Happy New Year! I hope that you and your family had a wonderful holiday season and that the New Year has brought you joy. 2007 saw a lot of wonderful things for April and I as we graduated in May from the Baptist College of Florida, moved to West Palm Beach Florida, got a dog names Phyllis and started our first post-colligate jobs. This past year was filled with exciting things for April and I and 2008 is starting the same way.
The Lord has graciously opened the door for me to take a full time ministry position with Youth For Christ in Palm Beach County. I have recently been working as a P.E. teacher at Lake Park Baptist School. While this is a fun job with great hours it has not afforded me the opportunity to fulfill my calling and passion.
At Youth for Christ I will have the opportunity to be a missionary to a public high school in Palm Beach County. Through this ministry I will use my time to meet students, build relationships with them, and ultimately share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Through these relationships I will be given to the opportunity to not just simply talk to students but to invest into their lives.
This is no small thing! Through the power of God we can change the hearts of students and see entire communities impacted for good. These students will not take with them a mere religious experience but a worldview that is based on love and compassion. As these students graduate from high school and move on in their lives the impact of this ministry will be able to felt all over the country.
As I write this letter I am overcome with gratefulness, as it has given me an opportunity to think on and connect with the people who have impacted my life and whom God has used to bring me to the very moment in time I am at right now. The reason you are reading this letter is because you are one of those people.
In order to dedicate myself to what the Lord has called me to and still be able to take of my family I need not only spiritual support, but also financial support. Because of the commitment it will take to build the relationships and invest in high school students lives I will need to end my employment at Lake Park Baptist School. For April and I to be able to sustain ourselves we have set a fund raising goal of $1600 a month, which totals to about $20,000 for the year.
I pray that you would catch a vision for students, families, communities and countries to be impacted by the Gospel. I ask that you would partner with me financially and spiritually in this effort. Your support will allow me the time and the means to make an eternal investment in the lives of students. I have enclosed a card and an envelope for you to use to begin your partnership.
