Midwest travels

One week ago today, David finished up his job at TASC working as a drug & alcohol counselor. We praise God that David enjoyed his job and it met our needs the past 2 1/2 years. Now we are completely freed up to travel and put ALL of our EFFORT into raising the last 40% of our financial and prayer support by partnering with people.

So...we are off!! We barely fit everything into our amazing gas efficient Toyota Corolla. We have already cruised through Nebraska. We enjoyed sharing at the First Baptist Church in Gothenburg and Arbor Drive Community Church in York. We were able to share with a few pastors as well. So far we are incredibly encouraged and feel the Lord confirming our calling over and over.
Over the next 2 months we plan on sharing with Churches (supporting and potential supporting churches), meeting with pastors and missions directors, having gatherings with friends & family to share our vision, and time with our family & friends. In short we want to see YOU! Please let us know if we are in your area so we can connect. Meanwhile…

PLEASE PRAY FOR:
*the sale of our townhouse
*safety as we drive throughout the entire Midwest.
*more meetings with pastors & gatherings with friends.
*flexibility for all of us as we travel.
*us to grow together as a family.
*us to grow in our relationship with Christ.

July 2009
4 leave
5 NE Gothenburg
6 NE York
7 NE Omaha
8 NE Travel
9 MO St. Louis
10 MO St. Louis
11 MO St. Louis
12 MO St. Louis
13 MO Bolivar
14 OK New Life Ranch
15 OK New Life Ranch

16 KS travel
17 KS Denton

18 KS Denton

19 NE Syracuse

20 KS Denton & Kansa City Area
21 KS
22 KS
23 KS
24 KS
25 KS
26 IA Knoxville
27 KS Denton & Kansas City Area
28 KS
29 KS
30 IA
31 IA

We are still filling in meetings and gatherings.
We will head to WI via IA & MN

August... is still To be determined.

The Roberts’ Toyota Corolla (not named as of now but by the end of this trip could very well have a name or 2) will leave KS around the end of July and be in route to WI via IA & MN.

We do know that we will be at Grace Foursquare Family camp Aug. 7-9 & we will be sharing at Grace Foursquare Church Aug. 23rd.

If you would like to connect with us in August, please let us know.

The only thing we need to be back to CO for is Kevin’s (Beth’s brother) wedding on Sept. 12.

Celebrating 6 Years of Marriage

Praise God for 6 years of marriage! God has been faithful through it all and we know he will continue to be faithful no matter where we are. We were blessed to have had a complimentary weekend at Pam Fisher’s Bed and Breakfast in Aspen, CO. Wow were we spoiled. Wonderful food but even more amazing fellowship.

THANKS PAM & JOHN FOR OPENING YOUR HOME AND REFRESHING OUR SPIRITS.

We hiked the Maroon Bells trail and had a picnic at the foot of the mountain. Dinner and a beautiful rainbow ended our perfect day.

The Lord refreshed us and encouraged us. We had an amazing time of vision casting and prayer.

Please continue to pray over our marriage. The enemy will often attack the family starting with the marriage. We desire to be united and strong in Lord.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Eph. 6:12

TO DO LIST
-Before we go to Argentina-

*Sell our home!!!!! Check out our visual online tour @ http://www.visualtour.com/Shownp.Asp?t=1949068
*Raise the rest of our support (We are at 63% and need to be at 100% before we can go.)
*Go to the Missionary Training International (MTI) in Colorado Springs Sept. 14-Oct. 2. Spiritual Personal Lifestyle Interpersonal Cultural Endure/enjoy SPLICE - This pre-departure training program will help interweave the knowledge, skills
and attitudes from both cultures to make transition and ministry a time of unprecedented personal and spiritual growth.
*Attend a Church Planting Conference in San Jose, CA Oct. 11-14.
*Go to MTI again Nov. 9-20 Program In Language Acquisition Techniques PILAT will make language learning a much more productive experience. Though learning a new language may still be a challenge, one will be equipped for the task with new skills and techniques.
*Spend time with family & friends sprinkled throughout the next 6 months.

Please pray with us over God’s TO DO LIST. May God’s leading and wisdom be with us as we go about His business. May we find ourselves in His presence as we prepare to go to Argentina.