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Hello again Friends and Family! Yay! We have made it to the halfway point of our 6 week school! This last week we had the privilege of learning from Pastor Rob Douglass who shared all about culture, the 10/40 window, unreached, worldview, various religions, and more! Some things that really stood out to us from him classes include: That 1 in every 200,000 Christians become missionaries to an unreached country. There are 54,000 Evangelical Christians for every 1 unreached people group. There is 1.9 billion Muslims worldwide and 86% of them are unreached. There is 1.18 billion Hindus worldwide and 92% of them are unreached. There is 500 million Buddhist worldwide and 78% of them are unreached. While this may be discouraging and seem like an impossible task, it is a sobering reality and we need to be praying for laborers to go into this plentiful harvest. However, the good news is that God has given the Church the resources necessary to reach the world with the gospel. The Church has roughly 3,000 times the financial resources and 9,000 times the manpower needed to finish the Great Commission! So let’s be in prayer that the church would realize the crisis at hand and wake up to the commission given by Jesus! ...

Hello Friends and Family, This week, along with last week, has been very full. We could go on and on about the things the Lord has done in our hearts along with the hearts of the people we have been able to minister to. Classes, missionary testimonies, outreaches, a church takeover, and more, is what our week consisted of. Here are a few photos from our outreaches this week. Although we could share about all the things listed above we thought we would share about what God has done in our hearts over the last few months. Ever since we started dating we have talked about getting married and moving to the mission field. In the last few months, leading up to getting married and now being married, we have been praying often about what our next steps are to be. We plan to start a 1 year missions training program at CCSG in October. Then the hope is that we would move the following year if God opens the door for us to go somewhere. We have several potential opportunities to move overseas and help with ministry’s that have already started. ...

Hello again Friends and Family! We are having an amazing time here in Mexico at CSOM. this week has been packed with lots of mission classes, missioners sharing their testimony, worship and prayer for the nations, outreaches, and much more. There is no way to fit it all into this letter. It’s been wonderful for both Olivia and I as we grow in our service to God as a married couple. ...

Hello Friends and Family, We just arrived this Sunday in Mexico! The first thing I (Olivia) said to Nathanael was, “it smells like home.” As most of you know, I lived in Cambodia with my family as missionaries for 7 years before I moved to the States for collage. So upon arriving in Mexico, there was a strong sewage/ street food smell that reminded me instantly of Cambodia! In hindsight, I didn’t even realize the smell was a slightly unpleasant one, because to me it was nostalgic. Nathanael just looked at me and laughed! ...

Hello family and friends! We are very excited about the things the Lord has in store for us in the next few months! We recently got back from our honeymoon and are so blessed by the amazing trip that it was. Now in just two short weeks, we have a big trip coming up! We would like to tell you about the opportunity we have this summer. This summer we plan to go to the Calvary School of Missions in Mexico. The Calvary School of Missions (CSOM) is a 6-week program that Calvary Chapel Saving Grace puts on every year in Mexico. This program trains and equips young adults to be full-time cross-cultural missionary’s, focusing on the unreached of the world. Some things that go on during the school include classes on missions, outreaches to surrounding churches and neighborhoods in Mexico, hearing and learning from missionary guest speakers, and taking a one-week trip to an unreached village. As many of you know, I (Olivia) have grown up oversees most my life serving with my family as missionaries to various countries around the world. Since I have moved to the States for college, I have had the continual desire and call to go back oversees and continue to serve in that way. This training in Mexico will be such a wonderful opportunity for both Nathanael and I to learn and grow together as a married couple and seek what the Lord has for us regarding missions. ...