Here is the 140 character Highlight of this update for the text/Twitter generation:
God is faithful – 90% support raised! Flying 2 Kenya Aug. 30th! (5 wks!) Open House @ Cason’s parents’ on Aug 23rd. Pray 4 us. God is good!
Read on if you want a slightly more detailed version…
Friends and Family,
Sorry for not communicating for so long… I had been waiting for our plans to get nailed down a bit more, but it ended up taking longer than we anticipated.
Departure/Funding Update
Through your generous support, we have raised 90% of our support and have purchased our plane tickets to leave for Kenya on August 30th! We are so excited and feel so blessed by how God has provided for us. It was amazing how quickly funding came in after we picked a departure day – proof yet again that God likes to provide for us on His terms once we’ve stepped out in faith. We are confident that we will raise the rest in time to stay for the planned 12 months and can’t believe we only have 5 weeks left in the US – we’ve got lots to do in that time!
Open House
My (Cason’s) parents are hosting a farewell open house for us at their home (see address below) on Sunday August 23rd from 2 – 6pm. You are all more than welcome to come; we’d obviously love to see people before we leave.
Jon and Marti Wittig’s address is: 325 Beechview Drive, Greenwood, IN 46142
Please email or call if you have questions.
Prayer
Please be praying that we would have a good last few weeks spending time with friends/family, and especially preparing our hearts to go. It seems this summer has gotten progressively busier and unfortunately sometimes the first things to go are quality time with the Lord and as a couple – so pray we would be able to prioritize and manage our time wisely.
Also, pray that God would provide the rest of our funding before we leave so we don’t need to be burdened with that from Kenya.
Opportunities in Kenya
We are still unclear of many of the details of what we will be doing (other than Cason’s treasurer role), but we are very excited about some potential opportunities. The Baby Center orphanage in the town we will live is for 0-4 year old children. The kids are extremely well cared for; however, there isn’t a formal education program or focus on early childhood development. There is an American girl there now who is leaving soon who has tried to start some learning programs with the older (2-4 year old) children. Colleen is communicating with her and is eager to continue and expand upon what she has been doing.
Also, we are hopful that we will be able to help out as youth pastors at a local African Gospel Church, which we are very excited about.
Wrap-up
Thanks so much for your prayers and support. We’d love to hear from you before August 30th (or after!) so please shoot us an email or call.
God Bless,
Cason & Colleen
PS – Please keep checking the blog and Facebook group. We’ll be putting out more consistent updates as our departure date approaches.
