PREACH~TEACH~REACH
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Sunday, July 30, 2017
June/July 2017
So it's been way longer since I posted than I meant it to be! I JUST figured out how to add our newsletter to our blog last night...and it's old news now. Joshua will be working on the next one and I will add it as soon as it's done. Until then, I will try to share some of what's been going on with us.
We've been on the road for almost 9 weeks now! I just can't believe it's been that long. What a whirlwind it's been! We left Florida on May 30th and caravanned over to Roanoke, AL for a short 2 night stay. We had to figure out what we were going to keep at the mission house and what we could stuff into our vans. Yep, vans plural. I mentioned caravanning...at this time we are driving 2 mini vans around the U.S. God has blessed us with our 2 mini vans that are paid off (praising the Lord for that!) and still running. We are hoping they take us into next year before we need to think about other transportation that we can bring with us to the DR. Anyway, we are quite stuffed into both vans...clothes for 6 people, homeschool supplies, office supplies, blankets/pillows and many other needed things. Not to mention the 6 people! We are learning what things are absolutely essential and what we can live without, and believe me that keeps changing. Things that I thought we had to have at the beginning, I have no problem chunking now. We have left a trail behind us either at mission homes or families' houses or we just threw it away.
When we left Roanoke, we headed to Ohio. We stayed in Mason, OH for about 3 weeks and what a blessing that was! We stayed in a mission home there and the host church just spoiled us. We were able to visit with church family and friends that we enjoyed so much! We didn't enjoy Seth breaking his elbow while there....but God took care of him and he healed up pretty quickly and without him having to have a cast!
From there we stayed with different ones in Joshua's family all around the Columbus area for the next few weeks. They were all so awesome and we are so thankful for them and all they've done for us! We treasure each moment that we get to spend with family and friends along the way.
God also answered our prayer about our boys attending youth camp. We were invited to go to Anchor Baptist's youth camp as a family and we all had such a great time!
We definitely had some excitement during that week with Jared having (supposed) appendicitis. Joshua and I were in the hospital with him for a couple of days, but praise the Lord, Jared was able to be treated with antibiotics and was able to go back to camp with us for the last day with no surgery!!! We met some great new friends and got to know some others better. God was moving in that camp, and I for one was blessed and challenged in my relationship and walk with the Lord.
We traveled to New York next and stayed with wonderful friends for a week. We are so grateful to those who have opened their homes to our family along this journey. I know what a hard thing that can be sometimes and I pray God blesses each one mightily! We hadn't been in New York since we moved away over 10 years ago, and it was so good to see friends and church family again. We enjoyed every minute!
Then we started heading down to West Virginia. We stopped over in Erie, Pennsylvania for a couple nights...again God blessed us there! Great mission home, great church, and we enjoyed spending time with the church family and the pastor there very much!
And now here we are in West Virginia. We are gearing up to start our homeschool year on Tuesday, the 1st of August, and catching up on some things...one being this blog.
As of this morning, we have visited and worshipped with 46 churches and in 12 of those we have presented our burden for Dominican Republic at scheduled meetings! Every church we've been to has been wonderful and we've realized again and again how small the world really is, with mutual friends everywhere we go. We are so humbled and blessed! God is so good! Starting next week our meetings start to pick up...praising the Lord for that! We're excited to see what God is going to do and we're excited about what He's already done! Praise the Lord we are 28% (updated from a mess-up) supported now!!!
Please help us pray for our van situation. Both need work done this week...just pray for God's will and for wisdom and guidance on how we should proceed.
Thank you all so much for your prayers, encouragement, and support! We appreciate every single note, email, message, and call! We love you all!
When we left Roanoke, we headed to Ohio. We stayed in Mason, OH for about 3 weeks and what a blessing that was! We stayed in a mission home there and the host church just spoiled us. We were able to visit with church family and friends that we enjoyed so much! We didn't enjoy Seth breaking his elbow while there....but God took care of him and he healed up pretty quickly and without him having to have a cast!
From there we stayed with different ones in Joshua's family all around the Columbus area for the next few weeks. They were all so awesome and we are so thankful for them and all they've done for us! We treasure each moment that we get to spend with family and friends along the way.
God also answered our prayer about our boys attending youth camp. We were invited to go to Anchor Baptist's youth camp as a family and we all had such a great time!
We definitely had some excitement during that week with Jared having (supposed) appendicitis. Joshua and I were in the hospital with him for a couple of days, but praise the Lord, Jared was able to be treated with antibiotics and was able to go back to camp with us for the last day with no surgery!!! We met some great new friends and got to know some others better. God was moving in that camp, and I for one was blessed and challenged in my relationship and walk with the Lord.
We traveled to New York next and stayed with wonderful friends for a week. We are so grateful to those who have opened their homes to our family along this journey. I know what a hard thing that can be sometimes and I pray God blesses each one mightily! We hadn't been in New York since we moved away over 10 years ago, and it was so good to see friends and church family again. We enjoyed every minute!
Then we started heading down to West Virginia. We stopped over in Erie, Pennsylvania for a couple nights...again God blessed us there! Great mission home, great church, and we enjoyed spending time with the church family and the pastor there very much!
And now here we are in West Virginia. We are gearing up to start our homeschool year on Tuesday, the 1st of August, and catching up on some things...one being this blog.
As of this morning, we have visited and worshipped with 46 churches and in 12 of those we have presented our burden for Dominican Republic at scheduled meetings! Every church we've been to has been wonderful and we've realized again and again how small the world really is, with mutual friends everywhere we go. We are so humbled and blessed! God is so good! Starting next week our meetings start to pick up...praising the Lord for that! We're excited to see what God is going to do and we're excited about what He's already done! Praise the Lord we are 28% (updated from a mess-up) supported now!!!
Please help us pray for our van situation. Both need work done this week...just pray for God's will and for wisdom and guidance on how we should proceed.
Thank you all so much for your prayers, encouragement, and support! We appreciate every single note, email, message, and call! We love you all!
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
God is so good!
We've had a busy May! On the very first day of the month, we celebrated mine and Joshua's 18th anniversary, Joshua's retirement, and his graduation from West Coast Baptist College! God has blessed us with so much and we just want to give Him all the praise and the glory!
This was also our first month of full-time deputation. Our days have been filled with phone calls, emails, and preparation for the rest of this year and into next. We have had 3 scheduled meetings in May (praising the Lord!), and when we aren't scheduled for a service, we drop in to worship with and try to encourage other churches. We've been so incredibly humbled and blessed by the love, encouragement, and support in every church we visit, and we pray we are giving those things back to the people we come in contact with. It is so amazing and awesome to me, to meet so many other believers out there who love the Lord and are striving to serve Him. And whose Spirit connects with the Spirit in me...instant family!
With the end of May is the end of our stay in our local area. God provided us with a place to stay near our home church these past few months and now He's given us a place in Roanoke, AL, to come back to throughout the rest of our deputation. We will be heading that direction a week from today, on our way to Ohio, New York, and even Alaska (what?!), and everywhere in between. We're sad to say goodbye, for now, to our family, friends, and church family here in Florida and Alabama, but so excited to visit with our family and friends further north!
Our homeschool has kept/is keeping us busy as well...we are winding down a lot of our school for the year, but will continue a few subjects throughout the summer until we finish. I'm thankful that we've been homeschooling all along instead of learning how now as we also figure out how to school while traveling. This has been a challenge for sure, but I've had the privilege to glean some advice and ideas from other missionary moms and "think" we are ready to start preparing for the next school year.
I want to mention our subscribe button on the right side of our page. Please do sign up so that you can get any updates right to your email. Once you type in your email and hit subscribe, you will get an email asking you to confirm...you won't get the updates if you don't confirm.
Thank you all for your prayer and support! We would not be able to follow God's leading without you joining with us in reaching the lost for Christ! We praise the Lord for you!
This was also our first month of full-time deputation. Our days have been filled with phone calls, emails, and preparation for the rest of this year and into next. We have had 3 scheduled meetings in May (praising the Lord!), and when we aren't scheduled for a service, we drop in to worship with and try to encourage other churches. We've been so incredibly humbled and blessed by the love, encouragement, and support in every church we visit, and we pray we are giving those things back to the people we come in contact with. It is so amazing and awesome to me, to meet so many other believers out there who love the Lord and are striving to serve Him. And whose Spirit connects with the Spirit in me...instant family!
With the end of May is the end of our stay in our local area. God provided us with a place to stay near our home church these past few months and now He's given us a place in Roanoke, AL, to come back to throughout the rest of our deputation. We will be heading that direction a week from today, on our way to Ohio, New York, and even Alaska (what?!), and everywhere in between. We're sad to say goodbye, for now, to our family, friends, and church family here in Florida and Alabama, but so excited to visit with our family and friends further north!
Our homeschool has kept/is keeping us busy as well...we are winding down a lot of our school for the year, but will continue a few subjects throughout the summer until we finish. I'm thankful that we've been homeschooling all along instead of learning how now as we also figure out how to school while traveling. This has been a challenge for sure, but I've had the privilege to glean some advice and ideas from other missionary moms and "think" we are ready to start preparing for the next school year.
I want to mention our subscribe button on the right side of our page. Please do sign up so that you can get any updates right to your email. Once you type in your email and hit subscribe, you will get an email asking you to confirm...you won't get the updates if you don't confirm.
Thank you all for your prayer and support! We would not be able to follow God's leading without you joining with us in reaching the lost for Christ! We praise the Lord for you!
Friday, April 21, 2017
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
April Update
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable! The Lord is good! Thanks be to God for His good works unto the children of men. Hallelujah!
God blessed mightily at our first missions conference in Perry, Florida. As iron sharpens iron, so each countenance in our family was sharpened by our friends in the Lord. God opened two doors specifically: 1) travel options via the Wagons with Provisions or Missionary Flights International for our transition needs; and, 2) the opportunity for a deputation home with Chosen Vessel Baptist Missions. Praise God for these blessings!
We've been able to visit with and encourage in the Lord eleven churches in the last 6 weeks. At every new church, God gives our family time to share the ministry He has put us in. We have been so blessed. God uses His people to shower us with the love of Christ, hospitality, and generosity.
Praise the Lord we have all of our material together and are now finished with Bible school. All by the grace of God—Hallelujah. God is faithful! What a blessing to be able to complete 11 Bible courses for the glory of God. Lord willing, May 2017 should be our first full month of scheduled meetings and then we will look to travel North.
Thanks be to God for His mercy and grace and provision.
Your servant for Jesus' sake,
Joshua Corner
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable! The Lord is good! Thanks be to God for His good works unto the children of men. Hallelujah!
God blessed mightily at our first missions conference in Perry, Florida. As iron sharpens iron, so each countenance in our family was sharpened by our friends in the Lord. God opened two doors specifically: 1) travel options via the Wagons with Provisions or Missionary Flights International for our transition needs; and, 2) the opportunity for a deputation home with Chosen Vessel Baptist Missions. Praise God for these blessings!
We've been able to visit with and encourage in the Lord eleven churches in the last 6 weeks. At every new church, God gives our family time to share the ministry He has put us in. We have been so blessed. God uses His people to shower us with the love of Christ, hospitality, and generosity.
Praise the Lord we have all of our material together and are now finished with Bible school. All by the grace of God—Hallelujah. God is faithful! What a blessing to be able to complete 11 Bible courses for the glory of God. Lord willing, May 2017 should be our first full month of scheduled meetings and then we will look to travel North.
Thanks be to God for His mercy and grace and provision.
Your servant for Jesus' sake,
Joshua Corner
Friday, March 3, 2017
Prayer Card
Praising the Lord! We have our prayer card done and are ready to start sending them out! Let us know if you want one.
We have moved again; actually we've moved 5 times since January 1st. I guess that means it's official and we're on deputation! God has provided every time that I looked ahead and couldn't see how it would work. I'm praising the Lord for His wonderful works to the children of men!
We have our first meeting scheduled in a couple of weeks and are excited! It's at the church I grew up in, in Perry, FL, and I can't wait to see my church family there and present the ministry to them. Our video presentation is almost complete as well as other materials needed to present the ministry to churches. We hope to have all in place by our first meeting. Again, God has blessed in each step and continues to confirm His call to us to go to Dominican Republic!
I wanted to mention our prayer request post. I update that post along with the "Answered Prayer", "Praises", and "Prayer Requests" on the side of our blog. I am so thrilled and blessed when I'm able to put "ANSWERED" on those prayer requests! Please pray for us!
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