After days of waiting, Friday was a hurry-up kind of day. Debbie's passport finally arrived that day. Whoo-hoo!! Thank you to all who were praying!! Then, it was a flurry of activity, booking the flights, finalizing the visa application, signing everything, making copies, checking, double checking and triple checking everything to make sure we had all we needed and then sending it off to MAF headquarters. They should receive it tomorrow and our visa requests will be off to the Congolese Embassy in Washington D.C.
On Thursday, Debbie worked on her teaching plans and is really getting excited about sharing the principles found in Joy in the Furnace with the missionary children. She is practicing by teaching her Friday morning Bible study children the same concepts. This past Friday's lesson was "Jesus is always with me", such an important concept for children to learn...whether they are preschoolers who are sad when their mom leaves them in their classroom or a missionary child growing up in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Our support raising continues to go extremely well. Our anticipated financial need is $5500. As of today, we are at $4950. We had the funds to purchase our airline tickets and other expenses thus far and we are confident God will provide the remaining $550 before we leave.
Our flight leaves Denver on Tuesday, March 25th...just over two weeks from now. Between now and then, we will be purchasing some last minute items needed for our trip, purchasing items to take to the missionary families (necessities like Reese's Peanut Butter cups and chocolate chips that they can't get in the DRC), and packing. Debbie will be finalizing her teaching and speaking plans and rounding up the necessary supplies. (Debbie's Friday class is helping to provide the craft and snack supplies for the children in the DRC.)
Please pray for us as we make all these final preparations. Pray for the hearts of the women, men and children (with whom Debbie will be teaching) to be prepared for what God wants them to hear from His Word.
To join our prayer team, please email us at debbie@joyinthefurnace.com. If you would like to join our financial support team and help meet the additional need we have, you can send a tax-deductible check to Clearview Community Church. Please make sure you put "Martinez - DRC" in the memo line so the secretary knows it is for our account. Checks can be mailed to Clearview Community Church, PO Box 1336, Buena Vista, CO 81211.
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