This Fallen World

I am completely sadden by the fact that some things I read or hear in the news do not surprise me. Read the two articles below that I grabbed from Curtis and Danielle Rogers blog site. They are missionaries in Haiti.

Rape looms large over Haiti slums

Amnesty wants Haitian girls protected

The fact that this happens in a country within 500 miles of the US and most people probably have no clue about it is sickening. I can't help but think about how enraged Americans get about Child abuse/molestation, and here is a story of a 16 year old girl who had to spend two years in jail because she, in self-defense, killed a man who was about to rape her for the second time. The first time occurring when she was only 12. How would people react if this happened in their city, or in their neighborhood, or in their family? I believe that the outcry would be far greater than what is occurring for this young girl.

Donald Miller and the Ride:Well Team!

For some of you who may not know who Donald Miller is, he is the author of some books that I really enjoyed like To Own A Dragon, Searching For God Knows What, and Blue Like Jazz. So there is a link below for something cool that Donald Miller is supporting, which will take you to his blog. Thus the reason me babbling on about him. So check it out.

http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/index.php

We're Back

We arrived back safely Sat. morning. It was a long trip back, but we had finally made it. The time we spent there seemed like it flew by and ultimately, it would have been nice for us to spend atleast a month there, but time did not allow us to. We are extremely thankful for all of the support in prayers and financially giving from everyone. It would not have been possible for us to go without the support of friends, family, and I am sure complete strangers as well. I have a ton of photos to go through and I am hoping to get some updated online so everyone can enjoy some of the experience with us. There were some expected and unexpected ups and downs while on the trip, as well as some very interesting stories. Overall the trip went well and it was a great experience for us. I am sure that I will be updating you all more on our trip in the near future. Thanks again.

God's Blessing

I just wanted to put a quick note in here to thank everyone for their supprt and to continue to keep us in your prayers. We are almost there as far as our fund raising goes. This journey has been a huge blessing, and the amount of support that we have received from a great number of people is amazing.

This whole week, the weather here in Cincinnati has been kind of amazing. Unusually not rainy for Spring, and I have been really feeling the overwhelming amount of God's blessing.

So hopefully your week is going great as well!

Leap of Faith

Dear Friends and Family,
Alex and I decided to take a leap of faith. Our dear friend Christy, who is going to africa with us, has not raised all of her money yet for the plane ticket. We lent her money so we could all three purchase our plane tickets together (as you can imagine, a two day flight could get pretty lonely all by yourself). She still needs to raise $870. We have so much faith that this can be done because we know in our hearts that she is meant to be there. We are wanting you all to know this because we figure the more people that know about her, the more people can pray for her, and the more supporters there could be for her. She has a blog spot as well! If you are interested in learning more about her, her name is Christy Mingey. We are really hoping to get this money raised within the next couple of weeks. If you know anyone who may be willing to help, please let us know! We want to thank everyone for your support as we were able to raise the support for our plane tickets!!! We still need to raise the costs for living and the visa and exit fee which should leave us around 920 dollars yet to raise!!! All things are possible through him!

Brian Shaffer....Missing...

I wanted to mention this story because it has been on my heart over the past week and a half and i wanted to let you all know about this story so you can pray for this family. A young man who was in his second year medical school suddenly vanished into thin air one night while hanging out with some friends. Today marks the two year anniversary that he has been missing. There has been no evidence collected in regards to his disappearance. You can find more information about this story at www.findbrianshaffer.com My heart aches for this family, especially on this day. Can you imagine two years with out a single question answered! Please keep this family in your prayers! Thank you...

UPDATES....

Hello, Friends and Family. I have a few updates for everyone whom may be interested. The first thing is that we are close to our goal, yet we are not quite there yet! We have raised $3, 565.00. This is a huge blessing. We are hoping to raise the rest of the funds by the end of the week so we can go and purchase our tickets. We may have mentioned before, our dear friend Christy is traveling with us and she has raised 750.00 of her 2000.00. So please keep her in your prayers so we are all able to get our tickets by the end of the week! You all have been so helpful in the past and we pray for your continual support. Secondly, if any of you are curious how you can donate and are able to get a tax deduction for your donation, we do have an account set up for that now! This account is through children every where. Here is the information on it.
*Make the checks payable to Alliance for Children Everywhere.
*In the memo section of the check you should put Alex Stebing so ACE knows which account to put the money in.
*The checks can be mailed to:
ACE
PO Box 12250
Tucson, AZ 85732

Thank you for your prayer and support once again!