Saturday 21 December 2013

Merry Christmas and December Update

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

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