Psalm 70:4
“Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your salvation say continually,
‘Let God be magnified!’”
We have been in Wichita, Kansas for over a month already! We can hardly believe it. We are really enjoying this part of the country, and “no” we haven’t seen any tornados. There is a lot to do here with parks, museums, farmers markets, biking trails, and rivers. We haven’t done a whole lot yet, but we are looking forward to the time we will spend here, however long the Lord allows. We apologize for taking so long in getting an update letter out. We wanted to have some things to update on.
Family Happenings
Davis started Kindergarten (with some modifications). Sydni started 1st grade. Andrew stopped taking morning naps. Miles is working like crazy. Salyna’s hair is falling out. Not really! Everyone is doing very well. Homeschooling has been an adjustment to our family life, but a decision that we feel good about. We plan on taking it year by year, child by child. Sydni had exciting news with the loss of her first tooth. Davis is still struggling with his allergies. Salyna is getting used to living with stairs, but overall is still doing well. Can you believe the boys will be 2 and 5 years old in December?
We moved into our new place on Oct. 19th, a four bedroom/two bathroom town home. We live just short of a mile from World Impact. It is a lower income neighborhood with a large number of people in a small area. Opportunities to be a shining light abound here. It has been amazing to be working for the Lord and wholly giving our lives for Him. We are blessed with many loving people from WI. We are blessed to have brothers and sisters in Christ that share our burdens. We can always get mail at the World Impact address but if you prefer, our new home address is: 1206 N. Williamsburg St., Wichita, KS 67208. We still have the same cell phone numbers.
In the midst of moving, working, and schooling we have made some time to spend getting familiar with the city. With a population of about 350,000 it is a nice size for us, somewhere in between the chaos of southern California and the remoteness of South Dakota. We have found several nice parks, walked along the river, and even found our way out of a corn maze. The kids are adjusting and seem to really like it here. They have been attending AWANA at a church that we are considering making our home church.
More Than A Job
We only imagined how awesome it would be to have a job that required you to help hurting people and also be able to share not only the love of Jesus, but the gospel. We could only imagine what our minds could think up and we didn’t even come close. Miles recently wrote to some friends, “I thought I would be unprepared for ministry. I found out that I am not the concern and am reminded that the Holy Spirit is in control. The spiritual warfare is real and in your face. Satan is truly stripping the hope from people who have little to start with. I thought I would be fearful of the crime, but I am only more aware of the need of the oppressed. I can’t say that I drive the clinic into nice beautiful neighborhoods. In reality, I go where there are bars on windows and for good reason.”
The World Impact ministries reach way beyond the medical clinic, and they ARE reaching the poor and the oppressed. People, and in a lot of cases, families are being led to Christ. Families are being healed. The Bible is being taught to those who cannot attend formal institutions. Churches and Bible Clubs are being started right in their own neighborhoods.
PASSION-Something we can only describe in human terms because of the passion we have previously felt about something. Falling in love, a newborn baby, starting a new ministry, traveling to a foreign land and witnessing their way of life-then wanting to bring them hope, the good news of everlasting life. While several of our friends have passion for the unchurched people in another country. We have that same passion for the unchurched in the cities of our own country. May we all do this work, for His glory, not our own.
Praises & Prayers
* We had a safe trip! We are healthy! The Lord is graciously leading us!
° Please pray for safety and wisdom for Miles.
° Please pray for Salyna’s health to remain good and patience with school.
° Please pray for the people we minister to, that they would see Jesus’ love in us.
3701 E. 13th. St. N, Wichita,KS, 67208 · Miles 605-890-9646 · Salyna 605-890-9489
“Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your salvation say continually,
‘Let God be magnified!’”
We have been in Wichita, Kansas for over a month already! We can hardly believe it. We are really enjoying this part of the country, and “no” we haven’t seen any tornados. There is a lot to do here with parks, museums, farmers markets, biking trails, and rivers. We haven’t done a whole lot yet, but we are looking forward to the time we will spend here, however long the Lord allows. We apologize for taking so long in getting an update letter out. We wanted to have some things to update on.
Family Happenings
Davis started Kindergarten (with some modifications). Sydni started 1st grade. Andrew stopped taking morning naps. Miles is working like crazy. Salyna’s hair is falling out. Not really! Everyone is doing very well. Homeschooling has been an adjustment to our family life, but a decision that we feel good about. We plan on taking it year by year, child by child. Sydni had exciting news with the loss of her first tooth. Davis is still struggling with his allergies. Salyna is getting used to living with stairs, but overall is still doing well. Can you believe the boys will be 2 and 5 years old in December?
We moved into our new place on Oct. 19th, a four bedroom/two bathroom town home. We live just short of a mile from World Impact. It is a lower income neighborhood with a large number of people in a small area. Opportunities to be a shining light abound here. It has been amazing to be working for the Lord and wholly giving our lives for Him. We are blessed with many loving people from WI. We are blessed to have brothers and sisters in Christ that share our burdens. We can always get mail at the World Impact address but if you prefer, our new home address is: 1206 N. Williamsburg St., Wichita, KS 67208. We still have the same cell phone numbers.
In the midst of moving, working, and schooling we have made some time to spend getting familiar with the city. With a population of about 350,000 it is a nice size for us, somewhere in between the chaos of southern California and the remoteness of South Dakota. We have found several nice parks, walked along the river, and even found our way out of a corn maze. The kids are adjusting and seem to really like it here. They have been attending AWANA at a church that we are considering making our home church.
More Than A Job
We only imagined how awesome it would be to have a job that required you to help hurting people and also be able to share not only the love of Jesus, but the gospel. We could only imagine what our minds could think up and we didn’t even come close. Miles recently wrote to some friends, “I thought I would be unprepared for ministry. I found out that I am not the concern and am reminded that the Holy Spirit is in control. The spiritual warfare is real and in your face. Satan is truly stripping the hope from people who have little to start with. I thought I would be fearful of the crime, but I am only more aware of the need of the oppressed. I can’t say that I drive the clinic into nice beautiful neighborhoods. In reality, I go where there are bars on windows and for good reason.”
The World Impact ministries reach way beyond the medical clinic, and they ARE reaching the poor and the oppressed. People, and in a lot of cases, families are being led to Christ. Families are being healed. The Bible is being taught to those who cannot attend formal institutions. Churches and Bible Clubs are being started right in their own neighborhoods.
PASSION-Something we can only describe in human terms because of the passion we have previously felt about something. Falling in love, a newborn baby, starting a new ministry, traveling to a foreign land and witnessing their way of life-then wanting to bring them hope, the good news of everlasting life. While several of our friends have passion for the unchurched people in another country. We have that same passion for the unchurched in the cities of our own country. May we all do this work, for His glory, not our own.
Praises & Prayers
* We had a safe trip! We are healthy! The Lord is graciously leading us!
° Please pray for safety and wisdom for Miles.
° Please pray for Salyna’s health to remain good and patience with school.
° Please pray for the people we minister to, that they would see Jesus’ love in us.
3701 E. 13th. St. N, Wichita,KS, 67208 · Miles 605-890-9646 · Salyna 605-890-9489
