Our
final months serving at the Belize Mission & Retreat continue to fly by. As of
now we have not made any decisions about our plans for next year, though we
have some clearer ideas.
On
Wednesday we will be heading to Southern Belize again to visit LOL Ministries,
the orphanage ministry that we previously spent a few days at. This ministry
continues to be on our short list for many reasons. God continues to do amazing
work through this ministry. They have gone from 12 children when we visited to
24 children today.
As
their workload has expanded their number of volunteer workers has not
increased. They are in great need of long-term ministry folk to help in various
areas. We will be spending time with the directors, Jervis & Melissa, to
hear what their current needs are and where we might fit in. We will also spend
some time exploring the local area.
I
(Mark) have also applied for a ministry position in Northwest Montana, of all
places. In our last post we mentioned that we may end up doing something that
we did not yet have on our radar. This could be one of those unforeseen
opportunities.
The
position is for an Executive Director to run Dickey Lake Bible Camp. Sarah and
I both share a mutual love for camp ministry, and both have past experience
working in such ministries. This is something we have considered over the
years, but never came across a good opportunity, until now. I have been excited
about this possibility because, not only does it fit into one of our passion
areas, but would provide me with the opportunity to use my previous business
and management experience in a ministry setting.
So
hopefully we will know more in the next few weeks. Until then we continue to be
in prayer about our next step, and once again ask you to do the same on our
behalf.
We
are looking forward to a white Christmas in Idaho, meeting our new niece Mercy,
visiting friends and family, and continuing preparations for our next ministry.
