March Update--Written March 4th, 2008

Greetings friends and family,

Apprenticeship to Jesus momentum: As God continues to nurture, protect, and provide for this precious vision we have great hope; because just as in child birth, the mother and father have faith in God that He has prepared the mother’s body and the baby to naturally know what to do. So we in faith trust that God has prepared us for such a time as this. Still, we are aware that birthing vision, as well as a child is messy, painful, & full of labor. Therefore, we continue to ask for your prayers and support as the Lord leads you. Here are some recent highlights

Take my Life Conference—Here is a testimony from a ministry leader who attended: “After the conference 4 of our young Chinese students spent several hours talking about different issues including 'treasuring Jesus. One of them was led to faith in Christ by the others, who had met Christ at a past conference. The sessions we taught on A2J were well attended and received. We are already beginning to plan next years.

30-hour Famine: Noleen and I were able to hang out with the ODF high school students over a two-day period. Where I had the privilege of teaching on ‘Apprenticeship to Jesus’ (A2J)

College group: teaching a 3-week series on the foundations for (A2J)

Teaching at Southwestern Chapel Service: God continues to open up doors to serve college students and cast vision for ‘A2J’

City Networking: continuing to meet with a group of leaders from all walks of life, who have a vision to see the body of Christ unite and partner to address the needs of our city.

St. Georges kick off: After the past year of working with Shane Copeland in the implementation of the vision for St. Georges it was powerful to be able to participate in the first church service

Turkey work:
+Preparing for a 21 day prayer and fasting campaign that begins with the date of last years martyrs of three believers in Turkey and lasts until Pentecost
+Overseeing the translation of a prayer booklet into the Turkish language

Mark your calendar: Thursday March 27^th—Our next Ministry update will be at Tom & Marcia Kuyper’s house—more details to come!

Financial Update: We are going into our third year with AN, and God has been so faithful to us. We are currently at 60% monthly support. If you are interested in learning how to join our financial support team and help fill in the gap please contact us!

We are grateful for you in our lives! Love,
Ryan, Noleen, Ethan, Keilah, and Micah