I know that it has been a long time since I have posted something on the blog.....sorry! I want to take this opportunity to share what is going on and what God is doing in our lives.
Earlier this year John completed an application with Harvest Bible Fellowship for church planting. We went through a two separate trips to Elgin, IL for interviews. Throughout this process John and my prayer was that if this was in the Lord's will this would be something that He works out. Just last week we reecieved our acceptance letter into the residency program which begins at the start of September. We will be in training in Elgin, IL from September through January. After that we will move back to Iowa, but we will not be returning to the Des Moines area...we will be in Northern Iowa.
With all that said we have a lot to do. We will be packing only things that we have to have for Elgin. Then we will pack the rest and leave in storage here in Iowa. We will be working hard to get our house on the market and pray that the Lord will provide a buyer quickly.
We have faith that everything will work out because the Lord has always provided for our family.
In preparation for the hard work in Elgin and the hard work that we will have ahead in building a core group and launch team for the church plant, we are planning a nice two week long vacation to Arizona. We are excited to send time with family, rest, swim, and also meet our newest niece for the first time. We are so excited!!!
We ask that you pray with us....that the Lord prepares the way. That the Lord provides a buyer for our home...that we raise all the support that we need...that we are open and learn a lot in Elgin...that we follow the Lord and He blesses as we work in building and planting a Harvest Bible Chapel in The northern Iowa area.
Well, in a nutshell this is what is going on with the Tank family.
