God is Good!

It is with great joy that we report that all of our support has been raised! And then some! God is so good! We are excited as we looked toward the next few weeks that draw us closer and closer to South Africa.

That being said, these next few weeks we are at home will be very busy with packing and planning and sorting through everything we have. We are planning on having at least one garage sale to sell whatever we can. Since we will be gone for 2 years (with the potential of more), we don't want to rent storage space. We can't go to South Africa with much, so we'd like to sell as much as we can!

We plan to leave St. Louis the last week of July and begin our trek to Florida. We will have a few days there and then we will be attending General Council. After that week, we will be on our way to South Africa with a group of young people. Once we are on the field, we will begin on the job training. What better way to learn than to jump right in, right? :) We can hardly wait!

We know that when we leave St. Louis, it will be a bitter-sweet departure. We have wonderful family here and close friends and co-workers, but we know that we have to go where the Lord calls us. We go knowing full well that we are in His good will. We are extremely blessed to have family that supports us 110%.

Recently I (Kelly) was talking to my mother-in-law, and she was telling me how she heard from someone who lived in South Africa, that the hospitals there are wonderful and the staff treats the patients so well. This really eased her mind about if we have children while overseas. It eased our minds too! That thought was always in our heads, and we knew that if the Lord blessed us with children over there, that He would take care of us.

Thank you again to all of our supporters who made this possible for us. We serve an awesome God, and we are ready to get to South Africa and minister to their youth and children.

In the beginning...

Welcome to our blog site! Our goal in creating this blog is to keep you updated on our fundraising process, our transition to South Africa, and to let you know how things are going once we are in Africa.

As of today, May 21, we only need $200 in monthly support before we can make the big move! The Lord is so good! We have a tentative and hopeful departure date of the end of July. This would put us in South Africa by the middle of August. We are so excited to work with OneHope as we get the Word of God to every child and youth in the world!

OneHope is an organization based out of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, whose ministry is to get the Word of God into the hands of every child and every youth in the world. This is a goal that is taken very seriously by every staff member of OneHope. We feel called to partner with this ministry and we are ready to take that step of faith!

If you have more questions about OneHope and what our role will be with them, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are more than happy to talk to you about the call God has placed on our hearts. You can reach us by commenting on this post or by emailing us at: joshsalazar@onehope.net, or kellysalazar@onehope.net.

Thanks for reading!