Much has happened in the last two months since we left Arkansas, and we will now begin to update you on what this new chapter of our lives look like in the land of misty rain that flows with coffee.

We want to ask you to pray with us for the next seven days.  Forty existing and future church planters have gathered in to Tacoma for seven days of experiential learning about what it means to embody the gospel in our cities, and to see churches planted as a result.

In addition to church planters from around the States, men and women are here from Canada, Australia, Russia, Latvia, Denmark & Slovakia.

Please join us especially in praying for our dear friends who will be living and learning with us:

Jano Máhrik – a long time buddy of mine with whom I started a band when I was fourteen. God is using Jano to lead one of the largest youth groups in Slovakia, and has called him to plant a church within the next two years.  God has already given him a team of five other couples who are joining both him and his wife.

Jozef and Camilla Jaroščiak – Jozef is a high-school classmate of mine who was graciously pursued and transformed by Jesus right before I left Slovakia seven years ago.  He is now married to his amazing Danish wife Camilla, and they both serve as teachers at a Bible School in Mariager, Denmark, and are pursuing next steps in their journey.

Pray with us that these seven days of equipping would bear fruit specifically in Slovakia and Eastern Europe, and that our friends might be encouraged as they continue to make disciples and lead in their churches.

Thank you family!  We are glad that God has intertwined our stories together,

Dawson and Laurel,

and baby girl who is quite animated these days and ready to join us in less than three months!