Dearest friends, family, and fellow believers in our Lord and Savior Jesus the Messiah,

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Things are going very well down here in Louisianna, the Lord has unified our team in such and awesome way.  The participants got here Sunday and after a week of training it was time for our wonderful project leaders to put into practice all they had been learning and studying.  Today is Wednesday and so far they have done great!

The first group is relatively smaller than the groups we will be having for the rest of the summer, thus all 11 project leaders haven't been needed leaving 2 project managers per 1 project leader(and 1 project leader with 1 projet manager) per youth group.  They have been working so diligently these past 3 days , and although I think next week will be different when they are leading on their own, I think they are more than ready for it. 

Some immediate prayer requests we have for now are:

Gabbi had a family tragedy and her father passed away very recently, she's not with her family back home and we need to be praying for all of them.

Eli got engaged right before he came here to New Orleans, and from what I've heard Beth and he are soul mates, but he requests that we continue to pray for both of them to grow closer to God over the summer away from each other and that they will be solely dependent on Him.

Jeremy stepped on some nails while working on a house today and needs a tetanus shot and I'm sure he's in a lot of pain.

Please pray, also, that we will have strength to lead, physically, emotional, spiritually, and that we will hear from God each day.  May God bless you and keep you, may his face shine upon you and give you peace.