Leap of Faith

We are leaving for India on June 28th.  That is in 2 and a half months!  Unfortunately, we have been unable to send out our support letters.  There are two reasons for this.  First of all, while Grace Church Missions Committee was considering our application to go to India, they spoke with Commission to Every Nation and CTEN placed our application status on hold.  We DID NOT want our supporters money to be wasted if CTEN did not officially accept us.  I know I already posted that CTEN accepted us (and they did UNOFFICIALLY), but it got quite complicated between our church and CTEN.  The second reason we have not yet sent out our letters is because we were waiting to hear the conclusion our Church Missions Committee reached.

We now have both decisions!  Commission to Every Nation has OFFICIALLY decided to send us to India!  Praise the Lord!  The Missions Committee at our Church has decided that they will give us prayer support and a commissioning, but will not financially contribute nor will they allow us to present before the church body.  This is because they are not sure whether Grace Church wishes to partner in India and we only gave them notice 5 months ahead of the trip date (they like to have 9 months). They have acknowledged that they are excited to stand behind us in this and that they will consider us again for long-term missions once we return.

 Joseph and I are excited but quite terrified.  Our plane tickets are $4500 (total) and our visas will be a few hundred dollars more on top of that.  I don't believe that either are refundable.  We haven't gotten our support letters out yet, and have not yet acquired even a dime.  We are not even certain we will make enough to leave for India in June.  We believe that God is asking us to take a leap of faith.  We know he has called us to go to India, but at this time do not have the funds to go.  Please pray for us!  Pray that we will receive support very quickly and obtain enough to go to India!