New Year Update

Amanda and I are really excited about this coming year. Especially because our wedding is just a little over 6 weeks away. March 3^rd in Columbus we will be tying to knot! We are super excited to begin our life together, but there is much to be done before the wedding. Currently, we are raising funds for the wedding, and we still need to raise about $5,000 dollars to pay for everything. In addition to that we are beginning to look for a place to move into together up here in Fargo once we are married, and as you can imagine on a limited budget that is somewhat tricky. So, there is a lot still to be done, but we are excited and know that God will provide.

Not only are we excited about our wedding, but we are super excited about what is happening with the ministry this year. This year Amanda and I will be partnering with churches and communities throughout North Dakota (Bismarck, Jamestown, Lisbon, Valley City, and more to come), South Dakota (Watertown and surrounding communities), and Minnesota (Fergus Falls, Breckenridge, Alexandria, Elbow Lake, Pelican Rapids, Devils Lake). This year as our team begins to engage even more towns across Minnesota we are planning to engage anywhere from 30-40 communities, more than a 100 churches, and reach 100,000’s with the Gospel.

Here is how everything is going:

· Jamestown, ND - has a meeting this week where pastors from the community are coming together to form a steering/leadership team that will help put together a budget and a timeline for their community, as well as begin to reach out to churches who are not yet engaged.

· Bismarck, ND – Up until last week we thought Bismarck was not going to move at all. Then through a lot of prayer God provided us with a local man who was willing to talk to churches and key people across the town, and is leading the charge in Bismarck. We are hoping to meet with pastors in Bismarck in the next 2-3 weeks.

· Watertown, SD – Next week we are meeting with a local pastor of a Baptist church, and we also have an old friend who just moved into the city who will be working with us to gather more churches together.

· And God continues to open up doors across the region: In Pelican Rapids, we just were connected with a business man and youth worker who is going to engage local pastors. In Fergus Falls, we have pastors working on getting other pastors together. And then in Elbow Lake pastors are waiting for a day to meet with us to discuss how to engage their community.

We are not only excited about how the cities are moving, but we are also excited about He is growing our staff and ministry partners. Currently, we have a school of 20-30 students in Kansas City. In 6 months, they will be given the option to join our team. Along with that, we have schools ready to go in the Summer and Fall of this year that will be training more people, so we can engage more cities, and see more people come to know Jesus.

In addition to more staff we also are getting more ministry partners. The International House of Prayer will be joining us in cities across the country to help raise up more effective prayer movements that will being praying for revival and major moves of God. In addition to IHOP, we are also partnering with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), Youth for Christ (YFC), and Stonecroft Ministries, that will be helping raise up a discipleship movement that will be discipling all those respond at our events, to help foster long-term community transformation in all the communities we partner with. One of the more exciting partnerships is our partnership with God TV who has agreed to broadcast some of our major events, which will enable us to preach the Gospel world-wide, and we are beginning to develop follow-up strategies for those who respond as a result of the broadcast.

It is awesome to see God open up doors, and to be a part of this amazing movement. Thank you so much for all of your prayers, support, and encouragement. It is because of you guys joining our team that this is all possible, and because of our team and the grace of God 100,000’s of people will hear the good news of Jesus Christ in 2012.