Additional support is needed! Even $10/month is a HUGE blessing...

Hey everyone! As many of you know, we are moving to Vienna, Austria to serve at the International Christian School of Vienna. We are scheduled to leave on Saturday July 31st. We will be serving as missionaries at the school, and as such, will not be paid a salary from the school and must raise our support.

For those of you who may not be familiar with this, it means that we must raise a team of supporters who commit and pledge to faithfully give financially to help support us in this mission. Currently we have 53 people who have committed to support us, all at levels ranging from $10-$250/month. The vast majority of our support is found in the lower ranges.

We are dependent on this support for a couple of reasons; obviously, we will have bills to pay, but the level of support is also necessary for the requirements of our work visa in Vienna.

Ultimately, we are asking you to prayerfully consider joining our financial support team. We are so blessed by all of you who feel led to support our ministry in this way and our ministry can not happen with out the faithful giving by our supporters. If you are able to support us, even at $10-$25/month, please let me know.

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and baby makes four...

that's right...our little family will soon become a foursome. We have found out that Rebecca is 6 weeks pregnant! There is definitely "something in the water" as all the families that live within our block have recently had a baby or are currently pregnant. Our baby will be the 6th baby born to ICSV staff in a span of less than a year (first one was born in early November and we will be welcoming our new addition in September). So, kind of unexpected, but a pleasant surprise nonetheless!

Fly on the wall and shipping possibilities

We left Gjakova yesterd to go to Pristina for the night before our flight back to Vienna today (Thursday)...but before we left, Berat invited us to join him at the Bethany Christian Services Community Center for an event as part of the USAid celebration of 15 year anniversary of providing development assistance in Kosovo. We helped Berat do some last minute set up stuff, but mostly, we just sat around waiting for the show to start. Maples and Faisal spent a lot of time with some of the young men and women who were waiting to present their vision to the USAid Executive Director. Soon, the delegation from USAid arrived and took a short tour of the center, in the middle of the tour, Berat took some time to introduce the Baseball camp to them...and then graciously introduced me. The delegation was surprised and excited to hear that there were some baseball opportunities. We spoke for a short while and it turns out that the Executive Director used to oversee the Denton Prog...

Who are these kids at ICSV...

Hi everyone... The first week and a half of school has been absolutely amazing! We have had some great opportunities to begin building lasting relationships with the students that God has brought to Vienna to be educated at the International Christian School of Vienna. Rebecca has been adjusting well to her role as secondary secretary. She is learning quickly the many demands of her new role and is doing quite well in supporting us teachers and the rest of the staff. Rebecca hard at work I have been really enjoying my classes. I have a total of 43 students spread out over 4 periods. The students I have represent 14 different home nations, with many of the students who are "Austrian" are first generation, so they are of other nationalities as well. I have also had the opportunity to begin working with the soccer team...again, many nationalities are represented on the field, truly an international squad. Here are some pictures of the team training at the local club...

Johnstein!

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