Arley and I took a trip this weekend. It had many firsts including, first time away from our kids, and in away I mean half way across the United States (but I survived). It was the first time Arley and I flew together, alone! minus all the rest of the people on the airplane. It was the first time either of us had been to Alabama before (I have never seen so many outdoor McDonald’s play places in my life).
We flew down on Friday evening and spent Saturday morning driving to a board meeting for African Children’s Mission, passing Talladega Speedway and a Bass Bro Shop store on the way. We had a good meeting, getting to meet/visit, eat Chinese, and get some business done in the midst. We also got some time to talk with Wayne and Mary about when they first started missions and some of the next steps we need to take.
During the business meeting, we were voted in as full time missions with African Children’s Mission. We were giving a range of funds to shoot for to be supported on the field. We need to meet a budget of $1,500.00 a month and we need to have about half of our building and vehicle fund met before heading over and the rest pledged. We think we will need between $30,000 and $40,000 for the whole thing. We are praying for someone to come along, that is invested in ACM as much, if not more so, than us who is willing to meet most or all of our building cost so that if we ever have to leave the field, then the donor would still be happy with the building being with ACM.
We are starting to get some business cards and prayer cards drawn up, although we want to wait for a picture including the new baby maybe for the prayer card, and my next step of action is to get a updated and revised prayer letter list compiled. To do this, I am going to start from scratch mostly, so if you would be so kind as to email me with your name, address, email, and phone I will gladly add you to this new list.
Hey You! I don’t want to post my info via the web, but i will send you all of my info (even though I’m sure you have it) also, wanted to ask? What kind of “building materials” are you searching for? You know Jason is in that line of work and his company was the one that put up all of the drywall for “Exteme Home Improvements” so I’m thinking if they can’t ship the drywall (way too expensive) maybe they can set up some kind of an account or free will donation. I can’t promise anything, but i will check it out and see what can be done. If you can email me all of the info, the name, dates, people, mission stuff in general that will help me fight for your cause.
Thinking of you, wish we got to talk more one on one. Call anytime, Write more when you can. Love LC