Planting Wales... March

I wanted to take a few minutes to update you on how everything is progressing towards my journey to Wales, and give you some updated information on how to donate.

As a quick reminder, I will be traveling to Wales in January 2012 to work with Bryan and Misty Elliott, through Assembly of God World Missions, to plant churches in the capital city, Cardiff. The Elliotts are quite close to leaving for Wales, and are very excited. God has been faithful in providing their support!

As for me, God has also been faithful in beginning my support! I will need a budget of $1,600 a month and a start-up cash budget of $3,700. That’s a total of $21,300 for the whole year. I now have monthly pledges adding up to $2,760! I’m over 12% of the way there.

I can receive monthly support from now until the end of 2012. If 37 people started supporting me in April of this year at $25 a month, and continued until December of 2012 that would completely cover all of the costs!..I ask that you would prayerfully consider joining me in the God given mandate to spread the gospel to all nations.

If you would like to support me with a tax deductable, monthly or a one-time donation there are two ways you can do it: online or my mail… Please follow all of these easy steps:

Online:

• E-mail me at: paulcook88@gmail.com to let me know whether this will be a one-time donation or monthly commitment. If it is a monthly commitment please indicate how long you plan on sending in support.

• Click Here! Or click on the “Partner With Paul” link at the top of the page to donate.

• You can make a one-time donation from the site, or fill out a form to have donations automatically sent from your bank account if you would like to do a monthly commitment.

By Mail:

• Send in your commitment form to me at: 2400 Greenbriar Dr. Apt. D, Manhattan, KS 66502. Please indicate whether this is a one-time donation or monthly commitment. If it is monthly commitment please indicate how long you plan on sending in support.

• Write a check to: “AGWM” With “Paul Cook 458631-9” in the memo line.

• Send your check to the Assembly of God World Missions headquarters at:

AGWM-PFL

1445 N. Boonville Ave.

Springfield, MO 65802

If you have any questions about making a donation please e-mail me and let me know!

Thank you for your partnership in sharing the gospel to the people of Wales. Please remember to pray for our ministry in Wales.

Prayer Needs:

• The Elliotts. Their last step is selling their house.

• The Church in Wales.

• Open hearts to the Gospel.

• The anointing of the Holy Spirit on our lives as we minister.

Thanks

It's easy to have faith in Jesus when life is going your way, but the moment something "bad" happens that's typically when our faith goes down the toilet...However, those "bad" moments are the ones that have the most opportunity to witness, and it tests how much faith you really have.

I'll be honest here, my budget it pretty tight as of late. I have enough money to pay all my bills, eat, and get by just fine, but anything more than that and I'm out of money pretty fast.... I recently started taking online classes through Global University to become a Certified Minister. To take the first 3 classes it cost $250, so I went ahead and paid for those a few weeks ago. I knew I would probably have enough money to get by to my next pay check.....Then a few days later, I got a toothache!...Eish man... I knew I had a cavity and I honestly haven't been to a dentist in about 7 years. Not because I didn't want to go (which I don't), but because I haven't had any dental insurance for that time. Regardless, my tooth was aching and I knew I had to get it fixed.... I finally got into a dentist, and the bill hurt a lot more than the cleaning did. At first they were explaining to me how much it cost for a first-time visit for a new patient. They were throwing out numbers like $345! Thankfully, they got it down to $230. They only charged me for a regular cleaning and even did some things for free. It turns out I have 2 cavities that need fixed and will cost an additional $375...

In this situation I could easily get angry at God about not having extra money to pay for all of this or be angry because I got two cavities, but I'm choosing to be thankful that I'll probably have just enough money to cover it!....I just checked my online banking, and it doesn't look pretty, but I still have enough to survive to my next pay check. I also had the opportunity to make some extra cash this last Saturday doing yard work for a friend....God is good.

I'm not trying to come off as holier-than-thou here at all! It's still a struggle. My faith is not where I want it to be, and there are many times when I really just don't feel it, ya know. . . But like I said, I'm choosing to be thankful. We all have the choice to be thankful or not in those "bad times" that come along in life.

Even though it doesn't make sense (in our way of thinking) to be thankful in this situation, I'm going to be.... God is so awesome, He's got everything under control! I don't know exactly how I'm going to be able to pay for everything coming along in the near future, I still need to find a summer job, I still have a ton of money to raise to go to Wales; but, I don't need to worry about it... I still worry some and God still has a lot to do in my life, but I know He's going to take care of me.

So all I have left to say is . . .

Thanks.