Well it has been way too long since we last wrote. A lot has happened and we want to share it with you. Summer finally arrived! Judah has started walking. (It only took him 18 months!) And we are expecting another baby!!! Only 3 more babies to go! We do not yet know if it is a boy or a girl. I say boy and Annie thinks girl. Neither do we have the names picked… and so we ask you to participate in our Name Survey. Please cast your vote before we have another domestic altercation over baby names!

So back to Africa… yes we are looking to go back for 3 months to South Africa and Swaziland. We are going to see out the rest of the year with our year long volunteer team working at the Hawane Farm / Orphan Homes. We also are looking to build further partnerships that will help us identify our African Interns for the future. So we will connect with a few African Bible Schools to offer the internship to, for candidates whom would benefit from Vision Year Internship Program.

So this has been a tough decision. It is a little intimidating as Annie will be almost 8 months pregnant on our return, flying around the world with Judah as a toddler and letting go of our rental house here in the States. It all seems a little crazy. We get it… but we see God leading us in this direction…that’s good crazy, and where He guides He provides. We strongly believe that we should, at all times, be prepared to make sacrifices and disrupt our comfort for the sake of the Kingdom.

So we’ll get straight to the point. We can’t do this alone. We are looking for additional supporters to join us. As our family grows we find ourselves having to get more serious about raising support to meet our budget goal. So we ask you to seriously consider joining us and supporting the work in Africa by supporting us. CLICK HERE to find out more.

We know some folks aren’t able to give a monthly amount and so we ask if you would give to meet some of our specific needs. Consider giving towards some of our needs listed below:
1. Plane Tickets
2. Medical Insurance
3. Miscellaneous living costs
4. Lap Top and Camera

To Give CLICK HERE

Please pray for…

1. The upcoming trip and everything it entails. Planning, funding and God’s favor on the various aspects of going.
2. The Mitchell family, our staff whom are back in the States on medical recovery break. Pray for Cara’s recovery and their time with family.
3. The ministry work in Africa. Pray for the team as they grow and all the orphan kids, family members and the Nation of Swaziland they are serving.

As always, we are so grateful for your support, prayers and friendship.

Follow close, follow Hard,

Allan, Annie and Judah

Last Words

“What a man believes moves and rules his whole being, enters into him and becomes part of his very life.”

-Andrew Murray

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