Hello everyone, The following letter may come as a shock to most of you, but my life and my families lives,

are about to change radically forever. Many people, and maybe youre one of them, spend much of their lives wondering what they are here for, and what their actual purpose is here on this earth well God has given us this answer. The following is an excerpt from a letter that I wrote to our friends in a Bible study that we attend. I was unable to be there that night so I had Danielle read it for the group. I am not a man of profound words or thoughts, but I think it sums everything up very well with how God is leading us right now. I want to share my heart with you about something that has recently taken hold of my life. I dont know if any of you are like me, but I feel as though I am constantly wondering what I am here for what my actual direction and purpose in life should be, or even how Im going to get there once I find it but I believe that God has finally given me purpose and direction, and a peace about that direction that I have never had about anything else in my life. This is something I truly believe even though it will make no sense to many that hear it. Danielle shared some scripture with me this morning, and the first sentence that I read in what she pointed out was everything in this letter summed up in one sentence and I want you to remember it as I share with you. 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Pause and think about that for a moment (Danielle read it again). I have spent much of my life asking others, even other believers, for their advice about things and ideas that I think are worthy in Gods Kingdom, only to find myself being discouraged by their answers about what they think I cannot do or shouldnt do, and I would walk away with that same lost sense of direction again even though all they were doing was trying to show concern that I wouldnt do something foolish or something that could get me hurt. Up until recently, our life has consisted of going through the motions of survival living, but not of purposeful living. Honestly, Im tired of living this way, because this is such a rich, blessed and beautiful life that my Savior has given me, and how dare I not use it to glorify Him in everything that I do. I know that everyone here has that longing to know that what we are doing with our every moment would be glorifying to God, and lead others to Him but then we find ourselves easily slipping back into this society and the comfortable way of living to which we have grown accustomed. My only desire is that each of us would truly embrace our mission in this world, and that is to lead others to Christ. This leads me to the purpose of this letter. I believe that God has placed in my heart a longing and a desire that I can no longer ignore, and unfortunately for God I have been pretty good at ignoring it for several years now. A little known fact for many of you, I have always dreamed of being a pilot (for some unexplained reason) and even wrote several papers on it when I was younger but for some reason, I always seemed to beat myself up and think it wasnt possible for me dont ask me why... because I couldnt tell you except it would be Satan just keeping me from seeing the big picture. I also have a strong desire to serve others and find

inexplicable joy in doing so, and another great joy of mine is music. However, my biggest desire of all is to see Gods children won back for His Kingdom. All of this leads me to the place where I am now. For the past few weeks God has shown me many things about missions around the world, and how we are missing the boat (and the purpose) in this life. I have been going over and over in my mind, all of the things that I could do with my life we could be farmers, I could be a business man, I could go into this career field or that career field, and then I would think about how I would plan for my kids financial future, and how I need to make a decent income to do it all, and in only a short while be financially set to retire fat, dumb and happy but none of these plans or ideas gave me a peace in my heart. In fact, when I would start to think about how to make plans in any of those directions my heart and spirit would become restless and nervous to the point of aching. I went through this process many times a day over the past few weeks and it all had the same result... it was wrong. The only thing that gave me peace of heart every time that I would think about it is something that not many will understand, but again we are talking about Gods Wisdom here, not man. I have a heart thats truly seeking after seeing people come to the Lord and I believe that my place is as a conductor of sorts on the train (or plane) that would bring His message to the truly lost. That thing or that idea that gave me peace is something that makes all the sense in the world to me and that is to be a missionary pilot, and to make sure that the Word of God can reach out to those who could not hear it otherwise but who desperately need Him. It is going to be a long road, and unfortunately a costly one. I will be going to school to become a mechanic/pilot/bible graduate all at the same time, and from what we have recently found out, it will all be to the sum of over $107,000. Ouch! I dont have that kind of money, but Gods people certainly do, and many of you could probably even write one check to cover that. I want to make it clear though, that I dont EXPECT anything from anyone, what I would ask though is that you would lift myself and my family up in prayer and prayerfully consider supporting us financially both now and in the coming years. God is faithful to provide for His missionaries and we have had that proven to us over and over again already in this life. The most important thing that we need is your love, support and prayer for our journey. There is so much more in my heart that I would love to share in this letter about what God is teaching me, but this is a letter, not a sermon. Please pray, and give only as the Lord leads you. Thank you. As I said there is so much more that I could share, and I will share a bit of it now. I was given a book by a dear friend recently that is called Revolution in World Missions by K.P. Yohannan. If you have not read this book, I highly recommend it to anyone who has ever wondered about the impact that missions has on the world. I personally was blown away to learn some of the things about our culture here in the U.S. versus what is found in the majority of the world outside the U.S. Many will read this and wonder Well why dont you do missions here in the U.S.? There are a lot of people that need to be saved here. To that end, Id like to share some interesting facts from Yohannans book and maybe this will shed some light. Keep in mind this all comes from a man that spent many years as a missionary in his own country of India a place where 40,000 people a day are

dying without ever hearing the Gospel even once. He describes what he found in the States when he first arrived. If the affluence of America impressed me, the affluence of Christians impressed me even more. The United States has about 5,000 Christian book and gift stores, carrying varieties of products beyond my ability to imagine and many secular stores also carry religious books. All this while 4,845 of the worlds 6,912 languages are still without a single portion of the Bible published in their own language! In his book My Billon Bible Dream, Rochunga Pudaite says, Eighty-five percent of all Bibles printed today are in English for the nine-percent of the world who read English. Eighty percent of the worlds people have never owned a Bible while Americans have an average of four in every household. Beside books, 8,000 Christian magazines and newspapers flourish. More than 1,600 Christian radio stations broadcast the Gospel full time, while many countries dont even have the first Christian radio station. A tine 0.1 percent of all Christian radio and television programming is directed toward the unevangelized world. The saddest observation I can make about most of the religious communication activity of the western world is this: Little, if any, of this media is designed to reach unbelievers. Almost all is entertainment for the saints. The United States, with its 600,000 congregations or groups, is blessed with 1.5 million full-time Christian workers, or one full-time religious leader for every 182 people in the nation. What a difference this is from the rest of the world, where 2 billion people are still unreached with the Gospel. The unreached or hidden peoples have only one missionary working for every 780,000 people, and there are still 1,240 distinct cultural groups in the world without a single church among them to preach the Gospel. These are the masses for whom Christ wept and died. My mission is clear I am to go. I am to be the hands and the feet. You personally may not feel called to missions, but I am sure that many of you have longed to be a part of something greater, and to know that you are helping in some way in the mission field. Maybe you have longed to be in the mission filed yourself, but could never find the path to get there. Whatever it is that has kept you from serving, you now have the chance to serve and to be a part of missions work. Send me I will go in your place. I will be one of the many hands and feet that you so long to see take the mission field by storm. People are losing the battle, but we are far from giving up the war. I could not be more at peace and excited about this direction, and I simply pray that God will use us in amazing ways. We have seen so much lately as far as relying on Gods provision for our lives, and He has made it abundantly clear that we will live a life of complete reliance on Him as we enter this new journey. While it is true that we dont expect anything from anyone as I said in the letter... we do expect God to move in your hearts in ways that will stretch you and lead you to give in whatever way you can. Prayer is always important and will always be coveted by us. Our main need right now though is financial. Because Moody Bible Institute is a religious school federal funding is only accepted in small amounts, which means almost all costs will come out of pocket. This is where we trust in God in a way in which we never have before. Every penny you send will support us in our work and pay for school as I go through schooling and then will be used to support our mission in the future.

We are looking for any gift you can give, and dont worry if its a small one, God will bring the rest as needed we just ask that you give what God prompts you to give. We also ask that you consider becoming a permanent support member for us in the future. This will be the direction of our lives for the foreseeable future, and maybe the rest of our lives and we will be trusting in Gods provision.