Our House was filled with the squeals of two little girls who were happy to see their grandparents this weekend.
My parents flew in from NH on Thursday to celebrate Lydia’s first birthday and they’ll be with us until Tuesday morning. My brother Ian also surprised us by coming to town! Grace has been busy reading stories to them and showing Bampie her ballerina moves. We’re having so much fun!
As we move into December, we wanted to take a minute to update you on some important things that have just happened as we continue on this journey to Haiti.
Cleared to the Next Stage
After completing stage one of our PDP’s we have now been cleared to officially begin building a team of financial partners. This team will make it possible for us to be on the field. We’re excited to be moving to this stage of the process.
If we didn’t feel that God had so clearly called us to serve in Haiti, this would feel daunting. But, we are confident that He is leading us in this direction and we are excited to see how He will pull this together!
If you think God may be leading you to join us as a financial partner, we would love to talk to you about that. Just reply to this email so we can connect with you and talk with you about the support goals we have set with Crossworld.
Or, if you’re ready to go – you can click here and learn how to give to support our ministry: perkinsinhaiti.com/give.
New Prayer Cards, New Website
Did you see that web address? We’re excited to be launching a website that will help keep you connected with us as we prepare to go and then as we serve in Haiti.
Keep an eye on the site for updates in between these monthly emails. You can access it here: www.PerkinsInHaiti.com
We’ve also just received a shipment of our first prayer cards!
We want to send one to you along with our Christmas card this year. Would you help us by checking to make sure we have the most accurate address for you? You can do that by clicking here: update contact info
Timeline Update
We now have a portion of our timeline in place as we move closer to transitioning to the field.
Over the next few months, we’ll be working hard to build our team of financial partners. Our goal is to have 75% of our monthly support budget and 50% of our outgoing budget raised by August. Once we get to that stage, we hope to begin our transition out of Dallas so we can return to New England for a few months while we raise the remaining needed support. Then – Haiti!
So, we need your help. Will you pray with us that God will provide the funds we need to meet these goals?
Would you commit to pray once a week specifically for this?
Other Prayer Points for this Month:
Pastor Serleus Simon
We learned this past week that one of the key leaders in the Haitian church, the President of UEBH, was killed. By all accounts, he was a great man who was full of integrity and had served as a great leader for that group of 250 churches. Would you pray for the family of Pastor Simon and for his co-workers as they grieve this loss?
Support Raising Process
We’ll now be looking for places to speak and people to talk with about our ministry. Would you pray that God would provide the right connections for us? If you know of a church or individual that might be interested in having us speak, let us know.
Visit to NH
In a few weeks, we’ll be heading to NH for about a week for Christmas. Time with family is increasingly valuable to us as we prepare to leave the country. Would you pray that we would have good, quality time with family while we’re home?
Merry Christmas!
Luke, Becca, Grace and Lydia
P.S. Don’t forget to update your address so we can get a prayer card to you in the mail: update contact info
