We are Going Back!!!

Destination: Czech Republic

July 25-August 10, 2011

Dear Friends and Family,

We pray that as the holidays approach this letter finds you content in the Lord and enjoying time with family and friends. We’d like to take the time to share with you about the opportunity we have to return to the Czech Republic this coming summer.

As we write, the lyrics of one our favorite worship songs are going through our minds. The song is Our God by Chris Tomlin. The message of this song is powerful and is a great reminder of who our God is. The bridge states:

And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us/ And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?

The answer is NOTHING can stop us! For our God is greater! We had the privilege of travelling with a team of ten on Salem Heights Church’s pioneer trip to the Czech Republic last year. We are excited to be co-leading a return trip this coming July. We were blessed beyond measure last camp by answered prayers, and receptive hearts among the students. Each student was introduced to Jesus, some for the first time, and two girls chose to begin a relationship with Him. Please continue to pray for them. We serve an amazing God, and we are excited to do His work and share His love to students in the Czech Republic.

We are blessed by the opportunity that we have been given. We will be working with the same local Czech church we worked with last summer, and with some of the same Czech students. We are looking forward to building relationships with the students we met last year at camp, as well as meeting new students. Just like last year we will be running an Evangelical English Camp organized by Josiah Venture (A Christian organization that reaches out to the youth of Eastern Europe, www.josiahventure.com.). We love the work God is doing in this part of the world, and we are seeking God’s direction about serving full-time with Josiah Venture.

Currently, we are in the process of building our team, and we will begin meeting regularly with them in January. You might be thinking, “This is December, and summer is so far away. Why are you sending me this letter now?” BUT before you set down this letter, and don’t pick it up for another four months, just let us explain. Our team’s goal is to raise the funds for our plane tickets by January 31, so we can focus the majority of our training on preparing for camp instead of fundraising. Would you like to help us get to the Czech Republic?

Here is a way you can help us make our goal of raising $2,600 by January 31. We will be traveling 6,556 miles to get to Prague. That’s roughly $40 per 100 miles. If 66 people gave $40 or if 26 people gave $100 we would reach our goal. Beyond the initial cost of the airfare, we will need to raise the remaining $1400 by July 1^st. We know God is able to provide, and we pray that you would be blessed by this opportunity to invest in eternity.

More important than financial support is having you committed to praying for us.

Please pray that as the team comes together that we would be unified. Pray for the church in Počernice as they are reaching out to students and inviting them to camp. Please also pray that our team would be a bold witness and that the message of Christ will fall on soft hearts. If you’d like to receive prayer updates please let us know by e-mailing us at TMDady@gmail.com.

If you’d like to send a tax-deductible donation on our behalf please send a check made out to “Salem Heights Church” with our names on the memo line. The church’s address is 375 Madrona Ave South, Salem, OR 97306.

Thank you for taking the time to read about what God is doing in our lives. If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail us or call us at 541-951-2804. We’d love to hear from you.

In His Hands,

Tim and Mary