So, guess what?! We got some great news the other night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When our six-month partnership and community development time finished in August, we knew that we probably wouldn\u2019t reach the goal we set for 2020: to see an additional $2020 of monthly sustaining support committed. But, we were still SUPER encouraged with what God did on our behalf through you all, especially considering the insanely unexpected circumstances that we all faced this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We just didn\u2019t realize exactly how he had answered our prayer until we looked at our numbers for the whole year.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Guys, the numbers are just numbers, but they represent for us the ability to continue serving full-time in this important ministry. At a quick glance, we are so happy to say that the numbers are going in the right direction! When it\u2019s all averaged out (combining regular promised support with other one time gifts), here\u2019s where we started the year: we were at 51% of what is recommended. Now, here\u2019s where we are at as we finish out 2020: 64% of what is recommended! That\u2019s a 13% increase and that is AMAZING!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, we\u2019re really encouraged by the blessing behind these numbers. We had new families join our community of sustaining supporters and we\u2019ve had others who have increased their support amounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, because we need to be transparent, we\u2019re still ending up this year at just 64% of what Ethnos360 asks us to raise, to do our ministry well, and take care of the needs of our family. And that\u2019s why we\u2019re going to keep working at this effort in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n God is ALWAYS FAITHFUL. So we won\u2019t say the clich\u00e9 \u201cGod\u2019s been faithful\u201d. We realize that by saying that, it makes it sound like that if we don\u2019t have a certain amount of support, then He\u2019s not being true to His Word and character. What is right to say is that whether in abundance or need, we\u2019ve learned how to be content in His faithfulness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We don\u2019t want to depend on an amount or our finances to give us a sense of security as ministers of the gospel. We want to depend on God\u2019s everlasting faithfulness. And his faithfulness is there no matter what level our support is at.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n So rejoice with us in God’s everlasting faithfulness to all of his children. And rejoice with us that he chose to increase our support this year through his faithful servants, you all! <\/p>\n\n\n\n We can\u2019t wait to see how he provides in 2021! <\/p>\n\n\n\n And now we will leave you with the words of one of our students, after finishing a class on the biblical interpretation process…<\/p>\n\n\n\n (note, they’re not a native English speaker and we’ve left the quote as written originally)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you very much for teaching this course in a simplified way. Your way of teaching is very clear and helped us to grasp this study methodology clearly. 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