Early Summer Update

Hello to everyone,

It has been awhile. A whirlwind of awhile and much has happened.

Let me back up a bit. In April we were blessed to make the move to Marion, NC. The day after we moved Kyle began teaching water technologies courses for the Equip Spring semester. That meant 3 weeks of non-stop classes. It was exhausting for us all, but hey, that is why we are here!

After the classes ended in early May we were able to settle into our new home a bit more, but only a bit more because since the beginning of May we have burned up the highways traveling and reconnecting with friends far and wide.  We hope that many of them will grow into a community of supporters for our family and ministry. That really is what this summer is all about.

We've been all around Western NC, all throughout Georgia and around the Triad (Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem area) for support trips thus far. It has been fruitful to reconnect with old friends and share with close friends and family the details of what we are doing both here in Marion and around the world.

We will be heading out on a few more trips to other parts of North Carolina this month and up into Pennsylvania and Ohio in July. We would love to see many of you along the way!

Kyle was originally planning to go to Kenya in July but that trip has been postponed until November to accommodate the schedule of a Kenyan pastor who will be accompanying him. That will allow us to solely focus on support raising this summer which is a blessing.

In the fall Kyle will be teaching more training courses and will be working full time with Equip.

That is a quick update for curious folks!

I will be blogging once a week from here on out and always feel free to contact us at internationalhoovers(at)gmail(dot)com

Weekly Prayer Needs:

• Pray for encouragement as we support raise.
• Pray that we would be constant in prayer and steadfast in our faith that God will provide.
• Pray for wisdom as we get involved in our local community. 
• Pray for protection as we travel.

The Big Details

It has been a long road to this point. We've sent out letters to many of you, but I'm sure you have a million questions like where have ya'll been lately? We'll be visiting more of you in the coming months, but what I am here to tell you right now is the big details of the journey that we are about to transition into.

Yesterday Kyle turned in his resignation at work. Two weeks from now we will pack up our house and move to Marion, NC. Kyle will jump into the water technologies training courses for a few weeks and after that we will be hitting the road to visit many of you and share our hope and vision for the future.

You can read more about the heart of this journey over at my (Jessica) blog. 

God has done great things in our hearts and in our reality to make this move possible. We knew several months back that we would need to be able to raise support full time to have the necessary finances to work for Equip full time. It just isn't possible to raise support full time when you both have full time work that takes up your time (me, chasing around a toddler and writing and Kyle working easily 50-60 hrs. each week). We prayed that God would open a door to do this and as He is so prone to do, He did. {Gulp}

We are moving to Marion and will be residing for the next year in the home of some folks that are headed back to the field in Central Asia. It is a humble abode, but has everything we need. This serves several purposes. First, the house is rent free to us. We only have to pay utilities and mow the lawn. Second, we will be able to raise support while having a home base in Marion. This allows us to raise the support we need in full- hopefully by September of this year- while being local to Equip for classes and other purposes. Lastly, it give us ample time to find a more permanent home for our family. After years of wandering we aren't done wandering, but we are hoping to develop a bit of a home base for ourselves.

That is the deal. We're moving two weeks from Saturday. We've been so blessed by those that have become a part of our lives here in the Charlotte area. We commented after church on Sunday that we would love to move Exodus Church with us to Marion. Is that possible? Next plant maybe? Does Marion count as the "Greater Charlotte Region"? You get my point. We've been blessed by the body here and we rejoice that many of you will be part of our team moving forward- and our moving team! Thanks in advance for helping with the piano. 

The coming months will be full of God-sized adventure. Training classes (at least the water technologies) run from our moving weekend through the beginning of May. We'll be all over {NC, GA, SC, PA, FL, TX- all possible stops on our tour!}sharing our work with Equip and the work of many folks on the field and how you can equip us and yourself to be a part of the Gospel work all over the globe. Kyle will be headed to Kenya for the better part of July. Yeah, it's gonna be a wild ride, but one we are excited about and leaning hard on God to provide for every step.

Here are a few things that you can post on the refrigerator for us...

Prayer needs:

• Sanity as we move

• Hearts full of faith in God's provision

• Smooth transition for Millie to new surroundings

• Supporters to already have their hearts softened to join us as partners financially

 Please send any questions or comments or information to join our mailing lists to internationalhoovers(at)gmail(dot)com and look for a brand new website in the coming months.

Thanks for going on this journey with us.

In Christ Alone,
Kyle, Jessica and Millie Grace Hoover

Fully Convinced

Hi folks,

Sorry for the silence. There is so much to share, but I'll keep this one brief because some of the details of the future are coming together, but aren't quite firm enough to tell the world. Let's just say that God is at work and by His grace we hope to be actively moving in the direction of where He is calling us in the very near future. I don't mean to be vague. I just mean to ask for your prayers in the mean time as we seek God's lead and provision.

Kyle attended a support raising boot camp last weekend in Arkansas. He came back with his eyes opened and inspired in a new way as to how to see God's provision through His Body for those of us in full-time supported ministry. We are eager to share this with so many of you face to face in the very near future. That is really exciting stuff. I hope you see that as exciting too and that God would move in your heart as our community to join this journey of faith.

So would you pray for us right now? Right this second please, stop and pray that God would provide so that we can move into active ministry sooner rather than later?

This morning I was reading in Romans. Romans 4 to be specific and I think I've found a verse that our family is going to claim during this season.

"No unbelief made him (Abraham) waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised."(Romans 4:20-21)

God is faithful and I know that He is going to provide. We want to walk forward into what God is doing "fully convinced" as the passage says that God is going to fulfill His promises. I hope that you are experiencing this in your own life no matter what the season is. Old Punxsutawney Phil says that the winter is about to be over. I know that my family could use some Spring both in our front yard and in our hearts. A heart fixed on Christ is full of hope and that is what Spring is all about. 

We can't wait to share more, but for now please pray. Pray big things for us. He is faithful. He WILL surely do it. 

Love,
Jessica (Kyle and Millie too!)