Continued Grace

We continue to experience the grace of God on our trip. Dan finished interviews with another congregation yesterday. He has now done interviews with three congregations, interviewing almost 50 people, and heard amazing stories of transformed living through Christ-following. Today we will drive to Jacksonville to participate in the wedding of our nephew and his lovely fiancee, plus Dan will preach at his mother's church on Sunday. Research with a church there will be done next week, plus visiting another church to check out future research possibilities. Thank you for your continued prayers. Much Love, Dan and Nancy

Research Interviews Underway!

We are excited that Dan had his first day of research interviews yesterday with a church in the Kennesaw/Marietta area. The interviews went very well, and we are thankful for how smoothly the process is going. We finish here today, then will be a part of the support-raising dinner for the Wesleyan Seminary of Venezuela on Friday night, and then drive to Loganville on Saturday where Dan will be with another congregation for three days. Thank you for your continued prayers. Much Love, Dan and Nancy

Two More Churches!

We had a great visit in Richmond with our friends and ministry partners - it was so much fun to catch up with them. While in Richmond, Dan received word from two more churches that they are ready to participate in his field research. This brings the total to 7 for now, which is wonderful news. He needs to do 10 churches in all, so this is significant progress. After Richmond we drove to Charleston where we are joining friends/ministry partners in a wedding celebration. We are both participating in various wedding-related activities, and Dan will officiate at the wedding Saturday night. Sunday we will worship with other friends, some we've known a long time and have missed terribly, and then we will drive to the Atlanta area to begin 10 days of research there, with 3 different churches. Please continue praying and safe travel and the Spirit's anointing. Much Love, Dan and Nancy

Heading Out

We are heading out today for our 5-week trip. We will be going to Richmond, Charleston, Marietta, Loganville, Jacksonville, McDonough, Suwanee, and then back to Wilmore. Included in our time will be 2 weddings, 1 sermon, 1 support-raising dinner for the Wesleyan Seminary of Venezuela (April 23, Due West UMC in Marietta, please come), research with 4 churches, 1 wedding shower, and continued library research in our "spare time." Please pray for safe travels, strong guidance and protection from the Holy Spirit, and that Christ would be glorified through our lives and ministry, and lost people drawn to Him. Much Love, Dan and Nancy

15 New Christians in Venezuela

We have received a report from Pastor Thoby in Venezuela concerning the 2nd Annual Campamento of the UMC of Venezuela, and are thrilled to learn that 15 people made first-time decisions to become Christ-followers, and 7 persons were baptized. Thoby is one of the students in the Wesleyan Seminary of Venezuela, and is a prime example of the fruit of the Spirit's work there. Please keep praying for Venezuelan Christians to maintain their faith in difficult circumstances, and for the Spirit to use them to reach many more lost people.

Busy and Productive Week

This week Dan focused on going through all his dissertation-related books to determine which pages need to be scanned prior to going to Venezuela in August. To avoid hauling books in suitcases, we are trying to take as much research material as possible in electronic format. He ended up going through about 150 books this week, marking to-be-scanned pages in 120 of them. Additionally, we both worked on getting our newsletter formatted and sent to the printer. Plus we've both spent a lot of time discussing logistics related to our move. What to store? What to sell? What to give away? What to take to Venezuela? What to buy there? So we've had a very busy but productive week. Next week Dan will need to shift his focus to field research arrangements, while also doing some occasional book-scanning. Nancy will finish the work with the newsletters, plus make more progress in our logistical preparations. We had a few nice spring days at the end of the week. Today is windy, cool, and rainy, but warm days are due to return again tomorrow or Monday. Thanks for your continued prayers and support. Much Love, Dan and Nancy