Firstly, we want to thank everyone once again for standing with us and partnering with us in our ministries. We have come a long way in the last 6 months since moving to Ubon. Money wise, we have gone from having hardly any money to being surprised and full of gratitude every month as we feel each and every one of you helping us along. We now have around 60% of our monthly expenses covered, and the rest is filled with random donations from different people each month. We are so thankful for all of you and are blown away by the faithfulness of God in our lives.
God has been doing many things in our lives and ministry. Firstly, many of you may know that we weren't planning to start a ministry in the first year of our marriage - but God had different plans! He has led us to open our house for 3 teenage boys to live in, and for many other teenage boys to come for shelter in hard times. I (Karis) would LOVE to see girls coming in but are still waiting on God's timing for this! Just last night a teenage guy from the church came to share all his struggles with Noom, and we are praying about how God wants us to open our lives to him. The guys who "live" in our house are Pedro, Ice, and Top - although Pedro and Ice are away doing their DTS at the moment. God has also led Noom to start a football (soccer) team with both Christians and non Christians, with people from the city and the villages - all playing together in one team. This has been a great way for us to build relationships and be a witness of God's love to people who don't yet know Him.
Your money and support is not only going to helping us in our daily expenses but it also goes towards our ministry and the boys who we look after, as well as a few other people who we help each month. So we (Noom and Karis), along with Ice, Pedro, Top, our ministry, and all the people we are able to help can serve God because of the support that you all so generously give to us. Thankyou so much.
If you haven't yet seen the video in the last post, please take a look at it to see what we are doing here in Ubon. It is only a few minutes long and gives a good visual to those who aren't sure what we do in our days :) There will be another video coming soon which introduces our newest ministry: the football team, Immanuel United.
Again, thankyou so much for your generosity and faithful support in our lives. We would not be here and doing what we are doing without you.
God bless you all!
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