LET’S DO THIS!
One of our main prayers has been that God would highlight the stories that are on his heart to tell, and we feel like he’s doing just that! Thank you to all who have joined with us in this particular prayer.
As of now, there are three people who we feel like God is highlighting to interview. All of these individuals work in remote areas and face violence from extreme groups on a regular basis, all of them have put their lives on the line to “love their enemies” (Matthew 5:43-48), and all of them have chosen to love both the victims and perpetrators of violence. (See our vid project update below for more info on these vids:)
There are still many details unfolding as you can imagine, so please continue to pray with us that God’s presence, inspiration, protection, grace and divine favor will guide us as each new detail unfolds.
Video Project Updates:
1. Glad World Promo Video -
We continue to work on the Glad World Promo, mostly gathering b-roll of all the various parts of the Glad World ministry. This is fun! We have cut a beautiful and inspiring interview, and we can’t wait to share the finished product.
2. Glad World Promo Video, Bethel Church Missions Sunday -
We are also working on a version of this video that is on the calendar to be shown at Bethel Church on May 14th for a Bethel Missions Sunday highlight moment. Joel and Laci are Bethel Church sponsored missionaries, and Glad World will be highlighted on this particular Sunday. After Bethel shows this video, they will take up an offering that will go to the Bethel Missions program.
3. Love Your Enemies -
We are so excited to pursue these stories, and we believe that highlighting these voices and this message is one of the main reasons that we are here. So with expectant faith, we dive in this direction.
We will be taking our kids and traveling to another region of S.E. Asia April 10-22nd to get interviews and footage for these stories. The travel schedule is not ‘easy’ or convenient, especially with kids. But we have a peace about it, and we are inviting the kids (the best ways we know how) to join us in this venture.
Because the dates of this specific trip butt right up against our original departure date, we have decided to extend our time here for another 2.5 weeks. This will give us a little bit of time to organize some footage and get our bearings before making the trek back to the US on our new return date of May 12th.
Please continue to pray for us that we can do this with grace, beauty, ease, power and Holy Spirit inspiration. Please pray with us for travel mercies & safety, specifically for this up-and-coming trip in April. Lastly, please continue to pray with us for good health (thank God, we’ve seen a big improvement for health for all of us!), grace for transition, and God encounters for each member of our family.
Thank you all SO MUCH for your prayers; we desperately need them and we tangibly feel them. We could not and would not want to do this without you. Also, if you have any prayer requests, please share them with us as we would love to partner with you in this way as well for your breakthrough!
Thank you!