Season's Greetings from the Priests - Missionaries to Germany

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from your missionaries to Germany. As we reflect on 2008, we are so grateful for both your faithful prayers and financial support of our family and ministry. We have been back in the US now for several months, raising support in anticipation of returning to Berlin in Spring/Summer 2009.

This past year we added a beautiful boy to our family, Alexander John. Alex is now 9 months old and a very happy baby. Jackson is four and attending the Lab Pre-School at Central Michigan University, where his Auntie Cheryl is the director. He loves to help out around the house and to work with daddy and his tools. Mercy is in the second grade at Vowels Elementary in Mt. Pleasant, MI, and has made a lot of friends and become quite the reader.

We decided to base as a family in Michigan to be near our families, during this year of support raising. Since August, Kirk has been the one on the road, spending most of his time in our other home state of Louisiana. A special thanks to all of our friends and family in both Texas and Louisiana who took Kirk in, housing and feeding him (he gained 10 lbs!!!). This fall of itineration has been a challenge for our family, separating us sometimes up to four weeks at a time. However, it also has been a joy and privilege to re-connect with so many of you. We look forward to seeing many more of you in the coming months before we return to Germany.

We stay in steady contact with the ministry back in Berlin and are excited to report that things are growing in both our student ministry and church. We are even more excited to get back there to reach more Students with the love of Jesus and see the Kingdom of God advance in our cities across Germany.

Many of you have recently increased your monthly support and we are very grateful for that. Due to the weak dollar and increased budget needs, we need to raise an additional $1000/month and $40,000 in cash before returning. Thank you for helping us reach this goal so that we can return to Europe as soon as possible. We know that God is our source – but He is using you as the channel to enable us to live and minister in Europe. Your partnership and faithful support is greatly appreciated.

Merry Christmas,

Kirk, Amy, Mercy, Jack & Alex