training school which is held on our base in Zambia. My eta for returning to the states is in December. It's a ton of work but my excitement cannot be contained, much like how our God cannot be contained. I know that we are going to see God move is awesome ways... no words will ever be able to describe it.

Until I leave I will be focusing on prepping for the teams, and mainly my personal support raising. I need to have a $500/month increase in my support in order to do the ministry needed this year. If the Lord is placing it on your heart to join my team, and/or to share this ministry with others, please go to www.laurainmissions.com and also, tell a friend! :)

Having a support team to me is much more then having the finances available to continue working in the nations. It's working with a team of people to accomplish the work that the Lord has called each and everyone of us to do: "go therefore into all the nations..." That call of the Great Commission is for all of us no matter what role you may play in it. Each of us have a different role but it's all for the same purpose!

Okay enough preaching for tonight, I'll save it for tomorrow when I share at Westside Baptist Church in Titusville, FL. Have a great weekend everyone, and I promise to update more often. BTW- if you're wondering about the lack of updating for my website, I'm still working on getting the right software to work on my new mac but it should be updated sometime this week. Please keep checking for updates here and on the webpage! God Bless

Happy New Year!

Hello all! Sorry about the lack of updates but as soon as I landed here in Florida, I've hit the ground running. We have finished our december missions conference which went great. I'm hoping to eventually get some photos up on my website from it as soon as my new macbook arrives in the mail. Not having a laptop has made me realize how dependent I am on it. All of my work is done on it, but it arrives in one day which is great! :)
I hope that you all had a great New Years. We celebrated at my boss's condo on the beach. It was a great evening of food, relaxation, and fellowship.
For the next couple months, I will be setting up speaking engagements and working on support raising. If anyone has an open door for me to share about the work God is doing in the nations, please contact me and we can set that up!
Have a blessed day!