We have amazing news!!! We are fully funded!
Thank you Thank you Thank you for praying and for donating toward our trip. We believe that God is going to do great things through us in Belize and we are beyond excited for this trip. It absolutely will be the highlight of our Summer and one of those moments in our family that just marks time.
We are blown away by the generosity of friends and family - some that just felt God saying they should give toward our trip. Thank you each of you for being a part of this trip!
Friday, June 21, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Let Us Break Bread Together
Thank you for some recent very generous donations! We are over halfway there! Here is a great video of what you are partnering with. Look at those faces! :) Thanks so much for your prayers - it means the world to us!!!
Monday, April 22, 2013
Passports, Birth Certificates and Planning!
Well, the kids have completed their birth passport applications and hopefully we will see their shiny faces inside some new passports soon. Keith already has his from his last mission trip which is great!
And I have sent away for my new birth certificate so I can hopefully get a passport soon! Just a little glitch in my process because I was born out of the country on an USAF base and my birth certificate is as old as I am but looks much worse! :)
Prayers for a speedy process there would be appreciated.
We've met with our team to discuss plans and start getting some organization to our trip. I love the team we are going with - so many of them are already great friends that we attend church with and I'm looking forward to getting know a couple new families. As we plan what we want to do for the community in Belize, it is such a blessing to watch the kids. Every time there is a question of what we should do, all of their hands shoot up to volunteer suggestions. I love to see their enthusiasm and excitement for loving on these people they have not even met, yet!
Anyway, we seem to be moving along nicely and appreciate your prayers so much! We actually feel much peace about everything coming together for this trip. We are gaining ground on being halfway to our funding which is awesome - THANK YOU!!!
And I have sent away for my new birth certificate so I can hopefully get a passport soon! Just a little glitch in my process because I was born out of the country on an USAF base and my birth certificate is as old as I am but looks much worse! :)
Prayers for a speedy process there would be appreciated.
We've met with our team to discuss plans and start getting some organization to our trip. I love the team we are going with - so many of them are already great friends that we attend church with and I'm looking forward to getting know a couple new families. As we plan what we want to do for the community in Belize, it is such a blessing to watch the kids. Every time there is a question of what we should do, all of their hands shoot up to volunteer suggestions. I love to see their enthusiasm and excitement for loving on these people they have not even met, yet!
Anyway, we seem to be moving along nicely and appreciate your prayers so much! We actually feel much peace about everything coming together for this trip. We are gaining ground on being halfway to our funding which is awesome - THANK YOU!!!
Friday, April 5, 2013
Thank you!
Thank you to those who have already pledged to support us for our mission trip to Belize - both financially and more importantly by praying.
We feel your prayers already as some obstacles have moved out of the way. For instance we need passports. It takes 4-6 weeks to process and three weeks ago we could not get a local appointment until May. So, I made the only appointment I could about 45 minutes away from home for the end of April. Which is fine but it just requires us to be away from work longer and is inconvenient. A couple days ago, I decided to take a chance and call our local post office and to my pleasant surprise 3 spots had just opened up this coming week!
I know that may seem silly, "Sure Janel, someone just canceled and your timing was good." No, God's timing is always good.
The pledge of funds from you confirms that this trip is about involving more than just our family. In fact, it's all about involving YOU in what God will be doing through us in Belize.
So, thank you. :)
We feel your prayers already as some obstacles have moved out of the way. For instance we need passports. It takes 4-6 weeks to process and three weeks ago we could not get a local appointment until May. So, I made the only appointment I could about 45 minutes away from home for the end of April. Which is fine but it just requires us to be away from work longer and is inconvenient. A couple days ago, I decided to take a chance and call our local post office and to my pleasant surprise 3 spots had just opened up this coming week!
I know that may seem silly, "Sure Janel, someone just canceled and your timing was good." No, God's timing is always good.
The pledge of funds from you confirms that this trip is about involving more than just our family. In fact, it's all about involving YOU in what God will be doing through us in Belize.
So, thank you. :)
Monday, March 25, 2013
Will You Partner With Us?
Dear Family and Friends,
Our family (Keith, Janel, Bennett
and Luke) is about to embark on our first mission trip to Sand Hill, Belize on JULY 27-August
1. Tyler will be staying
behind to house -sit. J We are going with a team of other families
(8-10 families) - all of whom will provide services and ministries to the Sand
Hills area.
Every ministry is designed to
be a discipleship-making opportunity. Some of the ministries include:
·
Breaking bread
ministry (providing meals for local families)
·
Vacation Bible
school for Orphans
·
Bunk bed ministry
(building bunk beds for the local orphanage)
·
Family fun night
and crafts
·
Projects
(building, painting, etc.)
·
Kids Camps
When we heard about this family
mission trip, we immediately felt God calling us to be a part of His adventure
in Belize - to reach out as a family to help, to witness (both to and from
actually) those who are less fortunate, and to be living breathing examples of God’s love. We are excited for our children to be able to
serve communities that are vastly different from their own. And they are excited to meet kids their own
age from different cultures and be a part of introducing them to Jesus. Bennett is most excited to do crafts and
teach kids to dance. Luke just can’t
wait to play soccer with the boys! As
parents, we are thrilled to be a part of this experience with our kids but also
cannot wait to break bread with the people of Belize. You know how we feel about food!
We are excited and anxious to
dive head first into all of these ministries and we hope you will pray and
reflect on this opportunity to partner with us to impact God’s Kingdom!
Part of our responsibility, as
team members, is to raise the necessary funds for the trip. The cost of the
trip for our family is $5494. We have
been able to contribute some of our own funds to the trip and our kids are
planning a couple of their own fundraisers. At
first we were reluctant to ask our friends and family to partner with us
financially. Then we realized that this
is a really awesome opportunity for you to share in what God will be doing
through us in Belize! We want to take
each of you of this mission trip with us!
We’d like to ask for you to prayerfully consider partnering with us in the following ways:
·
Financially – we
still need to raise about $3800 in funds for our trip. We
have a large deadline to meet by April
17 and our final deadline is June 1.
·
Encouragement –
follow our updates on Facebook and our blog.
·
Prayer – we need
prayer! This is our first mission trip
together as a family. We are excited and
anxious to see all that God is going to do.
To partner with us Financially, please click the tab at the top of this blog or here for
For more information about the
trip and Hope for Belize visit www.hopeforbelize.org
Thank you for your
love and support! We absolutely could not even dream about doing this without
you!
Keith, Janel, Bennett,
Luke and Tyler Bunten
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