I think tonight was the last of our big meetings in the Kansas area! It has been a crazy past few weeks.

It has gone something like this. Drive to Kansas City: stay the night; drive to Newton. Group meeting, group meeting, garage sales. Drive back to Kansas City for group meeting: stay the night; drive back to Newton for another group meeting… !!!

Like I said, crazy. But God is good, tonight and last night there were a number of people who seemed very interested in the ministry and have said they wanted to keep in touch, and even a few said they would consider donating!

Keep praying for an increase in ministry partners: both prayer and financial supporters. Thanks to a few wonderful friends in Newton, we’ve been able to meet a lot of new people and share the vision of Málaga Media Center. And, as good or as bad as our presentations go, it’s really up to God to create a response.

We have been very encouraged from tonight and last night’s meetings, so praise God, it was not anything that we did!

Friday we go BACK to Kansas City, spend the weekend there, and head out for CA on Monday morning. Where we will fervently start looking for a reasonable car on craigslist so we can get to our next destinations…

Thanks for your prayers and for following what we’re doing!

Kirsten and Tim

Today being Mother’s Day (in the US) we’ve decided to announce to the world the big news of our pregnancy! The baby is due in November, changing our original plans and adding yet more uncertainty and prayer needs. But we know that only God could have timed this to take place while we were in the US near friends and family, and for that we are so thankful. Who would have guessed that within the first month we were back in the US we would discover news like this?

Below are some updated prayer requests, please know that your prayers are so important to us! God is sovereign, but the prayers of his people are not in vain.

–Tim and Kirsten–

Updated Prayer Requests:

1. Financial: We are still well below our minimum target for monthly support. Please continue to pray for God to provide new monthly supporters, one-time gifts, etc. We trust in His ability to provide for our needs.

2. Safety in Travel: As we continue to drive between destinations, this remains a need. God has been so good in keeping us safe on the many miles we have traveled thus far. We fly back to CA on the 25th of May, but have plans to do more traveling within California in June, so safety continues to be a request.

3. Spanish Residency / Visa issues: With the news of our pregnancy, and our continued need for support, we have decided that it would not be in our best interest for Tim to return to Spain for his visa. He would either need to fly back and forth twice or remain there for three months while waiting for it to be approved, and we do not have the money or time for that. Instead, we will reapply together as a family after the birth of our baby in November.

4. Housing / Transportation: While awaiting the birth of our first baby we will be continuing to pursue support to return to Spain. We are in need of a place to stay and a vehicle to drive for the remainder of the time we are in the US. We are looking at living in Austin, Tx for the summer and moving back to California in the fall to be near family. Of these two needs, the biggest and most urgent need is reliable transportation. Please pray for God’s provision.

Thank you for your prayers. Your encouragement is so much appreciated.

Well it’s been a while! We’ve gone many places and God has done lots of things we could not have anticipated. Lets see if I can sum it up.

After Memphis, we drove to North Carolina where we stayed with family about 30 minutes from Charlotte. We were there a total of three weeks, including Easter weekend. During that time I (Kirsten) flew back to California for a week to be with friends and family after the death of a friend, while Tim remained in North Carolina and had an opportunity to share about our ministry at a church meeting.

From Charlotte we drove to Raleigh, NC to connect with a friend we’d never met yet had been connected with through a totally divine way (it’s a long story!). We stayed the night there, then spent a weekend in Washington DC for a few days rest and some sightseeing. Unfortunately, it was really hot that weekend, so we didn’t do as much as we may have, had it been cooler.

Next we drove north to Cumberland, Maryland, and stayed with friends for a few days, on our way to Grove City, Pennsylvania. In Grove City we put together a Spanish tapas event for the inter-cultural club at Grove City College, which my brother attends. After Grove City we drove across the state to Allentown, PA, to speak at a church that Sunday and pursue other opportunities there.

After Allentown, we drove to Dayton, Ohio, have been here for the weekend, and will be driving out to Kansas City, MO in the morning, then on to Newton, KS the next day!

It has been one crazy ride God is taking us on, one that we could not have expected or planned ourselves. Please see our next post for even more news, and some prayer requests.