God's at Work

This week has been awesome. December Radio has got to be the greatest guys in Christian music right now. Now this would be easy for me to sya because they did such an awesome job for us with the concert but that is not reason I have drawn this conclusion. After spending a lot of time with these guys in Guatemala and at my house I have learned a lot about them.

I learned that they are true followers of Christ. They live their lives to serve him. I want to share just for a moment the break down of the group. Brian is the quiet one but very deep in his thoughts. Boon the drummer is the hugger of the group. You can not get around them that he does not give you a hug. Josh is the lead singer and is very vocal about his faith. Josh Lovelace the keyboard player is a genuine guy that smiles all the time. Eric is the hardest to figure out. He is the prankster of the bunch but he would give you the shirt off his back if you ask him for it. This team of guys has made an impact on our family that will not be forgotten. I encourage you to check out our blog pictures of their trip to Guatemala. It was a great trip.

For all of the new folks this week thanks for joing our blog/email newsletter. This is where I give weekly updates and sometimes just whine about things. I would love your comments so feel free to post them. Any encouragement would be great.

Guatemala is moving up fast. We plan to move at the end of May and we still have a lot of work to do. The concert raised over $5,000.00 toward our van but the total cost for a new one is around $18,000. We can get a used one for $12,000.00 or so. So please pray that God would continue to help us get this money raised. We also have to raise $4,000.00 for a container to ship all of our things to our new house. Then we have to have about $3,000.00 to finish our house. Finally we are also trying toraise our monthly support. The best we have it figured right now we need to raise around $3,000.00 per month. We are trying to get in front of as many churches and people as we can right now so if your church would like for us to come and share we would love the opprotunity. We are trying to get 50 families to commit $30.00 per month and 15 churches to commit to $100.00 per month. So pass the word.

I also want to thank all of those who came on Monday night. As a family we were ovewhelmed by the support and love that everyone showed. I was so blessed, when I came off the stage I went to the back of the church and just sat on a pew and cried. I am so thankful to have so many friends that we know are supporting and praying for us. This is not a one family ministry, this is a ministry that has many owners and stock holders. Thank you again for everything. Oh and just so you knwo First Baptist Seymour is awesome!!!!!!

Finally I want to ask that you email this to as many people as you can and encourage them to join our network. THe more we have praying the more we can do. Our God is awesome and we desire to have as many people praying to Him as possible.

Prayer Needs

1. Carla's Dad - Carl Gann Stage 4 Lung Cancer
2. Van - We need to raise at least $7,000 more for a van
3. Container - We need $4000.00 to ship our things and supplies for Casa and Hogar
4. Monthly sponsers
5. Our house to sale
6. Most important Genisis a little girl at Casa that is going to have a kidney transplant.

2 Websites to check out.

http://www.clubhouseguatemala.com/

http://www.casaontherock.com/

Getting Techy

Is techy even a word. I am not sure but I am using it. If you look to the left we have added a new feature to the blog. Well really 3 or 4. We now have a slide show which we will change every week. We have also added a subscription link. If you enter your email address in the little box and follow 3 easy steps you will be added to our email list. We are excited about this because our goal with the blog is to keep you up to date with everything. So on that note lets get going.

We are so excited. On January 28th December Radio is going to do a concert at First Baptist Seymour to help us buy a van in Guatemala. We are also in full swing with our fundraising efforts to build our monthly support. We are still in need of 30 families to jump on board with us. We are also excited because Mike and Dottie Clark the founders of Casa will be in Knox ville for almost the entire month of February. They will be traveling to many churches in our area sharing about Casa. We are hoping that this will help people jump on board with us in this awesome ministry.

Please pray for us in a few areas.

1. Carla's Dad - We go for a new scan next week to find out if the latest Chemo has worked.
2. Pray for our support. It has been slow but we know it will pick-up with us setting our moving date.
3. Pray for the move. We are trying to line up a container which would be awesome. It is going to cost around $4000 so pray that God would allow that money to show up. The container right now has a ton of supplies for Casa on it and has been sitting for almost a year. So it would be awesome if we could get that moving.
4. Pray for upcoming teams in March and June. We have a lot going on right now with both teams. Pray specifically for cheap airfare.

Thanks for the support and Prayers!!!

His Servant,
Mike

A New Year

Yes, I know it has been a couple of weeks and I am sorry but our life is a little crazy right now. I just got back from Guatemala and I am so sick. I have a really bad head cold and just feel like blah. But hey I thought what a perfect time to share. (hahahaha) We had a awesome trip last week working on the house. We got almost all of the walls sheet rocked, all of the electrical ran, and most of the plumbing done. You have to go to our website and check out the pictures. www.clubhouseguatemala.com I have a very special thank you to Gary Dalby, James Westbrook, and D.A. for giving their holiday week to go down and build our house. It is going to be an awesome house, and now it is Carla's turn to get busy. She went to Lows last night and got about 50 tile, paint, and kitchen cabinet books to pick out what she wants.
With all of the preparation I hope that people are starting to believe that yes we are moving. It seems that our sponsorship has stalled a bit because people have been unsure of things. So please pray that that will pick up. We know God is in control but it would be nice to really see our support pick up. Also pray for us as we work on finishing the house.

Well that is all for now. I think I am going to fix me some OJ and go to bed. 5AM is really early!!