12/6/2005

Merry Christmas!!!!

Way back when I (Courtney) was young, my mother tells of a story about me and three decorative wise men that adorn my parent’s home every year for Christmas. I was about Alex’s age and my mother walked into the room and listened in as I had a deep (well deep for a five year old) conversation with each of the three wise men before they were placed on the mantle. So this year, when Alex and my mother were decorating the house, the same three wise men were pulled out of the box along with a set of Christmas carolers. After my mother left the room and returned, Alex too was having a conversation with the three wise men. Only it was a bit different as apparently the three wise men were beating up the Christmas carolers. My mother immediately asked why the three wise men would be beating up the Christmas carolers to which Alex’s quick response was “Have you heard how they sing?”

As we get into the Christmas spirit, we can look back at this past year and thank God for all the things He has provided for us. He has provided many of you joining our team covering us with prayer and committing to support us on an ongoing basis (we are currently about 60% supported). We have also received about 80% of our one-time outgoing expenses. God has provided projects that has allowed Courtney to work from home. God has provided us a place to stay while our house is on the market (long story, but if you don’t know, we thought our house was going to sell but it hasn’t). God has given us time to strengthen as a family and time to be with friends.

As we look into the next year, we see how God is providing for us to go to Colorado in Feb/March for over 3 weeks for our prefield training. We see how God is helping us to meet more and more people who we didn’t know before but who are interested in our ministry. We can see how God is preparing us, both physically and spiritually, for our move “over the big pond”.

We ask that you please continue to prayer for:

• Pray that God will provide some more churches and individuals who would wish to partner with us. We have to have 100% of our monthly expenses committed before we can make the move which we hope could be after we return from Colorado in late March

• Pray that our house would sell. We have already moved into Courtney’s parents’ house because we had a buyer but he has had problems selling his own house. We are giving him one last chance, but if he isn’t able to close before Christmas, then we are going to put the house back fully on the market with hopes that we would get a buyer with the new year traffic.

• Pray that we would have time to meet with people and still get the work done that we need to like Courtney’s freelance work and school work.

Thank you for your prayers,

Krista, Courtney and Alex
www.RoesGarden.com

PS - Please note that Greater Europe Mission has a new address for all monetary giving. Please start sending these to Greater Europe Mission, PO Box 1669, Monument, Co 80132-1669 and again, remember that our account code to be put on the memo line is #38200. Also, if you are interested doing an “End of the year” giving, you can do that online at https://www.gemission.org/supporting/givingcard.asp . Thank you.