Sharing our story...

Over and over and over again. We're in the midst of our biggest support raising effort to date. In the past month we've met with 20 families, our small group, and with the elders of Crosspointe Church. We have had some great conversations, and it is energizing to tell our story to new people. But at the same time, it's been a strain on our family, especially our kids. So please pray for us to be able to make it through the next two weeks! Speaking of continuing on, we have a session tonight and 2 more sessions next week. If you're local (in the Triangle area) and haven't been to a session yet, please email us which session you'd prefer. We'd love to share with you.

• Wednesday, October 22nd at 6:30pm at the Petkau home
• Sunday, October 26th at 4:30pm at the West home

In addition to our local meetings the whole family spent last weekend on the Outer Banks of NC. We had some good time with Gwenn's family, but the purpose of our trip was to (you guessed it) sharing with more people. We sat down with two groups, and gave a short presentation during the Sunday morning service at Liberty Christian Fellowship. We were really encouraged by the excitement people had around the Haitian Children's Home and the mission trip, a group from Liberty will be taking in the spring.

I'm also very proud to say that a couple of days ago, I "celebrated" 8 years of marriage with my wonderful wife Gwenn. While our anniversary wasn't spectacular, but the trip we have planned will be. We'll be starting off November with a couples-only trip to Mexico with some friends. I'm really looking forward to that. Please pray that this can be a time of retreat for us. We'll follow that trip up with a full-family trip to Haiti for two weeks at the end of November. It's not going to be an easy trip, with all the kids, and with Danny and Leann leaving for The States, but it will be a good reminder of what this is all about. We're really glad to be going to the place where our hearts feel at home. Plus, we love the kids! So we can't wait.

So then, where are we. Our Haiti trip will bring us into December and the Christmas season. We just received some great news from Crossroads Community Church. They are planning on participating in the Advent Conspiracy and have chose our ministry to support through it. This is especially exciting for us because we love advent and want to see more churches making it a focus of the Christmas season.

So that's what's coming down the pike for us. Two more notes to finish things up:

1. Gwenn promised to unveil a new way to support us with this update. Well, time flies and we don't have it ready. Next time- I promise.
   
2. We really do need your support. Do you know anyone that might be interested in what we're doing? Let them know about us. Are you connected with any churches that have a heart for missions (or don't)? Help us get in contact with them. Are you able to support with a one time, or ongoing financial pledge? Let us know.
   

Thanks, everyone for being so supportive. We can't do this without you.

- Nick