We are so excited to formally introduce you to our new teammates!
We have been asking for prayer in juggling the many balls up in the air on the Bugkalot side of the project, and God has answered by providing some new jugglers! They will be based in Manila and will focus more
on the Bugkalot side of the project – empowering and equipping the Bugkalot
tribal church to effectively send out and support some of their very own to reach the Agta tribe.
Matt & Erin Castagna (with Alaena, Logan & Paige) have already been a HUGE help as they have served in an informal/exploratory role. Recently, they have felt led to join us as full-time partners; we are thrilled to have them on board, and we are confident that God is going to use them mightily to empower tribal people to reach other tribal people.
Matt & Erin are actually both MKs from here in the Philippines, and we all knew each other as kids! If you want to get to know them a little better, check out their great blog by clicking HERE.
Please pray for Matt & Erin and their kids as they transition into this role, especially as they just found out that they will have to find a new sending organization (this role does not fall within what their previous organization normally does). Pray with us for a smooth transition and that God would go before them each step of the way as they step into this new ministry.
And as though one new partner were not enough, God has blessed our socks off by giving us another one too!
This is Joseph Tanchi, and we first met him when he came over on a vision trip in January 2012 (click HERE to read about it - it's the 2nd half of the post). He quickly connected with our family, and he has been an active partner in what God is doing here ever since. For example, I had a dream of one day being able to do a conference for our Bugkalot tribal partners, one where they could be refreshed and renewed and prepared to continue on in the work. I had shared this dream with several people, but when I shared it with Joseph, he DID something with the idea - he gathered a team of volunteers to come and help us make the dream a reality! (more to come on that soon)
Please pray with us for Joseph as he transitions into this ministry. He recently resigned his high-paying job in Singapore, and he will be moving to the Philippines in May. Pray that God would provide abundantly as he makes this leap of faith and that he would stay sensitive to the Spirit's guidance each step of the way.
Praise God with us for these new partners in the work,
and pray for them as they journey down this crazy road with us!
