Goals

This month we had time to sit down and plan out some of our goals for the year. It's a great way to for us to refocus on what we would like to accomplish and to reflect over what our past year's goals were and evaluate whether we met them or not. Of course in all of life (and especially in ministry) God sometimes has plans that are different than ours, but this just helps keeps us motivated and focused. More for our own sakes than yours, I thought I'd share what we accomplished last year and what we're working towards this year.

Accomplished last year:
Continued to build evangelistic relationships within the community – including opportunities to clearly share the Gospel.
Evangelistic/discipleship small group ministry
Determined with our mission leadership that we will be most useful continuing to serve at the base in Annapolis for a while longer, while making periodic trips to the Amazon area.
Jeyson - continued refining his skills as a mechanic and was the lead mechanic on airplane maintenance projects.
Jeyson – Passed a government approved inspection for his full mechanic license, allowing him to oversee missionary apprentice mechanics.
Jeyson – Spent a month at a mission base in Boa Vista (in the Amazon) flying into tribes as a co-pilot and doing maintenance.
Jeyson and Stephanie – Taught a government required course for mechanics (a technical course and English) to both missionaries and people from the community (evangelism opportunities)
Stephanie – Continued building discipleship and evangelistic relationships with her students in and out of the “classroom” setting. Was able to clearly share the Gospel and give a Bible to some of her students.
Stephanie - Assisted a partner mission in developing and teaching an English course for Brazilian missionaries preparing to serve overseas with English speaking missions.

Stephanie – Oversaw the donations department of Asas for 4 months while the missionary normally responsible dealt with heath issues.

For the coming year:
Continue to develop evangelistic relationships within the community.
Lead an evangelistic/discipleship small group ministry with couples from the community.
Jeyson – lead maintenance projects on the mission’s plane and help teach and oversee apprentice missionaries.
Jeyson – continue co-piloting to tribes/villages, gaining experience
Stephanie – A large part of her ministry now will be caring for our new son while he is still very young.
Stephanie – Teach English at home in a tutoring setting to build evangelistic and discipleship relationships
Stephanie – Continue to build friendship and evangelistic opportunities with women in our neighborhood.
Stephanie – Assist in the part time administrative job of processing donations received from the US.