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Gibbons 2016 Christmas Update
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Merry Christmas

We praise the Lord for you and your generosity to the work of His dear Son this Christmas season. We hope you have a wonderful time celebrating the birth of Jesus. May we work together this Christmas and into the New Year to show Him the glory due His name! 

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We welcome two new churches to our support team!

-Vacaville Bible Church, Vacaville, CA

-Northwest Valley Baptist Church, Glendale, AZ

This brings us up to 92%!

Merry Christmas from the Gibbons Family! 

We are amazed at God’s provision! Thank you for all of your financial support and prayer support this year! October and November were very busy months with meetings in Queens, NY, Mechanicsburg, PA, Statesville, Creedmoor, Apex, NC and one in Greenville, SC. The Lord has increased our support to 92%! We are so thankful for the new churches He has led to partner with us. As the end of the year approaches the reality that in the next few months we will be moving to England has set in. We are excited and encouraged that the end of our deputation time is in sight and the beginning of our ministry in England is just around the corner. We know, however, that there a three more hurdles that we asking our Lord to remove before we can begin our transition. Please pray with us about the provision for our outfit and passage, our remaining support and the completion of GFA sponsorship process. 

Setup Fund

We Praise the Lord for Cornerstone Baptist Church in Greenville, SC and Northwest Valley Baptist Church who gave very generously towards our setup fund. The Lord has used their generosity to meet the needs both for our Visas and our airfare for flying over to England. Now we have moved our focus to the costs for setting up our home. This includes the first month of rent, security deposits for rent and utilities, preliminary taxes and fees, purchasing mattresses and linens, furniture, kitchen needs etc… We estimate this to costs us around $12,000. We need your help! After we meet this goal we then raise the needed money for our vehicles and the shipping costs of the few things we will ship over. Would you consider helping us meet this need?

Finished:
-Visas, Application Fees, Healthcare Surcharges - $10,250
-Airfare- 4,000


Remaining:
- Home Setup- $12,000
-Vehicle(s) - $25,000
- Shipping costs - $2000

Visa Process

Thank you for praying with us concerning our visa process. It is a bit complicated, but one of our coworkers explained it very simply to me. This is a 3-step legal process. Step one is to establish GFA as an organization in the UK; praise the Lord this has been finished! Step two is to enlist GFA as a charitable organization with the UK Charity Commission; this step is nearly accomplished. Finally, step three is to register GFA with the UK Border Agency so that they can sponsor Foreign Religious Workers, (ie…missionaries). Please continue to pray with us that the Lord would allow this process to progress smoothly. Originally we had hoped that this task would be finished by December; now it is more likely to be finished sometime in early 2017. 

Praises

We praise and thank the Lord:

  • For the two new churches who have partnered with us.
  • For the tremendous meetings we have had the past two months.
  • For the amazing men and women of God that we have met and have the opportunity to serve alongside.
  • For progress in our setup fund. 
  • For good health and safety as we have travelled


Prayer Requests

Please Pray:

  • For the completion of our setup fund. 
  • For sponsorship process to continue smoothly.
  • For the remainder of our monthly support. 
  • For rest for our family and progress in packing/d and preparing for our move.
  • For the transition for our family to a new place and our reception in England. 

 
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