A New Chapter

Well, it's been a while since we've posted an update, I promise we'll be better about that it the future. Our plan is to provide a weekly update, but things have just been VERY busy, as you can imagine. The month of July was extremely hectic, as Jeremy was in school four nights a week and also preparing for his transition away from Motorola, which kept him away from home for about 90 hours a week. Meanwhile, Tricia was left to prepare the house for selling, sell what items we couldn't take in a gigantic garage sale, and do the vast majority of packing for our move. Oh yeah, all of that while also taking care of a very active two-year-old! Needless to say, the blog kind of took a back seat.

Wednesday, August 10th was Jeremy's last day at Motorola, so he can now focus his attention on the preparations that the entire family is making. In addition to unpacking and getting things situated at the house, there are a lot of other things to take care of with changing jobs and preparing to move to another country in five months. We are also trying to get deputation services scheduled at various Nazarene churches around the country for the fall. If anyone attends a Nazarene church that we are not visiting, please contact your NMI president and pass along our e-mail address: tjjohnson98@yahoo.com

A couple of you that do not attend the Church of the Nazarene have inquired about how you might contribute to our deputation fund, which supports needs such as health care, transportation, schooling for Jake, and other expenses that our family will encounter. I have found out that you can contribute by making checks payable to "General Treasurer" and marking them for "Jeremy & Tricia Johnson Deputation Fund" in the notes field on your check. Then, send the check to the following address:

General Treasurer
Church of the Nazarene
6401 The Paseo
Kansas City, MO 64131

You will receive a receipt for your giving that can be deducted for tax purposes at the end of the year.

While your financial support is certainly not expected, it is greatly appreciated. However, more important is the prayer support that you can give us. We thank you all for your prayers.

If you would like to pray for specific needs that we currently have, you may pray for the following:

- Scheduling of deputation services
- God's presence and blessing upon those services
- Jake's transition to being in day care for the first time
- Jeremy & Tricia's "pre-field" training
- Safe travels to and from deputation services

Thank you so much for your prayers and support, and for just visiting this website. Feel free to drop us an e-mail at any time, we'd love to hear from you!

Love,

Jeremy, Tricia & Jake