Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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    "Let us run with endurance the race that has been set before us, looking unto Him, the Author and Finisher of our faith." Hebrews 11:1a

   As we finish up this last week before leaving Split to begin our trip back to visit the States  we  are hoping that we have finished this season with endurance.  It has been three years since our last visit to the States and we are so excited to see many of our family and friends! We have a bit more of an itinerary, at least a good idea of when we will be where. We'd love to see as many of you as possible so please let us know if you'd like to get together while we are in your area. 
 - We will be arriving in Las Vegas the 13th of December, where we will be spending Christmas and New Year's with Tim's family there. 
- The first week of January we will be driving to southern California to attend the annual Calvary Chapel Missions Conference in Murrieta and Meet the Missionary Day in Costa Mesa. 
- Around the 10th of January we will be traveling up to northern California to spend time with Grace's family, at this point Grace will be about two weeks away from her due date so we are staying up north until the new baby is born. 
- A few weeks after the baby is born we will return to Las Vegas and will be staying there until we fly out the first week of March (due to the fact that expectant babies are hardly predictable we will have to play the last leg of our trip by ear). 
 So again, we'd love to see as many of you as possible! 

 Despite the fact that we are very eagerly anticipating our visit, we still have a busy week here before we leave. 
 This Thursday a small weekend team from the Bible College in Hungary will be arriving. We are planning on having them do a good amount of street evangelism as well as encouraging the believers on Sunday. Please pray that heart  would be responsive to the Gospel, and that Ben and Emily would have opportunities to follow up with those shared with.
 This Saturday, Grace and Emily organized a Women's Christmas Celebration. The vision for this event was to invite the ladies of the church for a time of fellowship, as well as to give some of the ladies we haven't seen in a while an opportunity to reintegrate, and for exposure with some non believer friends that have been invited. Please pray that the time would be blessed!
 Tim has begun the renewal of his visa process once again, things seem to be going much faster this time and we are praying that we would hear back from the authorities this week before we leave. It would be an enormous relief to have that finished before we go, we are not sure how being gone during the process could effect our results, so please pray with us that we would obtain the visa before we leave Split on the first of December. 
  We will be leaving Split for Zagreb, the capital of Croatia earlier than we thought because we will need to spend about a week there waiting for Thomas' passport to be renewed. Children's passports only are good for five years so Thomas' expired this year (crazy that he is five already!). Because our flights are out of Budapest, Hungary and Zagreb is more than half way there, and because Tim, Grace and Thomas are all required to appear  in person to renew the passport we thought it would be expedient to just stop on our way out of the country.  


  As much as we are looking forward to visiting the States and know that the extra time we have there because of the birth of the baby is a blessing, we are also aware of how long three months away from here will be. It's always that way- a seemingly short time to be with family, but a long time to be away from the life that the Lord has called us to here. We are so thankful that the Lord has provided Ben and Emily to serve with us and to be here while we are away. Please keep them, as well as the fellowship here in your prayers! 

As always, we love and appreciate each on of you and the support you supply us and the ministry here. We pray that the Lord blesses each one of you!
In Him, the Warholics
  
  

 

1 comment:

  1. LORD bless you guys in your travels! You're keeping good company with some saints who've gone before, travelling in the holidays with a pregnant wife and all. Looking forward to testimonies of His goodness in days to come. <><

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