we're so bad at keeping this up!

Hi! I figured that we ought to keep up with this a little better than once a month.
So, things are going well so far for us. We're plugging away at the support raising and slowly but surely we are getting to our goal. I'm not going to lie, I'm a little jealous of our friends that we met at training that aren't working while raising support. That's been one of the hardest things for me so far. I feel like we could be so much farther than we are if we didn't have to work. This is probably true, but as of right now, in order to keep our apartment and the electricity on, we both need our jobs. God is teaching me patience through this time. I have to fully rely on him to give me the strength each day because working 40+ hours a week and then working on support and our New Testament Survey class is tiring.
God is good though. He surprises us in ways we don't even expect. Gifts come in from places we would have thought would never give. We may be in a recession, but that doesbly affect God!
He shows Himself daily. I have to remember to praise Him even for the little blessings He gives us. Today it's the warm sunshine and beautiful weather.
We will be traveling to Arkansas this weekend for a follow up training on MPD. Pray for safe travels and a fruitful time there.
Thank you for all you mean to us!
In His grip,
Roxy

We leave soon!

So tomorrow, we will be officially commissioned into the Religious Order... that is Campus Crusade for Christ! It's amazing! We're actually missionaries! God is so good!
We're looking forward to coming home, raising support, and seeing all of you whom we've missed out on over the past 5 weeks!
We've been super-busy and kind of need rest, but other than that, we're totally excited about everything God has in store for us!

Anyway... we'll be calling all of you soon to set up appointments!

Love,
Kinz

Saturday

Today is Saturday! It's nice to have a day of rest and relaxation after a week of meetings and learning about the oh so fascinating benefits. My dad is here. I don't remember if Kinz had said that, but it's been fun to have him here. We had lunch with him yesterday. I'm glad he's here! Last night we had a goodbye party for the phase 2 people (they had already completed the MPD part of training prior to being here). We had a talent show, which was amazing and hilarious, and then a dace party! It was fun!
We start MPD week on Monday, and I know that it's going to be busy and probably a little stressful. So, if some of you get a call next week, it will probably be about setting up an appointment for support. Just a forewarning. :)
Today we're just planning on hanging out and enjoying a day of nothing. We have some laundry to put away and dishes to wash, but other than that, my plan is to just enjoy my day.
I hope that everyone is doing well. We're ready to be home with our cats and our regular routine, although we've enjoyed our time here. Keep us in your prayers as we enter into MPD week.
I haven't been able to fix the comments...but you can always email us!
Blessings
Roxy
kinzington@hotmail.com

MPD week

So this next week starts MPD training! For those who don't know, it's "Ministry Partner Development." Basically, we'll be trained on what to do, and what not to do in terms of support raising. It'll be our last week here, and we'll be headed home on Feb. 8th at 9:30AM! (if all goes according to plan...)

I know... not a huge update, but we would like your prayers as we enter into this week.

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Thanks!

love,
kinz

Little update...

So we visited Headquarters in Orlando yesterday... that was fun. Got to meet some neat people and really find out what CCCI is all about. It's a large building that houses pretty much all of the ministries around the world. It's what keeps the wheels turning.

We got to hear a good talk from Judy Douglas (Steve Douglas (the president of CCC)'s wife), and got to meet with a representative from each ministry. We also got to see where Steve Douglas's office was and where he meets with business men from around the world who keep CCCI accountable in every aspect... it was pretty neat. He has a very humble office. If you ever get a chance, check it out sometime!

Today on the schedule is Barbara Francis, Mike Tilley, then a meeting about staff services to do paperwork and such. Makes for a pretty exciting day.

Let us know if there's anything we can pray for you about!!! We'd love to hear from you...
Our prayer request would be that God continues His provision for us, and that we are able to use our gifts and talents in a manner that is holy and pleasing to Him.

And it's supposed to rain here today... guess it could be snow... : )

Talk to you all later! Walk in the Spirit.

Love,

Kinz and Roxy
817-320-8359
kinzington@hotmail.com

Free day!!!

Finally! A free day!
Today, we finished up with our final exam for Christian Theology, and now, we get a day to relax! God has been teaching us SO many things since we've been here, and we are looking forward to the future He has planned for us! This afternoon, I think we maybe going to a "7 fatal mistakes married couples make" seminar; maybe learn a little something, since being married and on staff can get pretty stressful.

This coming week, we're going to Headquarters in Orlando (to meet some important people), and also going to a couple other seminars discussing life on staff, payroll, etc. So it'll be a pretty calm week... then the last week we're here, we'll be in high-gear; learning about support raising, getting more into the business side of things, and after that, we will come back to Texas prepared to be missionaries! EXCITING!!!

Other than that, we'll try and keep you all updated on what's going on... So let us know if there's anything we can pray for you about! Our prayer requests would be that we both are able to get some good rest, and that God will continue to open our eyes to see what He is doing in our lives. And that He would continue to strengthen our marriage while we're here.

**Also remember we can't receive comments here (due to some glitch in the system i guess), so
e-mail kinzington@hotmail.com if you have anything you'd like us to know!**

Thanks! Have a blessed day!

Love,
Kinz

Last day for Classes!

So today is the last day for classes! YAY! We've learned tons of information, and we're pumped about what God is doing! I'm not sure what else to say, but we're looking forward to taking a little time off on the weekend before our final exam on Monday. Next week will be seminars, meeting important people, visiting headquarters, etc. and the week after that we will be working on monthly support raising and business things like payroll, insurance, etc.

Also, our comments on here don't work... so if you need to reach us, just e-mail me at kinzington@hotmail.com

We'll update more later when we have a little more time!
We do appreciate the each of you being involved in our lives. We pray for you daily and cannot say enough about the way God has provided for us!

We love you!

blessings,
Kinz