Robert & Amanda Kay Our journey to West Africa These last few months we have been seeing the Lord move very quickly; at least it seems fast now that we have been preparing for West Africa for seven years. During the summer we asked you all to be praying for our tuition and it was raised in a month… then we asked you all at the beginning of this month to be praying for the Lord to provide the money for our airfare and it was raised in one week. Two days ago we bought our tickets. It is a rush to say the least. We are extremely excited and blessed. The encouragement we have received from you all has been enormous. We have received notes of encouragement, notes of shared excitement and notes of continued prayer that we want to thank you all for. As it stands now we will be home for 10 weeks after our French studies end and then we’re off to West Africa! On the heels of such blessings I almost feel selfish asking you all to be praying yet again for us! But once again we must admit that we need the body of Christ, which is not a bad thing. When we return home I will resume our partnership development ministry, trusting the Lord to raise our monthly commitments from 48% to 100%. Seeing how quickly He has worked in the past I see no reason why He couldn’t do it again. So in a nut shell that is the prayer request- that the Lord would move those He has set aside to partner with us to invest financially in this ministry. We can hardly wait to see you all this summer.
-Robert (for both of us)
Goal: financial partnership raised from 48% to 100%
Remaining Start-up Funds Needed: $5,550
Days Remaining to Raise Funds: 180
By no means was last month ordinary! February was a very exciting month for our family. We began looking at plans for West Africa… i.e. plane tickets, shipping, moving, returning home to visit before we leave, and so on. When we started looking at plane tickets we were quoted $24,000 for all seven of us. “Ouch!” and “How in the world do missionaries afford to fly?” were our only thoughts. A couple of months later we found a “real” deal: $17,000 for all of us. After much prayer and seeking of council we contacted a travel group that works with missionaries, humanitarian aid workers and church groups. The organization, Raptim, contacted us 24 hours later with an incredible quote: