It’s crazy to think that December is here already. Sadly, Thanksgiving seemed almost non-existent with the amount of Christmas shopping advertising going on. It’s easy to overlook such a great time of the year. Almost all of us are given time off from work to be with family and to reflect on what we are thankful for during Thanksgiving. Then there is celebrating the birth of our Savior on Christmas Eve and Day. In Northeastern PA, we add another special day. DEER SEASON. A special time for youth and adults to venture out into God’s creation and take part in a tradition of controlling the white tail deer population. The local school doesn’t even hold classes because they know students and teachers won’t show up for the first two days. For some, these special days are marked on the calendar months in advance. On my calendar, there is an event that has recently been marked up that is greatly anticipated by myself and many others.
In the last update I shared how God had been directing, as well as talked about some decisions that had to be made. During that time, I had to seek wisdom on my return to Alaska. Victory had asked if I would be interested in returning to work at the ministry for 18 months. Through devotions, prayer, conversations with elders in my church, supporters, and camp, I have decided to return back to Victory as soon as March. Yes... March 2014.
There has been a lot of things that have come together to allow this to happen. Victory is in great need of someone at the ministry to create promotional material for the camp and those going out raising support. Much of what I created for myself has been passed on to the camp. But working for Victory while living in PA has numerous limitations.
Support is only at 25%. But there is enough one time gifts received to cover most of the expenses for the 18 months. Support will continuing to be raised while in Alaska. Lord willing, we will be celebrating reaching 100% support at the end of 18 months.
There a lot of questions that people have been asking, and I will gladly answer them and post some here. For now, I just wanted to share this exciting news with you. This dialog will continue on throughout some upcoming posts. It is taking me some time to organize into words what has happen in the recent weeks. All I can say right now, is sometimes when we are comfy isn’t always where God wants us to be. More to come...
Grace & Peace,
Daryl J. Howard
In the last update I shared how God had been directing, as well as talked about some decisions that had to be made. During that time, I had to seek wisdom on my return to Alaska. Victory had asked if I would be interested in returning to work at the ministry for 18 months. Through devotions, prayer, conversations with elders in my church, supporters, and camp, I have decided to return back to Victory as soon as March. Yes... March 2014.
There has been a lot of things that have come together to allow this to happen. Victory is in great need of someone at the ministry to create promotional material for the camp and those going out raising support. Much of what I created for myself has been passed on to the camp. But working for Victory while living in PA has numerous limitations.
Support is only at 25%. But there is enough one time gifts received to cover most of the expenses for the 18 months. Support will continuing to be raised while in Alaska. Lord willing, we will be celebrating reaching 100% support at the end of 18 months.
There a lot of questions that people have been asking, and I will gladly answer them and post some here. For now, I just wanted to share this exciting news with you. This dialog will continue on throughout some upcoming posts. It is taking me some time to organize into words what has happen in the recent weeks. All I can say right now, is sometimes when we are comfy isn’t always where God wants us to be. More to come...
Grace & Peace,
Daryl J. Howard
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