This June, we are planning to move to Kansas City, Missouri! God has been speaking to us and has opened a door for us to move to and work with the International House of Prayer in Kansas City where The Call, the Luke18 Project, and onething are based. There is an incredible movement of young people being birthed out of Kansas City -- thousands of young people have moved to KC to be a part of IHOP and to be trained to be Kingdom forerunners in our culture proclaiming the message of Jesus to their generation. Every 3 months, hundreds of students have been moving to KC to be part of various ministry training internship programs. There is a 4-year school of ministry and music academy that equips evangelists, missionaries, intercessors, and worship leaders for full-time ministry. There are now nearly 1,000 staff members at IHOP Missions Base, and the majority are young people under 30.
God has been really connecting our hearts to the vision & values of IHOP, and we are excited for the opportunity to sow into a youth movement as well as for the opportunity to be trained by seasoned veterans in the Body of Christ like Lou Engle, Mike Bickle, and others. Our heart is to see young people trained up with the passion, the character and the disciplines to see their generation come to know Jesus and His love and their culture transformed by the Gospel of Jesus preached and the Kingdom of God made known. We want to see a generation of radical young people so in love with Jesus and so secure in the love of God that no other worldly pleasures could compete... Young people whose greatest aspiration is to love God wholly and to love people well!
As we obey the Lord and step out of the boat in faith, we have a number of major hurdles:
(1) This month, we will be taking nearly a 70% pay-cut as we are giving up Angela's job & salary and my current church stipend. Our last paychecks will be in Mid-may, and after that, we will be fully on missionary support! Thankfully the cost of living in Kansas City is a lot less than in San Jose, but we do need to raise an additional $3,000 in monthly support.
(2) Our cross-country moving costs are estimated at $4,500 (gas prices are a huge factor).
(3) And we are hoping to buy a home in Kansas City this next year. We are believing to raise $18,000 towards a 10% down payment.
Would you pray about investing into one of these areas of support as we venture into a new season of ministry?
1 comments:
that's exciting, I know a lot of people who have been through their training and some that live out there now with that ministry (Ross just visited a few months ago actually!) We hope all goes well and I know God is going to be so good to you guys! Congrats!
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