Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing
instant in prayer.
Rom 12:12
Two Steps Forward…
You obviously know the old saying about “Two steps forward…” That’s kind of how we feel right
now. We are seeing progress on so many of the things we have asked you to pray about and yet, we have seen a
few steps back. And we are making progress on Outside The Walls, but it is exceedingly slow at least to us..
Let’s start with good news! We should have a functioning website for Outside The walls by Sept. 1.
We have a dear friend who has been working on the site and he tells us that the website should go “live” on that date. The “address” will be www.outsidewalls.us You might want to check it out when it is available. Obviously, this will be a work in progress and after it goes “live” we will have to populate it with the resources etc. that we want it to include. So, it will be growing in content for quite some time as our resources grow. Getting the site up is just the beginning. Please pray for wisdom and direction as to the content. A HUGE prayer request is about an Outside The Walls podcast. This is new territory for us. Bob has been in broadcasting for 50 years, but never a podcast that we, personally, have produced. We believe it will be a valuable tool, but we are
trying to navigate these uncharted waters. From the technical aspects of producing the podcast to the decisions
about the best source for distribution.
Another project that we have spent a great deal of time with is an audible version of Joy’s book – My
Shadows of Death. We have had a lot of requests for an audio version of her book and we are getting closer to
this becoming a reality. Joy has spent many, many hours recording the book. Many times a third party records an audio book, but we wanted Joy to read it so listeners could hear her heart. Finally the audio files are finished. PTL. Now, getting it “Published”. This has been part of the “two steps forward”. Progress, then set back as to actually getting it out. We think we are finally on the verge of submitting the files for online publication. We will keep you posted! Another two steps forward.. We constantly ask you to pray that God will fill our calendar. We had all of September booked and then.. we had two Sundays canceled. October, however, is
almost full and we are so thankful.
Praise and Prayer
This has been quite an unusual month, financially. Because of some wonderful partners we received
some surprising special gifts this month. What a great blessing!! We were hoping to put away some of these
funds for the development of Outside The Walls and Joy’s audio book. Well, God certainly knew that we
needed those gifts. We have encountered several totally unexpected and significant expenses. Had it not been
for these special gifts we would have been in real need – but God knew!! We were so grateful that we could
immediately take care of those needs. To those who gave the special gifts and to those who regularly support
us, thank you!!! Now for the prayers. We will be facing several large expenditures. Joy’s book will require an initial $1,000 and then another $1,000 shortly thereafter. We are not certain yet of the expenses for the development of the new website, but God knows! We continue to pray for all of you and thank God continually for all of you!!! Thank you for your partnership!