News from the Dyars...

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Greetings from beautiful Northern California!
wow! What a month! Claire and Josh are now Mr. and Mrs. Smith. And yes, we think of the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie movie, too. That’s the good news. The not so good is that they’ve been stuck here in Redding thanks to the endless miles of red tape our government generates. Josh is British and, even though he’s married to an American citizen, getting his residency has been a months long effort and they’re not done yet.The better news is they got word today that Josh will have permission to leave the country no later than Thursday. Remarkable Father we have! He can move even the US government!
Mark’s shoulder is improving, slowly but steadily. At this point it looks like surgery will be avoided. Praise God! We would ask that you continue to pray for complete (and accelerated) healing.
KENYA
Well, plans have changed again. You might remember that Mark and Julie were supposed to go to Mozambique with another ministry and Mark was going to “piggyback” the trip to Kenya on to that trip. However, there have been some developments with I Reach Africa that have delayed their plans for 12 to 18 months. We can’t give details but we do ask that you would pray for Tracy and her staff. They need favor with the government and a hedge of protection. But again, Jesus has this! Airfares are cheap right now and this change will add very little to the cost of the upcoming Kenya trip.
ABOUT THE TRIP
Pastor Gordon has been hard at work and it’s coming together wonderfully. Five meetings with both rural and urban pastors and leaders. What an honor! Our hope is that Father will use Mark to bring cultural changes in the church and radical changes in hearts. 
God has given Mark three topics to share: Friendship-Love Manifest, Spiritual Fatherhood, and A Bride fit for the King. Mark will be leaving September 13 and returning October 3.
Here is a quick breakdown of needs for the September trip:
$1,000 - Airfare
$1,200 - Car Rental
$1,050 - Mark’s Room & Board
$400 - Manuals
$300 - Gas for Extra Travel
$250 - Portable Sound System

That’s a total of $4200 needed in the immediate foreseeable future.

In addition to these needs, we would also like to raise another $1,000 to help some of the less fortunate people with their accomodations. 
Thanks for your radical generosity and your heart for the least and the lost!
Yours for the Kingdom,


Mark and Julie

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