Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday to our dear friend, Kerri!
Kerri and her husband Joel are missionaries to Czech with Global Partners! They are our supporting missionaries! We are privileged to be a part of their team! We love you, Kerri and wish you the best of birthdays while you are in Czech!

Love,
Philip, Kara, and Adalynn

In the Car Again

We are about to pile in the car again for another weekend trip! This Sunday we will be speaking at Lone Oak Wesleyan Church in Anderson, IN. We are excited about going to speak at this church! We met the missions director at the Indiana Central Missions Dinner earlier this year. He invited us to Lone Oak while we were in language school. We look forward to connecting with this church and fellowshipping with the mission director and the pastoral staff after service!

Blessings,

Philip, Kara, and Adalynn

p.s. Our Faith Promise "recorder" at headquarters is out on vacation until September 1st, so we won't have updated % status until then. Hopefully we see a big increase on September 1st!

Riverview Wesleyan

A few Sundays back, we were visiting Riverview Wesleyan Church in Logansport, IN. Our friend from college, Brooks, is the pastor at this church. We went up on Saturday and spent the evening with Brooks and his family. It was a great time remember stories from college, hearing about where the Lord has taken them since college, and of course sharing stories about having kids! We also enjoyed some of Logansport's custard!
Sunday morning went well. Adalynn stayed in the nursery and Philip and I both spoke for the first time since Adalynn has been born. I was a little nervous since I hadn't spoken infront of a church for some time, but it went well! The church has become one of our supporting churches as well, so that is a praise and encouragement to us.

Thanks Riverview Wesleyan for a great Sunday!

Blesssings,
Philip, Kara, and Adalynn

A Supportive Family!

Last week after our church in Logansport, we drove down to Indianapolis to catch dinner with Philip's cousin and his wife. Nate and Staci have been supporting us through prayer and financially over the last year. They are such an encouragement to us! It is always so much fun to hang out with them. We also had a chance to meet Staci's brother and his wife. They are missionaries with Global Partners as well. They are headed to Australia next year. We all had a wonderful time! Thanks, Nate and Staci!

Blessings,
Philip, Kara, and Adalynn

We are 68% funded!

Family

We are in Ohio for the week! We a great time at Riverview Wesleyan Church Sunday morning! I forgot my camera cords so I can't post our pictures, but I will as soon as we get back to Terre Haute!
We are with my (Kara) family in Ohio right now to visit and to get a big family picture! It took a lot of work to get all 10 of us together in the scorching hot weather, but it was worth it. My sister took a few pictures of Philip, Adalynn, and me just for fun!
We are in the midst of still connecting with the churches that we asked you to pray for. We had one positive outcome and are praying for more! Thanks for your prayers!

Blessings,
Philip, Kara, and Adalynn

Travels

We are headed to Logansport, IN this weekend to share with Riverview Wesleyan about the work in Russia! We have been "off the road" since the beginning of the summer, so pray for us as we dive right back in beginning this Sunday. We are really excited to be with this church! Philip and the pastor, Pastor Brooks, went to IWU together! We are also looking forward to meeting Brooks and Jill's twin girls! This church has already made a verbal commitment to support us, so we are encouraged as we look towards Sunday.

(Jill, Brooks, Maya, and Gianna)

Will you continue to pray for us as we are trying to raise the last of our support in order to get to Russia as soon as possible. We are constantly reminded that we are in the Lord's hands, and his timing is perfect. Pray for patience and endurance for us as we have a busy month ahead of us.

We are always encouraged by you!
Blessings,
Philip, Kara, and Adalynn

Supporters!

(Mari, Kara, and Adalynn...Philip was taking the picture!)

Saturday, Philip, Adalynn, and I drove to Clinton, SC to eat lunch with one of our supporters, Mari Gonlag! It was great to connect with Mari over lunch! Mari actually spent some time on the mission field with Philip and his parents in Zambia years ago! It was fun to hear some old stories as well as be encouraged by a fellow missionary. Mari teaches at Southern Wesleyan University, and found time to meet us half way in Clinton! Thanks, Mari for a great time!

(This is a little girl who has most of her clothes packed to go home...she was a little mismatched today! Don't worry we didn't step foot out of the house in this outfit!)

We have 1 week of studying and finals before we head back home to Indiana! I think this has been the first weekend that we have actually wanted to go by quickly so the week would come and we could get these finals going! We have spent the weekend studying as well as packing. We are planning to leave right after our oral final on Friday! Thank you for your prayers these past 8 weeks! The Lord has helped us get through each day. He has brought understanding of the language to our brains and to our mouths.

Update: The church that was deciding on financially supporting us a few weeks ago, had an emergency and will be deciding the 3rd week of August! Don't stop praying for this church to partner with us! We will keep you updated. Thank you for your intentionally prayers for this request. We will be calling a few churches back the week after next concerning financial support. Please pray with us as we have begun discussing our visas and departure plans with our field directors. Again, we must be 100%, so we are continuing to ask for the Lord's wisdom and his provision in raising the rest of this support!

We appreciate you! Thank you for your faithful and constant support of this ministry and the Russian people!

Blessings,
Philip, Kara, and Adalynn