We just finished an MK retreat in Johannesburg, South Africa. It
was an amazing retreat! We had approximately 100 MKs at the retreat, while
their parents were in their own meetings. The focus of this retreat was the
Holy Spirit. Our goal was for MKs to see how the Holy Spirit could use them to
have an impact on the continent of Africa. It is always amazing to see how God
moves at these retreats. When you consider that 80% of MKs do not have a youth
pastor or children’s pastor, you begin to realize the value of having a retreat
every couple of years. They are so critical to the overall spiritual health of
the MK community.
In a couple days, we will be in Thailand, leading a retreat for
all our families living in Northern Asia. We covet your prayers as we invest in
these families. One of the main reasons families leave missions is because of
challenges raising kids overseas. We delight in helping missionaries overcome
these challenges! As you can imagine, the challenges of growing up in Northern
Asia are huge.
Dargan and I have been leading the MK program for ten years. It
has been an amazing journey! Our biggest challenge right now is
maintaining our missions budget. We are still supported through our missions
account in AGWM. We rely on support of our friends, family, and churches.
Thanks for your continued support! If you believe in missionary families, and
would like to support us – as we support the missions body, you can do so at
https://giving.ag.org/
In our Christmas card, we sent out our travel schedule for 2014.
As we are at the retreats, would you remember to pray for our missionaries and
their families represented at those retreat? This is what is currently on the
calendar for 2014:
January:
Unreached People Groups MK retreat in Nairobi, Kenya
All-Africa MK Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa
Northern Asia MK Retreat, Cha Am, Thailand
February:
AG College visits, meeting with MKs in our AG universities
March:
Candidate Orientation, interviewing new missionary families
Brussels, Belgium, Christian Center
April:
All-Latin America and the Caribbean MK Retreat, San Jose Costa
Rica
Missionary Kids Caregiver Conference, 35 missions agencies MK
ministers. Chad is the keynote speaker on the topic of MK discipleship.
June:
MK retreat for families in Russia and Eastern block countries,
Athens, Greece
Missionary Training in Springfield, MO. Preparing new MKs for
missions life
Missionary Renewal in Springfield, MO. MKs coming home for a
year of itineration
July:
Middle East, North Africa, Central Eurasia MK Retreat, Izmir,
Turkey
September:
AG College visits, meeting with MKs in our AG universities
Nairobi, Kenya, speaking at an MK school
Cairo, Egypt, visiting Live-Dead MKs.
October:
AG College visits, meeting with MKs in our AG universities
November:
Thanksgiving Retreat for MK college students
December:
Nairobi,
Kenya, Live-Dead Retreat
