one week and counting (down)

As the Tahoe Team wraps up koledge here in Chicago, anticipation builds for the coming winter season. It's a hustle to turn in the final papers and cram as much studying as possible into every night, but a 2000 mile road trip keeps us focused and pressing forward.

God has been so good to us and moved many hearts to generous giving. We've been blessed to receive such donations and are excited to see God bring in the other $6000 we need to set up an effective ministry base (and feed ourselves). If you could offer up a prayer for this need it would be great, but our biggest need is found elsewhere. Our approach to mission is that of Tentmaking. In a nutshell, a tentmaking missionary intentionally enters into a culture to work in a "secular" job place with the goal of preaching Christ there while earning his daily bread. It's a staple of our ministry approach and as of one week before we show up to Tahoe, not one of us on the team has a solid job offer. I know unemployment is on epic proportions, but I serve a God who owns the cattle on a thousand hills. Pray that we would get plugged into the jobs that would best help us reach our snowboarder friends!