That question is by far the most common question we get from people about our plan to move to Asia to be missionaries. And there's a very simply answer-as soon as support comes in. HCJB Global requires missionaries to have commitments for 100% of everything on their support schedules.  It's much easier to raise support here at home than to raise it from the field. So, we have to wait to move until the support comes in. Right now we have a hair under 2/3 of our outgoing expenses covered and a little over 38% of our regular, ongoing support pledged, most of which people are already fulfilling.

Other Questions About Support:

What happens if you reach 100% of your outgoing support?
We still have to wait until 100% of our regular support comes in. The outgoing expenses gets us to Asia, the regular support keeps us there.

What happens to funds over and above your needs?
If the funds are sent to the mission with our account number on them, they stay in our account.  HCJB Global is more than happy to have surplus in their missionaries' accounts.  And in fact, last we knew about half of the HCJB Global missionaries had surplus funds in their accounts.  Those funds can help in case of an emergency (it's not cheap to fly back to the States, especially at the last minute) or for ministry expenses, education funds, etc.

Who supports your ministry with HCJB Global? 
The current breakdown is 3 churches and 38 individuals/families.

How can I/we support your ministry with HCJB Global?
To the left is all the contact information for HCJB Global.  There's a link that you can pledge support online using a card or you can mail a check or money order to HCJB Global. Please make sure to include our account number, 110549, on anything you send.  You can also use the included pledge card and envelope if you receive our newsletters. If you don't receive our newsletter and would like to, just send us a message on the "Contact Us" section with your name and address and we'll add you to our list.

I know the website hasn't been updated much over the past couple months.  We've pretty much been in survival mode since Benjamin was born in June. We're starting to get back into the swing of regular life.  Samuel and Benjamin are doing very well. We are so thankful for how well the transition from family of three to family of four has gone.  I've told Toffer multiple times that I think I've actually done better this time around than I did when I had Samuel.  I think there are a lot of factors that add to it, but one of them I know for sure is that we had so many people praying for us during my pregnancy. Thank you if you were one of them!

So, after we got back from Singapore last September we made a rule in our house that if the temperature outside was below 90 degrees we could not say that it's hot.  God apparently decided we REALLY need to get to used to hot weather and gave us hot day after hot day this summer.  We've had several days recently that have been close to or over 100 degrees, which is even hotter than it typically is in Singapore.  I've been trying to get out and walk some with the boys even with the heat so that we can all get used to.  It's going to take some time getting used to it.  And it will definitely take a while to get used to not having seasons. It's low 90's and humid 12 months of the year in Singapore. God designed our earth and that just happens to be the way He designed. We're used to living here and it will take some time to adjust to living somewhere else. Thankfully He designed us to do that as well.

One of our team mates and his son went to Nepal last month to install a new Christian radio station.  There are few churches in the area, so the radio station will be a huge opportunity for growth in the area.  Check out this video...

Just as I suspected, our little "Acorn" is a boy!  Benjamin Matthew was born a few days ago after nine VERY intense hours of labor (though we're praising God we didn't have to go the medicated route this time!) He is a healthy, beautiful, sweet baby boy and we feel so amazingly blessed to finally get to hold him in our arms. Samuel is doing so much better than we could have ever asked for. He's so excited about his new baby brother.  He has just been so sweet and gentle with Benjamin.  All last week Samuel kept saying "Acorn-out" and would sign "please," or say "Acorn-ready, soon."  He was just as anxious to meet the little one as we were!  Our boys are definitely a gift from God and we are so thankful to be their parents.