Sometimes God says "Not Now"

Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise! Give thanks to Him; bless His name! For the Lord is good; His steadfast love endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations. (Psalm 100:4-5)

God is indeed faithful and good, and we also believe this is true in regards to the recent developments for our family. So while our hearts are heavy, we share this news with hope and gratitude to our loving and awesome God:

After several years of fundraising, we simply have not reached sufficient funds to depart for the field. As we have prayed with the leadership of Josiah Venture and First Baptist Church, we have decided to pause our fundraising efforts indefinitely and pursue a different direction.

We believe that God desires to grow us and use us during this next phase of our lives and look towards it expectantly. We pray, and covet your prayers also, for guidance during this transition period. God is faithfully making us aware of what our family needs during this next phase and we trust that He will provide accordingly.

You may follow our journey on Facebook or via our quarterly letter, which we plan to send out again in January. (If you are not yet receiving these and would like to, please send your email address to ellenhopkins1229@gmail.com)

In other news, we are rejoicing that Jim and Lina Miller have departed for Germany on October 19th and will be representing Josiah Venture in Germany. We rest in knowing that our work over the last few years was not in vain and that Josiah Venture will still be equipping young German leaders to fulfill the Great Commission through the local church.