Welcome Natalie

Katy and I are excited to welcome the newest member of our team…Natalie Day! (@mrsdaylight)

A few months ago, Katy and I were praying and strategizing about our team. We knew we needed someone to fill the role of a stateside administration. I kept hearing people talk about the new administrative assistant for Crossfire Student Ministries at The Bridge AG. Natalie and I (Blake) knew each other through Crossfire Student Ministries so I knew her personality would fit our team.

When I first approached Natalie about joining our team she immediately all in. Natalie has had a heart for Ireland since she went on a missions trip there a few years back. We are seeing God put many things into place for our team and this is another answer to prayer.

Natalie will be helping us with stateside communications, support maintenance, and various other odds and ends. She is a rediculously hard worker with a great attitude. We are grateful and blessed to have her on the team.

David and Natalie have been married since June of 2010. They have a pet tea-cup pig…Parsley. We now have a pig on our team, sending us to Ireland. I love it.

The Beauty of Missions

The beauty of missions: We invest ourselves…God creates something bigger than all of us.

Our job is to be willing and available. God's job is to do the impossible.

It's not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What's important is that God makes the seed grow. The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work. For we are both God's workers. And you are God's field. You are God's building.

1 Corinthians 3:7-9 NLT

Time Crunch

A quick update on our support raising status:

We are ending our 10th month of itineration today. We've had many ups and downs but overall it has been very successful! We are on track to leave in every area except one…monthly support.

First, allow me to preface this post.

• God has always provided and will ALWAYS be the provider for us in every area, including our finances.

• This is not a "we're poor missionaries" post…I hate those.

• We submit completely to God's perfect timing.

Ok…now down to business.

We are confident that God has put together a team of supporters and prayer warriors who will send us to Ireland. We simply must find them.

We are closing in on 70%. That gives us 2 months to gain 30%. I should note that we are ahead of the average missionary itineration schedule, however God placed January on our hearts to leave for Ireland. That would make a 12 month itineration.

First and foremost, the reason I am telling you about this is so you can be in prayer with us. Pray that we would have favor and swiftness in finding the team.

Secondly, if God is speaking to you about being on our monthly support team, please let us know. Shoot us an email, tweet, DM, Facebook message, text, etc. We're simply asking you to do what God is speaking to you. (see our blog $11.25)

The opportunity of a lifetime must be seized in the lifetime of the opportunity. - Leonard Ravenhill

We are officially in a time crunch. We must be to 100% of our monthly support by December or we will not make our goal of leaving for Ireland in January.

Thanks to all who have become part of the team - you guys are part of what God is doing in Ireland. To everyone reading this: it's the eleventh hour…let's make the most of this opportunity!