I want to thank all of you who helped Churches Together in 2008. God used you to help us:
- Encourage several emerging partnerships between North American (NA) & African Churches;
- Challenge many NA Pastors/Churches to “get in the game”;
- To coach Churches so that their partnerships will be truly transformational;
- Move from being 2 branches of Churches Together (African & NA) to one united Kingdom partnership
- Form growing relationships with several strategic/gifted African leaders
- Participate in the Watoto Conference in Kampala, Uganda in September … where we connected with 153 African Churches seeking partnerships with NA Churches
- Meet, challenge, and encourage several NA Pastors/Churches who are good candidates for beginning partnerships with African Churches in 2009
With God’s grace, great medical care, and your loving support, we survived huge physical challenges (I, Robert, had coronary bypass surgery in July and my wife, Debora, was diagnosed with breast cancer the following week). In fact, we’ve not only survived, but our Family and Churches Together have actually made significant progress in 2008:
- Our family has moved forward in adopting two more precious children: A 6-yr old little girl (Kidist) and her 10-yr old brother (Yeabtsega) from Ethiopia. We hope to bring them home June, 2009.
- Churches Together overcame some huge challenges during this year and yet we are stronger and have a multitude of Kingdom-possibilities before us! I’m very excited about what God will use us to accomplish in 2009!
But we can’t do it alone! We need YOU! We must see Christ-followers and Churches working TOGETHER!
Thankful for 2008 — Excited about 2009!
Robert
