News From Home

First, we would like to thank all of those who have been actively supporting our family through your prayers and financial sponsorship. We are all doing well and anticipating our move to Centerburg OH on July 10th. No, we have not sold our current home in Harrisonville and would covet your prayers for that.
Chad has taken a 5th grade teaching position at Centerburg Elementary School. He is excited to see how God will use him to be Christ to the students, parents and co-workers there.
The boys are also doing well. Ryan will be in 1st grade at Centerburg Elementary School. Joel will be attending the Esther Jetter Preschool that is run from the MVNU campus and will offer great opportunities to help him succeed. Miles will get to stay home and help mom work with Extreme a few days a week, but he will need some time with friends, too. We are currently praying about the best place for him to be with friends a couple days each week.
I am EXTREMELY excited to continue connecting people here in the US with the mission project in Peru. God is truly working in amazing ways. Since I was 15, I knew I was being called to mission work and feel truly blessed to be a volunteer missionary here in the US. I can’t wait to see God’s plan for our lives as it continues to unfold.
None of this would be possible without God’s call on our lives and your prayers for our ministry. Beyond your prayer support, we would like to also invite you to consider sharing in our ministry financially. To date, we are $400 dollars short of our needed monthly bare-bones income. We would appreciate you prayerfully considering a monthly pledge starting August 1st for a 24-month period. Whether it is $5, $15 or $50 a month, God will bless and multiply it. We currently have a donor that will match any monthly pledges that we receive by August 1st. All donations are tax deductable. Feel free to contact us for a pledge card or click here and let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you for being a part of an Extreme work of God!

Praise God!

I just wanted to let everyone know how amazing God has been to us this last week. I was gone for a whole week and everything went great. Joel and the boys did great for Chad and those who helped take care of them. God reaffirmed that I was doing exactly what He desired for me at this time in my life, Chad was offered and accepted a job at Centerburg Elementary Sat. and a couple wants to put a contract on our house this week...

BUT even if none of this would have happened, God is still Good. I never cease to be amazed at the fact that despite of my inabilities God loves me and wants what is best...He is Good!

What is Extreme Nazarene Ministries?

Many of you have asked Chad and me “what is Extreme is all about?” Because it is a relatively new ministry that began with a group of mission minded folks from Idaho, most of us from the Central and Eastern part of the United States are just now learning about it.
Extreme is a relatively new ministry working hand in hand with the General Church to complete large mission projects that are more difficult for work and witness teams because they take long periods of time, require specific developed skills and are financially beyond the General Church budget. The purpose of Extreme is to seek and deploy people into an extreme global expansion of the Kingdom of God by prayerfully and thoughtfully engaging the specific talents, skills, experience and resources God has given them and to further develop them into full-time constructors of the Kingdom. Everyone in Extreme is a volunteer, all the way up to Brian Tibbs, the Global Director.
This all began with a need in the Ukraine in 2005 for Economic and Infrastructural stability. A Nazarene Layman went to the General Church and told them that the people there needed combines to work their land to make money to support their Alcohol Rehabilitation and Economic Development Site. The Church said, more power to you, but we don’t have the structure to provide that, but we will support you if you decide to pursue it. So he started raising his own funds and within a year, 3 used combines were donated and shipped from the US and Germany to the Ukraine. Several mechanics went along to reassemble the machines and teach the people there how to use them.
The 2nd project, “Extreme Makeover Ukraine Edition” was completed in 2006. Seven new buildings were built on the Alcohol Rehabilitation and Economic Development site. This project was also a primary tool used to plant a church in Turbov.
The next year the General Church came to Extreme and said, we have a convention center that is going to take about 1.5 million dollars to finish and is going to be about 60,000 square feet. At that point Extreme took on its 3rd project. The dedication was in January 2008. Over 3,000 people were in attendance, over 1,000 people accepted Christ as their personal savior over the year Extreme was there and 10 new churches were planted!
As Extreme continues to take on new and exciting missions, we pray that you will jump on board with your prayers and support. And be open, God may be calling you to be the newest Extremee!