Dear praying friends,

Last week, for the first time in almost 5 years I missed a Wednesday update! Well, actually, I did send one out - but sent it to the wrong prayer list. Welcome to those of you who discovered this list through that mistake!

Thank you to all of you who were praying for our time at Crown, even without the reminder from last week. We had a great week, spoke at 5 chapel services, led a debrief, and served on a panel for the upcoming Destination Serve teams. We also met with students, staff, and had a reunion dinner with some of the people who came from Crown last summer!

On Sunday, we got to join our friends at Morningstar. Since we do house church in Berlin, it was nice to be in that setting again!

Here are some prayer requests for this week:

1. Housing in Berlin is a major issue. We have interns coming in April, a resident in May, and new staff in September. We are not without options - but need to make some decisions in the coming week or two. Please pray for us and the team in Berlin!
2. We submitted our budgets over the weekend for the new fiscal year that begins in July. Pray for Alliance leadership as they receive all of the budgets and make a lot of financial decisions.
3. As wonderful as our time in churches the last several weeks has been, we are looking forward to a weekend where we can have a little bit of rest. Please pray that God uses the time to rejuvinate and refresh us!
4. In the PSS below, you will see some information about our new fundraising needs. Since I first shared it, $1,500 in new annual giving has come in! Praise God. Can you please pray that the gap closes even more in the coming month?

Thanks for all your prayers.

Blessings,

mike

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PPS - In the coming fiscal year, the Alliance is asking Elissa and me to raise an additional $5,134.00. If you are already giving to the GCF and/or to our support - thank you!! If you are not currently giving to support global missions and would like to know more about how you could support us directly or give to the GCF - please reply to this email! We would love to talk with you and help you find ways to partner with God in His work!