Hello Friends and Family,
I hope that you all are well and enjoying the traditions and
preparations for Christmas. It’s hard to imagine that we’re just one week away!
We are looking forward to being with family during this holiday time.
A huge thanks to the nearly 90 of you who came out to our
Chili Lunch at Surrey Alliance earlier this month. We hope that you learned a
lot about what EMI does and how Jay and I will be serving with them.
We also wanted to let all of you know that we have had a
HUGE answer to prayer. After Jay told his current employer that he’ll be
leaving in the New Year to join with EMI, he also felt that he should ask them
if they would be interested in sponsoring us. We weren’t expecting much, if
anything, as they are not a Christian company and it really doesn’t make sense for
them to be helping us out. But as we’ve been learning in church, God holds the
hearts of kings in His hands. About a week ago, Jay went in to speak with his
boss about transitioning with someone else to oversee his project, and his boss
let him know that the company will be giving us a substantial donation for our trip.
They also asked if Jay would be willing to stay on with the company until the
end of February to complete the project, which Jay is happy to do. Such an
AMAZING answer to our prayer. Thank you again, to all those of you who have
been so faithful to pray for us!
What does this mean for our trip to Uganda? First off, this
means that we are much closer to meeting our financial goal. Currently, we have
raised 85% of the funds that we need to go! Woo hoo! We still need to raise
approximately $700 per month, and we are so grateful to all those of you who
have been able to partner with us financially. Secondly, this means that we won’t
be leaving in early January like we thought, but at the end of February, or
early March, which is nice because it means that we have more time to complete
our preparations and we get to have a MUCH more relaxed Christmas vacation.
A few notes for prayer:
- that God would continue to provide the rest of our funding
- that our training in Colorado in January would be a great
time of equipping for Jay and I and that Nathaniel and Bethany would have some
great bonding moments with Jay’s parents in Texas…and that Becky won’t cry too much
being away from the kids for so long
We hope that you have a fabulous Christmas!
Love,
Jay, Becky, Nathaniel and Bethany Whisnand
