We have been so blessed by the generosity that people have shown us this past month in contributing to the financial support that we need to raise by the end of July. We now have 4% of the total support that we need to raise for our first year in Nigeria. GLO gives us a goal of 60% that we have to raise before we can fly to Nigeria at the end of the summer, so we have a ways to go.
We are in the process of finding churches or groups such as Bible studies, LWML groups etc. that will allow us to come and share about the ministry that God has called us to. If you have such a group that might be open to hearing us speak, please let us know. You can send an email to this address: [email protected] If you feel led to help us reach that 60% so that we can head out to Nigeria, you can find details on how to do that (online or by check) at the bottom of this newsletter. |
One of the services that Global Lutheran Outreach provides for us is a pre-deployment training. Two of the main topics of this training were over the support discovery process (to make sure that we know how to give you the most important information about our future ministry) and handling finances over in Nigeria. We completed that training this past month. The GLO director was super helpful in answering all of our questions. We feel very comfortable with the situation. We are so thankful to have found GLO!
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He is risen!
Another exciting bit of information that should be coming in our next newsletter is what house we will be living in in Nigeria! The Hillcrest superintendent told us that that decision should be being made over Easter, so we excitedly await those pictures.
[Here, you see a picture of the house that I grew up living in in Jos. Fun fact: we had to move most of those plants shortly after we moved in there because they attracted so many mosquitos.] |
As they say in Nigeria,
"God is good ALL THE TIME! All the time, GOD IS GOOD!"
"God is good ALL THE TIME! All the time, GOD IS GOOD!"
Prayer Requests:
- Prayers of thanks that we had a safe journey down to our first presentation in Texas over Easter break.
- Please pray that we find more groups that are willing to hear us speak about our coming mission work.
- Please pray that God gives us the energy to get through the rest of the semester teaching/working while packing, figuring out details needed to move overseas and searching for opportunities to speak about our mission work.
- Please pray that Nathan has a smooth transition into his new GLO tech support duties that area already starting now even before we get there.
- Please pray that everything gets figured out immigration-wise to get us out there at the end of the summer.
- Prayers of thanks for those who have already been so encouraging and supportive so far.
- Please pray that we find more groups that are willing to hear us speak about our coming mission work.
- Please pray that God gives us the energy to get through the rest of the semester teaching/working while packing, figuring out details needed to move overseas and searching for opportunities to speak about our mission work.
- Please pray that Nathan has a smooth transition into his new GLO tech support duties that area already starting now even before we get there.
- Please pray that everything gets figured out immigration-wise to get us out there at the end of the summer.
- Prayers of thanks for those who have already been so encouraging and supportive so far.
How to support us
To support the Pittmans’ ministry online, click here. One-time or automated contributions are available.
OR
Mail a check to:
Global Lutheran Outreach
6709 Ficus Dr.
Miramar, FL 33023
Put "Pittman" on the memo line of the check.
Global Lutheran Outreach is a not-for-profit corporation under section 501 c 3 of the Federal Tax code. Contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by the IRS.
OR
Mail a check to:
Global Lutheran Outreach
6709 Ficus Dr.
Miramar, FL 33023
Put "Pittman" on the memo line of the check.
Global Lutheran Outreach is a not-for-profit corporation under section 501 c 3 of the Federal Tax code. Contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by the IRS.
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