Ooops!

From Jill: So, sorry - my Wednesday and Thursday got mixed up...this jet lag thing is weird! It seems easier to go East to West than West to East. Oh well, here I am!
Ed's back to work and enjoys being back in a routine, but admits the jet lag is leaving him a bit tired. This is our week to make a "game plan" for our "game plan" - does that make sense? We learned so much at the staff retreat and from our training - too much to take in all at once. So, this week we are breaking it down and planning on how to embrace it all!
Last night we had our first "business meeting"! Actually, it was the first time we've had to sit down and talk together about everything on our visit....which really improves communication! Our first goal is to make up a realistic financial plan. This is more than a budget, it's a look into the future to see what ways the finances we raise will be used. Not just in our personal lives but in our ministry as well. This will help us immensely when make presentations, answer questions and ask for support.
Our next goal is to work on our presentation. We need to have a 15 minute presentation that includes our mission, info about us and the financial support we are seeking. It doesn't have to be exactly 15 minutes, but it's a good amount of time to talk! The amount lends itself well to speaking at churches and in peoples homes. It's a model that we can shorten or lengthen depending on our situation. It's an amount that respects people's time, allows for questions and discussion, and if possible, a media presentation (like a 5 minute video).
Please pray for us this week as we work on these two goals. We want to honor God with our time and energy, and be open to His working through us. "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:10
(The photo above is of me helping Raul Gabriel have lunch. Raul, now a young man, is the namesake of the Gabriel House. He was the first boy taken in by the Favers, and the beginning of a new ministry for them and a place of love, hope and health for countless more to come.)
We will be away this weekend, so we'll blog ya Monday!