Check out what gives Katie baby fever on her blog here.

Happy Saturday!

We’re up to $340. So close!

Thanks for your continued prayers and support. We really appreciate people standing with us in faith for our new mode of transportation!

Much Love,

Wow. We woke up this morning to $270 in contributions towards our vehicle.

We were totally overwhelmed. Thank you!

only $830 more to go!

With Gratitude,

We hope this finds you well! It’s been an exciting couple of months of ministry for us in South Africa. God has done amazing things through the mission teams that have been serving alongside us through this season.

One of our greatest needs since we’ve been married has been a vehicle. We’re excited to let you know that we think we’ve found one! Living on the side of a mountain, our needs are pretty specific. But, a friend is selling a double-cab 4×4 truck and it’s just what we’ve been looking for.

With that said, he’s dropped the price for us considerably, but we’re still about $1000 short. We really feel like this is what God has for us, and we’re standing in faith that He’ll provide.

Here are some ways you can help:

• Pray: this is the most important. Will you pray for God’s provision regarding a vehicle?
• Share: feel free to forward this email on to others and share our needs with people you think might be interested.
• Give: If 20 people give $50 we’ll meet our goal!

You can give online here.

Or, to give by check, please make check out to Orchard Ridge Church of the Nazarene and put Thrive Africa on the memo line. Send checks to: Orchard Ridge Church of the Nazarene, 57416 Breckenridge Drive, Washington, MI 48904. (If you choose to give by check will you shoot us an email? We’d love to be able to keep track of gifts specifically for the vehicle.)

We appreciate your prayers and support more than you know. It’s such a blessing for us knowing that our friends and family support us the way you all do. We’re so grateful. We’d love to pray for you too, so feel free to forward any prayer requests you have!

Love from Africa,

• The summer is our mission season, which means life is busy, in a good way.
• Check out pictures from some of the recent teams here (on Thrive’s website). And recent blog posts here (also on the Thrive website).
• We’ll be sending out our August update towards the end of the month, if you’re not on the mailing list, you can sign up on the sidebar.
• Have we mentioned lately how much we love hearing from you?! If not, we do. You can contact us here.

Have a blessed week,

Not only did we receive a gorgeous wedding gift from my cousin, Sarah, and her husband, Dan, this week. But, they also posted a really nice blog about Thrive. You can check it out here. We’re blessed to have such a supportive family.

We’ve been internet-less at our house for weeks, but as of yesterday, we’re back online. Whoop! And we have no plans most of this weekend, so plenty of time to get caught up on email, blog and the like.

Enjoy your weekend!