Looking Forward to 2008

We hope you had great Christmas holidays and the new year is going well for you. We would love to hear how you are doing and what the new year holds for you.

Many of you may already be aware that our original commitment of 2 years working with NLI, would be coming to close at the end of March. However the opportunity and potential that exist within Europe and the direction that NLI is going to impact Europe, has excited us. We firmly believe that God is calling us continue to work with NLI in Europe for at least another 2 years and have therefore extended our commitment. Within that reality my personal responsibility in the Church Planting department will also be changing throughout the year. I will be taking on even more of a leadership role in some of our current church planting projects and working closely with the church in Spain that we have relationship with, to begin developing a church planting project in that country.

We have recently been asked to take on the leadership of the young adults ministry at our local church. We are presently contemplating this opportunity from both a time and relationship perspective. We see that there is some great potential and leadership growth for both of us in this opportunity. It is an age group that we both would be excited to work with and invest into, allowing us to minister and lead together.

So we enter into 2008 with great expectation and much to anticipate:

• The extension of our time here in the UK and Europe, the personal growth that will bring and new challenges ahead of us.
• The working out and development of NLI 2.0. So that as an organization we can strategically move forward to most effectively reach our goal or having a functional ministry relationship in all 46 Nations of Europe by 2020.
• The church plants officially starting in the church planting project in Romania.
• Ronnie's opportunity to coach the Coventry Jets Football and his promotion from last year, as he takes over the role of Defensive Coordinator. (Please read the article below)
• Janelle's continued relationships with the other mom's in her local mom's group and the difficult circumstances that exist within that group.
• The potential opportunity within our local church to have a significant ministry with the Young Adults.

Blessings

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