Monday, June 26, 2006

New News: International Teams Training


O.K. So we have been pursuing Missions and we believe God has opened doors for us to apply with International Teams. As you may know Susan & I have been working hard to pay off our loans. Since October 15th we have been living in Arizona. We figure that we had about $29,000 in student loans and a car loan of $6,000 totaling 35,000 when we came here. On May 8th we finally sold our Saturn for $6,000 and since then we have paid off many loans. The student loans that we still have add up to about $22,149.74 if we pay it off today. So that means we have paid off $6,850.26 in Student loans and our $6,000 Saturn, which equals paying off 12,850.26 in 8 months! Praise God!

Now, we have new news about our training from September 9th to October 13th in Elgin, Illinois (Chicago). It will cost us, for a family of 5, for 5 weeks of training about $5,000. We believe that God is calling us to the mission field and so this training is necessary for us to to serve with International Teams. I tell you all this because I believe God uses people to support missionaries, through pray and financial support, to do the work of God's Kingdom and I believe that if you serve God He will bless you. I am just letting you know how you can help us serve the Lord and help you be blessed!

If God is laying on your heart to pray for us then check this website regularly and pray for us. :)

Thanks,

The Colemans

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Were back!!

Em & I had such a great time seeing friends in Wisconsin. The Jimenez's wedding was beautiful and Katrina graduated! We had a great time as a family getting back and going to dinner at Mimi's Cafe. We even stopped and saw Jason and Family. Yesterday we had a fun time with all the kids setting up chairs. Nathaniel could pull a chair all by himself by tipping it on two legs. All of them including Tanner sang songs on the stage and danced. Nana is still having trouble with her eyes, please pray for her. Today is her birthday. We will be celebrating it tommorrow night with the whole clan. Lance and his family are going to be here tommorrow at noon and they will stay till July 5th.

Peace,

Matt

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