Our First Newsletter

So here it is folks.......
Our first newsletter. I have never done a newsletter before by myself. I have in years past done newsletters but basically it was plugging the information others have written into a previously formatted template. So the concept of us having to actually come up with what to say and how to format it was fairly tricky. I know it will get better as we go and the information will be more detailed. We are also mailing the newsletter out today. If you don't get one in the next week but would like to receive them or you do get one and would rather receive them by email just let us know.

Email Subscriber Issues

So I am working on the email subscriber delivery issue. Our email subscribers are not getting notified in their emails when we put a new post. I think I may have it figured out and I will keep working on it until you are getting consistent email notifications. Thank you for your understanding!

Hi, I’m Carmen and I am 9 years old in the McGee family. We are going to Peru for 2 years. I am excited to see my Peruvian friends and a little sad to leave my friends here. This is going to be a big move so I am kind of scared. I have been there one time before and it was fun. We are going to live in Nauta. I want to take ballet, guitar, and art. That is all I have to say, Carmen.

Global Leadership Summit 2014

Amy and I had the opportunity to attend the two day 2014 Global Leadership Summit thanks to Cornwall church and Junglemaster Ministries. Real quick I wanted to sum up what I have taken away from the last two days. 11hrs 30 minutes of high level leaders coming at you with wisdom and ideas. All of them are great and impactful. It will take me days to think about all that was said. So I am going to try and summarize what impacted me the most. I can boil it down to four main points and the funny part is one of them i got was not from one of the speakers it was from one of the attendees we knew that we bumped into at a break! All right enough blabbing and here goes.

1- Crucial conversations:  out of love I have to have the hard conversations

2- Prayer is crucial but not an excuse to do nothing. If it is revealed to us we must act

3- I must take the next step but I can't take it alone it must be done with God 

4- God will not reveal the whole plan to us because if He did we would never have the courage to take the first step. 

There are many more that I may share later on but for now I leave you with that. I know it may not seem like much but for my mind that's a lot and I process slowly.

Ready and renewed

God has wonderfully renewed our trust and hope in selling our house. We had a buyer and with bittersweet mixed emotions we were ready to say goodbye to our home of 17 years, but, as things often do that deal fell through. We were a little disappointed at first but then as Joel and I prayed that we continue to walk in faith and trust the Lord showed us how disappointing it must be for the family that lost funding. This was to be their first home purchase and we remembered how excited we were when Joel purchased this house 17 years ago. So our hearts go out to the family and we both know how hard it must be to let that dream go for a awhile. My prayer for them is that they can see that God has a better plan for their family. We know that God's will is perfect and that the right buyer will come in His timing.

We would love continued prayer for us and our family as the time for leaving is drawing near. I am quickly becoming more sentimental as we close out summer with our traditional August activities. I am so grateful for this new perspective on our time here and how precious these moments are to our family and how precious our family and friends are to us. I am also realizing just how hard it is for everyone to truly say how much we all mean to each other. I am notorious for smiling and laughing through everything and not showing how difficult and deeply I feel things. So, it is really hard for me not to just ignore the fact that we are leaving and just pretend everything is the same and not really deal with these feelings which if not dealt with, will send me into grieving once we are in Peru. I must also keep in mind that it really is only for a few years and that time goes so quickly and to God that isn't even a blink of an eye for Him. So with total trust and faith in Jesus and my Father I am facing all these moments and treasuring the abundant blessings he has bestowed on our small family. I am renewed and ready for the journey ahead. And, with the amazing love and support of all our family and friends and everyone of you I know we (all of you and us) are changing lives for the glory of God!