Just Ask!
This blog is a month late, and if you know the two of us well, you'll know that Will is the one responsible for writing the entries :) Not only is it late, but it is long overdue as we'd like to extend a HUGE THANK YOU for the year of 2007!!! God moved in incredible ways as He always does. One part we want to share with you is the way He worked through each and every person reading this blog. Provision.
Matthew 7:7-8 says, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."
We have spent a large amount of time asking, seeking and knocking over the past year and God has met those needs by using His faithful......you! Our last blog stated how much financial support was needed to finish out the year. "For everyone who asks receives." Praise God, we met our goal. Thank you so much for allowing God to work through you to make our ministry possible here in the Dominican. By having the financial resources, many doors have been opened and we will continue to knock and see where God will lead us for the coming months.
Not only has God provided through finances, but the prayers, encouragement and gifts have been abundant. We feel them, we need them and we ask that they continue. Each and every prayer and gift is being put to use here in the D.R. For example, Louisville Slugger sent a large quantity of their 2007 inventory to support our baseball ministry. In doing so, this allowed us to host our first sports camp of the year this past week. A group from Kansas City Baptist Temple came down to do a baseball clinic for 60 kids, play in a softball tournament and do discipleship training for our pastors and women of the church. It was an incredible week as they taught the kids about control. Control your mind, control your body, control the ball, control the play and control the game. The kids heard the message that if you allow Jesus to control your mind, then he will also control your body and your life. Many of them understood the parallel between the game of baseball and a Christian walk as around 40 came forward to learn more about a life with Jesus. Please pray for them as we meet tomorrow morning (Saturday) to aid them in their "next steps".
After a wonderful visit to the States, we have to say that it is nice to be back in the Dominican Republic. Aside from the beautiful weather, we missed our neighbors, friends and co-workers. We thank you for sending us back home. We will keep you updated as ministry happens. We love you and pray that this year will be even more amazing than the last!
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Will and Audrey
