Mr. and Mrs. Future Jonathan Pelts are heading to Nairobi in January 2012!

HERE WE GO!
It is official! Olivia has been accepted into Africa In-land Mission's counselling internship at Tumiani in Nairobi, as well as into Ambassadors in Sport's team! We cannot believe how God has just had his hand in all of this as we have had to go through a HUGE process of Olivia having to get approved through AIM (even though they don't allow new married couples to go onto the mission field until after a year of marriage), as well as getting approved by AIS (which has they same policy), and her school approving the internship in order for her to get credit for it.

After starting the process in July, getting engaged in August, and the Lord really working in these organizations, we are all clear to start fundraising and preparing to head to Nairobi together in late January! Right now the plan is for me to come home two days before Thanksgiving and move back and forth between Bluefield, Denver, and Dallas to be with Olivia as we make final preparations for the wedding and moving, and spending time with both families.

You can ask any counsellor what are two of the biggest stressors in an individuals life and they will say moving and marriage and we're doing both! HA HA! We both know that what we are about to embark on is not a walk in the park, but an amazing opportunity, first to grow in our marriage and second to pursue our passions together. When Olivia and I first got together one of our greatest concerns was how would we be able to pursue our passions together, and little did we know what the Lord had in store for us.

We are excited as well as nervous about what the future holds for us, which is why we cannot do any of this on our own. Besides trying to build our financial support team, we are also in need to build our prayer team. We could not do any of these things without continued prayers from our families and brothers and sisters in Christ. Of course we do need to raise additional support to provide for both of us while we are on the ground, and if you would like to support us on either a one time gift or monthly donation we would greatly appreciate it, but if there is no prayer, no work can be done. Thank you all so much for fighting for me these last few months as I have been over here alone, but now I ask that you fight for Olivia and I as we begin this journey TOGETHER! Thanks so much for your love and encouragement.

In Christ,
Jonathan and Olivia