Hey Everybody!

So this is the first time that I've every blogged so I'm new at this. We thought that it would be a good idea to start letting people know where we are in life and what our future plans are. For those of you who don't know much about Preston and I, we are currently living in Lansing and have been here for a little over a year. We met at New Tribes Bible Institute in August of 2008. We started to date that October and 2 weeks after we graduated we got married. The following August we did and internship at the bible school as staff. Preston worked on the Physical Plant department which did maintenance   around the school and I worked with the Child Care department. It was a wonderful ministry experience. Preston and I learned a lot about working in a ministry setting. By serving with other missionaries and seeing how we can impact the unreached, it solidified what we felt like God was leading us to do. We knew that God wanted us to go into full time ministry. After our internship we moved to Lansing and started to get involved with a church in St. John's. In October of 2011 we became members of the church. It was amazing to become a part of a church body as a married couple, especially part of a church that is so missions minded. That started the next phase of our future plans.

A couple of weeks after we became members we had some other big news that entered our life. We found out that I was pregnant. We were so excited. It was an unexpected surprise, but God works in mysterious ways. 9 months later we got a wonderful surprise. On July 8, 2012 we had a beautiful baby girl. Her name is Ruby Deemae. She was born at 11:32 a.m. and was 7 pound 9 ounces and 20.5 inches long. She is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. Of course I am kind of bias. It has been  blessing to have a baby. We have learned so much and it's only been a month. God is amazing in what He chooses to use as a growing experience (those of you who are parents know what I'm talking about.) We knew that having a baby would change our lives and maybe our plans but we weren't sure how. God is faithful and we knew that He would direct our path.

Looking to the future, we are planning on going to the New Tribes Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Roach, MO in the fall of 2013. These plans are tentative right now because we aren't sure what God has in store for us, but we are extremely excited to finish up the training and go into full time missions. This year we are hoping to establish better relationships in the area and get more involved in our church. It is extremely important for us to establish strong relationships with people and build up a family of people who will support us in prayer as we are taking on a huge task of spreading the gospel to the unreached around the world. We would love for you to join us in this great task and help us in prayer as we look to the future. We are stepping out in faith into a world of unknowns and as scary as it is we are extremely excited. We have seen how God is faithful in our lives if we walk according to His will and we cannot wait to see what He has in store for us.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and I will do my best to continue to update the blog so you know what is going on in our lives. We would love your support and feel free to write us anytime.

In Christ,
Stephanie (for both of us)