Lots of events to report on this month! The first and most important you already should know is the birth of our new baby girl. Jennifer Katiana Mead was born on September 18 at 11:38 pm. She weighed 6 lbs and 6 oz and measured 20”. Both mommy and baby are in excellent health two weeks later and we are grateful to our Lord that he allowed a perfect term and birth. Our family really feels full now that we have two of each. It is nice filling up our mini-van!
David travels to Ecuador tomorrow, the 2nd. Thank you so much for all the prayers for this trip. Its timing is great for us and God has provided so well for all the details. David remembered that he had some airline miles from trips from years ago, but was certain that it wasn’t enough for a whole ticket. He went online to see if any of the miles were still valid and to see if maybe he could get a discount fare by using the miles he had. The miles still were good until the end of October of this year, and if he changed his travel date by one day, it was enough miles to get a free fare! We only had to pay $23 in taxes! God also provided funds for some practice flights so David could brush up on his flying skills after not having flown for almost six months. And finally, God provided in advance almost all the money for the evaluation flights themselves once he reaches Ecuador. We know he will be faithful to supply the rest! Once the evaluation is passed, we will be fully accepted into the mission.
School is in full swing for the two older kids and David as well. He is taking advantage of having the time to work on finishing up his Bachelor’s degree. He qualifies for the Pell Grant, so all the tuition and books are covered. He is enjoying taking the classes and they will be very useful as different challenges come up in the new career. Josh tried out for chimes team in his school and was selected. He is excited about that. Karina is in Choir in her school and is having a lot of fun there. Nice having kids who are interested in music!
If you are in the Tampa area and have not received an invitation to our dinner banquet and presentation in November, we apologize! We tried to reach you by either an “e-vite” or invitation in the mail. I don’t know how successful either of those where, so we wanted to make sure you were aware of it and what it was about.
It will be held on November 6, 2009 at the Family Life Center at First Baptist Church Temple Terrace. Dinner will start at 6:30 and there will be a presentation of the work we will be doing in Ecuador to follow. Brian Behal will be a guest speaker also. He is the recruiter for MAF in the region and flew in Ecuador for a number of years. The primary goal of the presentation is to present the vision God has given us to as many people as are interested. In hoping more people will attend, we have tried to keep the cost low. At $15 per seat, we are able to cover the costs for the event. If you have friends who may be interested in hearing about it as well, feel free to sponsor a whole table and invite anyone you would like. We need to have an accurate head count for the meal preparations, so your RSVP is important to us at least a week in advance. A copy of the invitation is at the bottom of this letter.
In our last letter, we asked for prayer for health for mommy and baby and funds for David’s trip to Ecuador. Now, join us in praising God as he gave us what we asked for! Please continue to pray for strength for the upcoming move, God’s continued provision of our material needs and wisdom to make good decisions as we prepare.
Please visit our blog at http://davidmeadfamily.blogspot.com for more updates. Facebook users will get more updates of David’s trip.
We commit everything we do to God,
David, Maggy, Joni Karina, Joshua, Jonathan, Jennifer
Donations for the banquet should be made to: Three Stand Cord, PO Box 9691, Tampa, FL 33674 or online with credit card at www.3strandcord.org.
Donations for the Meads should be made to: David and Maggy Mead, 906 W Rambla St, Tampa, FL 33612.
David travels to Ecuador tomorrow, the 2nd. Thank you so much for all the prayers for this trip. Its timing is great for us and God has provided so well for all the details. David remembered that he had some airline miles from trips from years ago, but was certain that it wasn’t enough for a whole ticket. He went online to see if any of the miles were still valid and to see if maybe he could get a discount fare by using the miles he had. The miles still were good until the end of October of this year, and if he changed his travel date by one day, it was enough miles to get a free fare! We only had to pay $23 in taxes! God also provided funds for some practice flights so David could brush up on his flying skills after not having flown for almost six months. And finally, God provided in advance almost all the money for the evaluation flights themselves once he reaches Ecuador. We know he will be faithful to supply the rest! Once the evaluation is passed, we will be fully accepted into the mission.
School is in full swing for the two older kids and David as well. He is taking advantage of having the time to work on finishing up his Bachelor’s degree. He qualifies for the Pell Grant, so all the tuition and books are covered. He is enjoying taking the classes and they will be very useful as different challenges come up in the new career. Josh tried out for chimes team in his school and was selected. He is excited about that. Karina is in Choir in her school and is having a lot of fun there. Nice having kids who are interested in music!
If you are in the Tampa area and have not received an invitation to our dinner banquet and presentation in November, we apologize! We tried to reach you by either an “e-vite” or invitation in the mail. I don’t know how successful either of those where, so we wanted to make sure you were aware of it and what it was about.
It will be held on November 6, 2009 at the Family Life Center at First Baptist Church Temple Terrace. Dinner will start at 6:30 and there will be a presentation of the work we will be doing in Ecuador to follow. Brian Behal will be a guest speaker also. He is the recruiter for MAF in the region and flew in Ecuador for a number of years. The primary goal of the presentation is to present the vision God has given us to as many people as are interested. In hoping more people will attend, we have tried to keep the cost low. At $15 per seat, we are able to cover the costs for the event. If you have friends who may be interested in hearing about it as well, feel free to sponsor a whole table and invite anyone you would like. We need to have an accurate head count for the meal preparations, so your RSVP is important to us at least a week in advance. A copy of the invitation is at the bottom of this letter.
In our last letter, we asked for prayer for health for mommy and baby and funds for David’s trip to Ecuador. Now, join us in praising God as he gave us what we asked for! Please continue to pray for strength for the upcoming move, God’s continued provision of our material needs and wisdom to make good decisions as we prepare.
Please visit our blog at http://davidmeadfamily.blogspot.com for more updates. Facebook users will get more updates of David’s trip.
We commit everything we do to God,
David, Maggy, Joni Karina, Joshua, Jonathan, Jennifer
Donations for the banquet should be made to: Three Stand Cord, PO Box 9691, Tampa, FL 33674 or online with credit card at www.3strandcord.org.
Donations for the Meads should be made to: David and Maggy Mead, 906 W Rambla St, Tampa, FL 33612.
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