Archive - 2014

We praise God for His provision through our partners! We have reached our funding goals both in start-up costs and monthly support, and we are ready to depart for Peru. On August 29, we began journeying south in our luggage-packed van. After visiting some friends and family along the way, we will fly out of Miami on September 8. Once we arrive in Lima, we will begin the process of applying for visas. When we arrive in Arequipa, we will move into our apartment and begin to settle into our next neighborhood for the next 5-6 months. This will involve starting the children in their schooling before we begin our language training. Please trust the Lord with us and pray as He leads you.

Here are some more of our takeaways from our summer of equipping at the Center for Intercultural Training. Together may we all keep reflecting on “our-lives-as-mission:” Read More

We trust you will be blessed to bless others in seeing some of the insights that have so deeply impacted our lives through our training this summer at the Center for Intercultural Training! Read More

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We have completed the four-week equipping course on intercultural life and ministry at the Center for Intercultural Training in Union Mills, NC. Now we begin a two-week Second Language Acquisition course. This entire experience is a gift to our family that we will share with others in Peru and all of you joining with us. We will highlight takeaways from this training through a series of posts, beginning with this one. A very special highlight includes the CIT community of couples, families, and individuals, who have shared life this summer in preparing to go into the remotest parts of the world. Just as we have been sent here by our special family of partners, know that we have been equipped alongside a special family of missionaries. The pictures below capture many of their faces. May the world know the stories God is writing through those of you sending and those of us going!

Many in this summer’s CIT family are pictured here

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We moved out of our house on July 5 and traveled to Union Mills, NC, where our whole family is being trained at the Center for Intercultural Training!

The next day, we celebrated Rachel’s birthday and began a four-week course called “Equipping for Intercultural Life and Ministry.” This will be followed by a two-week course called “Second Language Acquisition.” Both courses prepare us for our next move to receive Spanish language training in Arequipa, Peru before we begin serving with Kids Alive in Pucallpa, Peru…

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A few weeks ago, Caleb and Jacob both expressed a desire to be baptized. On June 25, after discussing this with each of them and giving them some time to think about it, they decided to be baptized as followers of Jesus! We rejoice in this step they have taken as our family steps out to follow Him into this next season. Mark and his dad baptized them.

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View pictures from Regent University’s commissioning and commencement along with visits with friends during graduation weekend. Don’t miss the singing benediction performed by the Austin children!
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Dear Family and Friends,

Six years ago, the short life of our daughter, Victoria Grace, opened a new chapter in our life. God’s victory by His grace has since characterized our family’s journey through brokenness into blessing the “least of these” with the good news of the kingdom of God. Our family’s heart has been transformed by a revelation of God’s justice, and now another chapter is beginning. Read More

At bedtime a few nights ago, Rachel asked, “Daddy, what is love?” Read More