Email Update 09-02-2013

Hello everyone,

Attached you will find our newest prayer letter. It covers two months as I didn't have the time to send one last month.

These past few weeks we've been on "vacation" of sorts. We have spent some time with Amy's parents while visiting in California. It's been relaxing, but that doesn't mean we completely stopped working. I spent every morning calling churches until about 1 PM (4 PM on the East Coast), which was as late as I could possibly call and hope to reach someone.

On average, I scheduled one meeting a day. A couple of those were missions conferences, a few were Vacation Bible Schools, and several others were those Wednesdays I told you we were trying to fill. Only five more to go in 3 months and then we'll be completely packed. I've also begun contacting churches in Florida for February (We want to stay out of the snow if at all possible!).

While visiting in California, we've attended several churches, though many of them are not currently taking on any missionaries at the moment. I have not begun calling churches and mailing them our information packets yet, but our goal is to fill January and next August with churches in California. Will you pray that God would lead us to the right churches with whom He would have us partner?

We also have a few open Wednesdays in November that I am attempting to fill with churches in Indiana, however, we don't have any time in our schedule to book more next year. Would you pray for wisdom for me as I don't want to turn down an invitation to present in a church, but I am really only looking to fill a few spots this year as we don't know where we will be in the fall next year as of yet.

God is good! He has blessed us with wonderful success in scheduling meetings and I know He will continue to provide the financial support that we need. Thank you for your prayers and support. You are greatly appreciated! God is answering our prayers and blessing our ministry.

In Christ,
Traver and Amy Freeman

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Email Update 08-19-2013

Greetings all,

We have had a busy and exciting past couple of weeks. Summer has come and gone in the blink of an eye. Schools have been starting up again, but for once, we're not a part of that! It's so exciting to finally be done with school. We're looking forward to what the Lord will accomplish during the coming months.

Two weeks ago we helped out with a Vacation Bible School. This was our second one of the summer. This one was Australia themed, just for us. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun at the same time. I taught the Bible lesson and Missions Story while Amy assisted me and helped out wherever else she could.

The gospel was clearly presented each and every day and the kids were challenged to place their trust in Jesus Christ. On Thursday, Amy was able to lead a young girl to the Lord. Praise God for His work and saving grace!

Last week, Amy went home to Utah to visit her parents while I attended BIMI's Church Planting School. It was fast-paced week with loads of information. I enjoyed hearing the wonderful testimonies and instruction from the directors and look forward to the day the Lord allows us to put it into practice.

I have had little opportunity for making phone calls during these busy weeks, but God blessed through the many pastors who contacted me. Every Sunday in our March-May schedule has been filled. We will now begin scheduling Wednesdays and moving into June.

Our goal for next summer is to schedule a VBS almost every week. We have a couple lined up, but nothing officially scheduled as of yet. Would you pray with us toward this end?

We trust that God will connect us with people and churches that He desires for us to partner with. The coming weeks promise to continue to be busy for us as we have a Missions Conference at the beginning of September and two (possibly three) in October.

I know it can be easy to get "weary in well doing." But let me encourage you to "press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." He is more than worthy of all praise and honor. Presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice to Him is our reasonable service in light of His great sacrifice for us.

As always, we desire to be a part of your lives and ministries as much as you are a part of ours. If there is anything that we can do for you or pray for you about, please do not hesitate to ask.

In Christ,
Traver and Amy Freeman

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Email Update 7-25-2013

Hello everybody,

Sorry for the delay. It's been about a month since I last emailed. Attached you will find our July prayer letter. (Button at the bottom of the page. Please let me know if you cannot open this.)

As a side note before I got started with the update, we have purchased a new vehicle, a Hyundai Santa Fe mid-size SUV, and thank you for your prayers and a special thanks to those churches who raised some funds to help with it's purchase. It fits all of our stuff perfectly and gives us plenty of space. More will be said about that and pictures will be included in our August prayer letter.

My final class finished Tuesday afternoon and I couldn't be happier about that. No more classes, no more homework, no more tests. It hasn't completely sunk in yet, but I'm sure it will when September rolls around and we're not in class and everyone else is. I'm not sure when I'll get my degree, but I assume it will come in the mail. Thank you so much for all your prayers!

Since we last updated you, we've been in three churches. Additionally, we will be in a church this evening in Pittsburgh, PA and another this Sunday in Glen Burnie, MD. We ask for your continued prayers concerning our support.

We know it's tedious because you'll be praying the same prayer for the next year and a half, but your prayers and support are extremely important to us and we greatly appreciate your co-labor in our ministry and hope that you'll continue fervently in prayer on our behalf. Please be in prayer for God's leading for these churches on whether or not to partner with us to reach the people of Australia.

We've been rather busy scheduling meetings as well. I haven't been keeping an exact count, but I've emailed around 150 churches in Pennsylvanina, and have made around 700+ phone calls to those churches. So far, we have scheduled 8 of those churches, filling up all of our available Sundays in March and April of next year. We will begin filling Wednesdays as we can and move month by month from there. We also have about 15 churches who are interested in scheduling us, we just need to call back in a few months when they are putting their calendar together for next year.

The Lord has been blessing our efforts and I know that your prayers have been effective. Let us not be weary in well doing. The Bible tells us that Moses went to God and interceded on behalf of the people of Israel and God heard him. James tells us that the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

A pastor once told me that he has his watch set to go off at 3:33 in the afternoon. The reason for this was to remind him of Jeremiah 33:3 which says "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." I hope that you will pray with us. But more importantly I hope you will praise with us. Will you pray for God to do great and mighty things? Then let's praise God together for His amazing goodness.

In Christ,
Traver Freeman

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