End Detour

Praise The Lord Our Organizational Detour Has Ended!

What a week. What a Spirit-filled week. Global Outreach Mission's Summer Candidate Orientation, August 9-14, in Buffalo, NY has drawn to a close. We wish you could have experienced this event with us and met the people with whom we now serve. Not only that, we wish you could have met those whom we're preparing/sending into service, but never forget--it's YOUR faithfulness, prayers, love, encouragement, and support that enables us to continue our own service. 

A Journey Only God Could have Foreseen

We're so thankful for your walking with us through the spiritual and missional "re-construction zone" God led us through this past year. Thank you for loving us as God loves us...unconditionally.

Preparing Others To Serve

Leading the first of my three missionary training sessions at Global's Candidate Orientation.

During orientation, Karen and I were blessed to help prepare missionaries for service in Bangladesh, Belize, Canada, Congo, France, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and the US. With ministries as varied as church planting, literacy, children's outreach, construction, evangelism, discipleship, agriculture, music, dental and medical services; with personal experience ranging from brand new to nearly 30 years already spent on the field, our candidates were focused, passionate, and eager to contribute and to learn. Here are several of the missionaries you had a hand in sending:

 Tim & Diana: Tanzania

 Karen: Uganda

 Kate: Congo

 David: Belize

Joseph & Savannah: France

Global's Personnel Team

Karen and I are very excited about the ministry team God is assembling here at Global Outreach. We're the newest additions to the team and we look forward to experiencing how God is going to use us, AND USE YOU, in expanding His Kingdom through enabling others to go and be His light in a dark world.

Global's Personnel Team: (Front row) Keith, Partnership; Mel, Mobilization; Tom, Member Care; Karen, Mobilization. (Back row) Karen, Partnership; Greg, VP-Personnel; Diana, Member Care; and Don, Mobilization. Not pictured: Edith, Short-Term Coordinator; Don, Project Manager.

Thanks for sticking with us. Stay-tuned.

We've Arrived for Global's Candidate Orientation

Thanks for your prayers as we made the drive to Olcott, NY to take part in next week's Candidate Orientation with Global Outreach Mission. We arrived at Niagara Shores Retreat & Conference Center last night and jumped right in this morning with compiling orientation materials.

Designing the cover sheet for the orientation manual on Tom's computer. Tom is Global's Member Care Coordinator.

Karen punches holes, organizes, and assembles the twenty seven binders.

Finished binders ready for use.

Tom and I are making an airport run in a few minutes to pick up one of our presenters and will spend the afternoon organizing the registration area and orientation hall with Karen.

We'll keep you updated as we can. Orientation begins tomorrow afternoon. My three presentations are from 11:30 to 12:30, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

Thanks for being part of preparing and sending missionaries to the field through your prayers and support!