ACCEPTANCE!!!!

Hello everyone! It is with great joy that we are able to say we have received our acceptance letter from Iris Ministries to go to Harvest School 17! It is an amazing thing every time the Lord shows His faithfulness. We just feel compelled to share a little of the testimony of how we came to the decision of going to Africa in the first place.  Almost a year ago Lydia and I got married (Hooray! It's been a wonderful first year) and after a few months I began feeling a shift in my own heart. I (Jordan) know I have a calling and gift for worship but at the same time I began feeling my heart being pulled another direction. I went through a time of questioning what will come first, the worship ministry or the missionary journeys? (I feel like perhaps the missionary travels will put a fire and passion into the music more than I have ever known before.) I also know Lydia and I have a strong call for discipleship and raising up young leaders...this will all tie in together somehow as God reveals the picture to us.

Sometime in late November/early December God spoke to me for a week straight about going to Africa and He showed me the orphans, I had no idea that we would be going with Iris at first. I put the word away thinking it was for a later time. In early January, Lydia and I started looking at different schools for ministry and the first ones that we looked at didn't feel right and Lydia had a definite "no", but when we came across the Iris School of Missions something "clicked" inside us and we knew it was right. A month later we moved out of our apartment and moved in with Lydia's grandma to save money. God continued to confirm His word to us over the next few months until we applied on June 1st. Then we waited...we checked our email everyday waiting on the response, and today it came! It is truly an honor to be chosen for this school. There are about 300 spots open and thousands from across the world have applied.

Lydia and I want to express our gratitude to God for allowing us this amazing opportunity to learn from the "least of these". We also want to thank everyone who has supported us so far in this journey, your love and obedience astounds us. We are forever grateful. There is still much to be done on our end (vaccinations, plane tickets, visa, luggage costs, tuition, etc.) and any help is much appreciated. No amount of help is too great or small. We ask that you would consider us in your giving. All checks should be made out to:


River of Life Church
c/o Jordan and Lydia
P.O. Box 66
Huntingburg, IN 47546

We thank you and we pray that God would "bless your socks off"!

Much love and peace to you all in Christ!


P.S. We are also selling brats at Rural King July 7th from 10am to 2pm so come eat good food!