Preparing for the field

A wedding, moving to a new place, having a baby... these are just a few things that have taken place in our lives over this past year. Let's get you all caught up :)

In the beginning of 2009, we decided to get married and take a year off of ministry. Prior to this decision both of us had been on staff with a ministry called GX International. GX is part of the evangelistic campaigns through YWAM (Youth With A Mission). It is a group of skateboarders, break dancers, dancers, DJ's, BMXers, and evangelists that come together to put on a full multi-media production to impact the youth of today. Through dance, testimonies, and skating, the message of the gospel is brought to light in a way that is relevant to the audience it is targeted to. At the close of the show the gospel message has been presented and an altar call is given. This is what we were involved with before we got married. After our wedding we moved down to Florida to live near friends and be involved with the prayer room they had started in their area. After a few months and a series of events, God led us out of Florida and back to Atlanta, Ga. We have been living here ever since.

Sarah got pregnant in July and gave birth to our beautiful daughter, Anna, on March 24, 2010. She was 6lbs 19in and a joy from the beginning! Nathan had been working a few different jobs during this time. He was working at a restaurant, painting, and started a sales position at a company called Tax Break. He was also leading worship at our church on Wednesday nights and playing guitar on the worship team on Sunday mornings. All these things, plus having a new baby, were keeping our schedule pretty full!

Through this past year, we were waiting for the day when God would call us back onto the mission field. Well, in June of this year, Nathan received an email from the GX team in Europe, saying they were need of skaters to come on an outreach in Spain. We prayed lots about it and felt that God told him to go. So, we bought the ticket and he went. He was gone for 2 weeks and had an amazing time! Before he left, we moved into Sarah's parents basement apartment so Sarah was with her family while he was gone, which was great! While in Spain, the team had two main outreaches and overall saw about 160 people give their lives to Jesus! During the outreach God began speaking to Nathan about the call on his life and his focus and direction. Communication was limited between us while Nathan was gone, and so unbeknownst to him, God was speaking the same things to Sarah. God was reminding us that He had called us to be missionaries. That our purpose while living in this world is to worship God and make His name known. He began to show us that our focus was not to be jobs, making money,and having our own home. But our focus was to be Him and Him alone. Our focus was to be telling people His message and about His love where ever He called us to go. So when Nathan got home, we spent lots of time in prayer and God confirmed over and over again that we were supposed to abandon everything and pursue this call on our lives. So this past week Nathan quit his jobs and we have taken the step to move into full time missions!!

Our plan now is to work full time on raising support and to go on an outreach with GX International this August-October. We will be leaving August 13th to go to Kansas City. We will be performing and sharing the gospel in this city for about a month and then we leave for Cincinnati, Ohio. Sarah has taken on the position of Program Director and Nathan will be co-leading the team. Sarah will be dancing and Nathan will be skating as well.

We are so excited about all that God is doing in our lives! What God had spoken over each of our lives along time ago, is finally coming alive! We are trusting to God to provide every need, and we know that He who called us will be faithful. We look forward to sharing each step of the way with you all, and we will continue to keep you updated!