Missions Update: It's Application Time!

We are so excited to finally have a missions update!We have finally reached a point where we can start the next step with our missions board, World Venture.  For the past year and a half, Leah has been working towards completing the Bible education requirements needed to begin the formal application and by the end of the summer she will be done with the first 15 credits.  So, we have just received the formal application for long term missions!

Here's the game plan for the next 6 months:  We have a lot of paperwork ahead of us!  All of our application is due to World Venture by the end of September.  Once they receive our paperwork, a committee will review it and if approved we will head to their headquarters, in Colorado, in early December.  While in Colorado, we will be interviewed for Appointment from our mission board.

Currently, we are considering serving street boys in Senegal (Northwest Africa).  We had lunch, this week, with a missionary couple that serve in Senegal and we were very encouraged by their advice and kind words.

We would appreciate your prayers over the next 6 months! 
Here is specifically how you can pray:
-Please pray for us as we complete the application
-Please pray for us as we take a course called "Perspectives in World Missions."  This runs July-October
-Praise: Leah is off work for the summer since she is a teacher.  This will allow us to focus more on school work and the application.
-Please pray that our house will sell.  We've had it on the market for the past year and a half. 
-Please pray that God will give us clear direction as to where He will have us serve Him.

Thank you for supporting us through this process.

Daryl, Leah, Gabriel, Eden, and Silas Burnette