We woke Monday morning to find this letter in our emails.
We want to run something by you. Would you be interested in helping us out with and urgent need that has come up on our regional team. We have an urgent need for a Supply Buyer. This is a key role to our support center and really plays a vital part in keeping the bush missionaries in their ministries. I know it is a bit of a shift in mindset, but it would only be a one year temporary change. Our current supply family is going on Home Assignment for one year starting in July.
If you guys are open to this change – we would want to see you arrive by March 18, 2010 as is planned. You would need to get right into the E2 program {National Language and Culture Study} and try to get as far along as possible before June. In June you would then orient into the supply department so that you could take over this job. You would be working with another person in this department so you would not be on your own. The role is divided and the other person is a single lady, so we picture her handling the bookwork and computer work. Bill would be in charge of all the physical aspects of the supply department. The neat thing about this position is that there are lots of opportunities for Jen and your boys to jump in and help out. It really is a family ministry in many ways.
We have already responded to this and would love to fill this need. Our hearts desire is to help in any way we can to see these indigenous churches planted. Please pray with us that if the Lord would have us move into this ministry that we would be able to get to at least 50% of our recommended monthly support. At this time we are about 17% short of that goal {$1,200 per month}. Pray that we see this need come in by mid-February so that we will have time to buy our plane tickets. We have seen God work in GREAT ways in the past and we are trusting Him for this as well knowing that He is ABLE!