Mark & Amanda: 2009

Friday, November 27, 2009

Good Day

This was a thanksgiving first for us this year. We had Amanda’s mother with us when we went to help one of our local churches in Brooklyn to feed the needy. We got there at 10:30 am and finished around 2 pm. Amanda’s bread pudding was a hit. After we got home Amanda and I took a nap, then Amanda cooked our thanksgiving dinner. After we ate she decided to give the rest to one of our mission teams that was still at the house. We visited with them a while, then it was back to the apartment to watch the Macys parade on the recorder. I am blessed and very thankful for a wonderful wife.

All in all it was a good day.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Change is a coming!!

In just 8 months Amanda and I would have completed our 2 year commitment at the David Dean Mission Team house in Brooklyn, NY. As we were praying about what direction God would like for us to go in it became clear to us that our work in New York is not over yet.
Next year in the summer or fall we will be taking on a new M.S.C. position with the Baptist Convention of New York as their:
Missions Partnership coordinator
Objective: To encourage, empower, and implement strategies to equip and engage short term and long term partnerships among Baptist Convention of New York churches, associations, and the entire convention in order to push back the darkness of lostness within the Baptist Convention of New York territory and beyond.
This new job will relocate us to Syracuse, NY, and require us to raise more support for our daily living expenses. The total amount will be about $2,000.00 more a month.

Please remember us in Prayer
Please pray for our local association and their attempt to start new partnerships with churches, associations, and state conventions to reach the lost for Christ in New York City.

Pray also for us as we work to insure a smooth transition to our new ministry with the New York State Convention in 2010.