Sunday, June 1st the Lord was writing the final pages of The V-Team's time as the pastoral family at Radford Wesleyan Church. It grieves my heart (puts knots in my stomach and tears in my eyes) just to type that.
RWC has been home for 11+ years. She has been a part of many wonderful days (the birth of two of our boys, the salvation story of all four of our boys, the Lord calling me into full-time ministry, my graduation from graduate school, both Barry and I experiencing freedom from things in our pasts, and many more). She has also walked alongside us during life's challenging times (my parent's separation, their divorce, their new marriages, a newborn with breathing concerns, and so much more). RWC has allowed Barry to grow in to an amazing pastor, mentor and leader.
Radford Wesleyan sent our boys out with a special blessings. Each first Sunday the church has a "Penny March for Missions." For the past three months the church has been "secretly" saving the "Penny March" money to give to the V-Team boys as support of the boys' new ministry.
They then had the church pray over our guys and the new ministry they will have. What a blessing to have a home church who cares about our kids' lives and ministries'.
We were then blessed to have two of our good friends sing a special (this was the first time John had sung publicly).
Barry preached his final sermon at RWC; challenging the people to continue their partnership with Radford Wesleyan Church. I continue to be blessed by MY pastor's leadership and heart for the church (whether that means he is the pastor of that church or not). We both believe, with all our hearts, that Radford Wesleyan's best days are still to come and that God has something special in store for her.
Today, Saturday, June 7th, as I on the other side of the United States in the state of Washington, the V-Team Boys are moving out of the place we called home for 11+ years
(1011 Dundee Drive, Radford, VA 24141). They are bringing Austin's pet guinea pig, Cocoa, to her new home with The Deu family.
Then they will move into our new temporary home and our permanent address,
for while we are in Central America ,
(3020 Mud Pike, Christiansburg, VA 24073).
This upcoming week we will begin all our summer traveling. We covet your prayers for our family as we head to Missionary Training Institute (June 15th - June 27th). We will be learning a lot of information, the boys will be learning as well. Please pray that we will be able to be Jesus' hands and feet even as we grow and learn.
We would, also, like to ask you to pray as we travel and share our story in several different locations. Feel free to follow our traveling at http://www.wesleyan.org/gp/minfo/WM04-0393. We are excited to meet new friends and we are praying for new partners in ministry.
We currently have approximately 25% of our fundraising needs. We have a long way to go and are trusting God's timing. Would you like to join the V-Team in helping us get this next chapter written? You can join our team at http://www.wesleyan.org/gp/minfo/WM04-0393. Thanks for praying for this need, as well.
