Wow, how time flies, we've been n Thailand for 6 months now.  We as a family have had many great times and also many hard times.  In our pre-field training they were called the Yay Ducks and the Yuck Ducks.  Both the good and the bad are realities of life here.  Through it all we as a family can say, God is with us.  

Thanks to all of you for your prayers and partnership.

As a family, we have been living in Asia since mid-April.  Some parts of the transition have gone smoothly, like finding a house and a car.  Other parts have been harder, like finding schools for our kids and long-term visas for our family.  In the midst of it all, we know that God is with us and has opened up the doors when he knew the time was right.  

Starting in July, our family travelled to the USA to begin a five-month push to raise partners for our ministry.  July was spent doing some training with Mission Training International and then August through November was spent sharing with individuals and churches from Texas to Ohio and everywhere in between.  We will always value to partners, friends and memories we made during this time.

After a long road, we are thrilled to get to celebrate reaching 50% with our kids.  It is important to us to mark these steps as a family as our kids are a huge part of this.

Over the last few months, Jenn and I have had the privilege to travel across Canada and into the USA building our partners. It has been such a blessing to connect and be welcomed all over.

In June we packed up our family and drove from home all the way to Tampa, Florida.  While there we attended a Church Of God convention.  Our highlight was being commissioned as new missionaries with Global Strategy.  

In October of 2022 we had the privilege of traveling to Seoul and attending the Asia Pacific Conference of the Church of God.   It was amazing to see a glimpse of the amazing things that God is doing in Asia and the Pacific and to meet many new friends along the way.

Following the Conference we had the privilege of Joining Don Armstrong the Regional Coordinator, Jim Lyon the Church of God Executive Director on a trip to Bangladesh.  While there we celebrated the 75th anniversary of a Christian school, toured many child sponsorship locations and even dedicated several new churches.