Thanks for your prayers last weekend! We had a terrific time at the Progressive Dinner. We’re so grateful for Rene and Kathy Padilla and West Hills Presbyterian. In bygone years the group would have divided up into smaller groups for dessert. This year the whole gang came over to the Perrys. About half the people in the picture are GFM connected and the other half are undergraduate InterVarsity staff and students. I’m so blessed by my teammates Will Chu and Megan and Adam Leong.

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Thanks so much to all my readers who are getting their year-end giving sent. As you can imagine, December is a big month. We are always hugely blessed and usually head into January on the positive side of the ledger. Thanks so much for your prayers and generosity. As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, this fiscal year I have a big hill to climb, but my supervisor has helped me get set up in an MPD cohort for the months of January and February. MPD is Ministry Partner Development – finding prayer partners, ministry volunteers and financial supporters. Provided my current donors sustain their levels of support, my goal is to find as close to $20K in new, repeating dollars as I possible can. More on that challenge later!

I hope you are enjoying a terrific Advent season. If you’re not already aware of it, I highly recommend the BIOLA Advent Project for daily art, music, scripture and devotional thoughts. This year the project is situated in the book of Isaiah, the “Fifth Gospel”. May you enjoy some moments of much needed reflection and personal worship in the midst of the busyness this month always brings. May the Lord Jesus help us this season to receive with humility and give with sacrificial generosity! Be blessed y’all!

PS. Please do let me know (LMK) your support plans for the coming year – it’s super helpful for my planning! Just reply the text message you received this post in, OR swat me a quick email. Thanks!