Ten Talents International Blog

We had the pleasure of spending Sunday morning, September 16th, with the congregation of Grace Community Church in Woodland, WA. (http://www.woodlandgrace.com/) Thank you to our home church of Bethel for keeping us in your prayers- we had a very blessed time with Grace! Mike was able to share with their 3 morning services a brief history of Ten Talents Int. and where God is leading us in the future. They responded very positively and were very generous in giving to the ministry. We look forward to building a long term partnership with the great people at Grace, and their wonderful pastors. If you are in the Woodland area & not in a church, you must check out Grace Community Church!

We thank you, everyone, for your continued prayers for Ten Talents International, and our family. Please continue to pray for God's provision, for his leading, for more opportunities to share, and more supporters. Please pray for the funds that are still needed for the van for ERM, and of course the House of Innocence.

God is Good!
Lisa

God is good!

We had a wonderful time at our banquet on September 9th. It was so much fun! We loved seeing everyone who was there & being able to come together to kick off taking Ten Talents International to the next level. And I even survived talking in front of everyone! ;) We had about 75 people there and we were very blessed by everyone's support. I would like to say thank you to:

• The Empress Palace- Rob & Becky Neuschwander, Anja Shoun, and your whole crew! Thank you for giving of yourselves & your facility because you believe in us & Ten Talents International. The Empress took care of just about everything- from invitations to decorations, to food, to clean up. You are awesome! We love you guys! http://www.empresspalace.com/
• Shawn & Natasha Lewis- Here is a couple who has been given amazing talents & loves Jesus! You & your band were fantastic & we so appreciated you giving of your time & talents for this night. And thank you for being sensitive to God's leading & writing the song "Water in the Desert" (aka "I Let Go"). It still speaks to my heart intensely. Shawn has a song on the Glory Revealed CD (I believe they are on a short tour right now) http://www.gloryrevealed.com/ and his band is Hyper Static Union http://www.hyperstaticunion.com/music.php or http://www.myspace.com/hyperstaticunion
• A Clear Image Photography- Thank you Davina for taking our photos (and enduring the very distractable state of Nate). And for taking the photos Julie McComb took in Rwanda & making some wonderful posters/prints for us. Davina is a sweetheart as well as being a great photographer. You can see more at: http://www.aciphoto.com/
• Emmanuel & Francoise Sitaki of Evangelical Revival Ministries (http://www.ermrwanda.org/) for coming & sharing with us. We look forward to partnering with you for many years to come.
• Bryan & Laura Davenport (our pastors at Bethel Church- http://www.experiencebethel.com/). Thank you for being there for us all the time. You are very important people in our lives.
• Everyone who made time in your lives to come to the banquet or donated in lieu of attending. Thank you for your support & standing (and sitting) with us. :) I hope you all had as much fun as we did!

**There were a lot of links up there, but now if you want more info you can follow those links.**

We did take an offering that night and collected Faith Promise cards for those who wanted to give to the ministry. The offering was specifically for purchasing a van for ERM for them to use as a taxi, so older orphans can earn money to support themselves. The van cost is $10,000 (US) and we brought in $2400, so that is a great start. In Faith Promises we also received $1500 in new monthly pledges. Praise God as He moves the ministry forward- it's all about Him, we just say OK God!

God Bless You!

Lisa McColm