Agony of Defeat!

Have you ever watched The Olympics or other great sporting events where they will show athletes in the best and worst moments and declare, "The joy of victory and the agony of defeat." Well today those words ring in my ears.

As a family, we know we are right where we are supposed to be. We know God has sent us here. Since moving here a year and a half ago we have experienced both the joy of victory and the agony of defeat on so many different levels. There have been many times where we have been hours away from walking away and getting out of here. But we know that is not what God wants us to do. We know there is hope because if God is for us, then we have the power in Jesus name to fight whoever is against us.

So today we are asking for your help! First, will you pray for us and with us? Every day we send out an email with one small prayer request for the day. You can sign up by sending us an email at remerge@hotmail.com. It's easy, simple and can really help make a difference!

Second, we have some immediate needs that we are asking our supporters to pray about helping with.

1: Our minivan broke down last week, our transmission went out and the repair cost is $1,600. We do not have the money to pay for this at this time. This is our only working vehicle and our family needs this transportation.
2. Jeff goes in for surgery on his neck tomorrow, this is an injury sustained in his accident last August. We have put it off as long as physically possible. Please pray for the surgery, the doctor performing the procedure and a quick recovery.
3. Jeff has been self-employed since we moved to Miami. He has been doing furniture moving, delivery and assembly. We have had the opportunity to take this business to another level. Jeff has had 2 furniture stores in the area contact him about contracting with them to do their furniture assembly and delivery. The opportunity is there for sure, we have to purchase another moving van to do this, plus a few other necessary start up costs. We figure that we need $1,750 to get going. Under normal circumstances this would not be an issue but with the surgery, Jeff will be off of work for a Few weeks and being self employed, he does not have vacation time or short term disability to fall back in. The great thing about what Jeff is doing is it provides work for some of the homeless men that we meet. Many of these men want to work but because of their history with drugs, many cant get hired. We are building relationships with these guys and lives are being changed! Please pray that God will provide the money needed for us to get this to the next level.
4. Please pray for the companies that Wendy works for. Pray that business will increase and that they will be blessed by God. Wendy has only worked 4 events since the first of the year. This is about 1/3 of the work we were told to expect. Please pray that it increases.
5. Please pray for our families living expenses while Jeff is out with surgery. Pray that God will provide all that we need!
6. Pray for the school that Hannah and Rachael go to. Pray God uses them to show his love to kids who don't know him and are hurting. Their school is very small and I am amazed by all the pain I see.  So many kids who don't know how much God loves them. Please pray that God provides so that we can continue to send our girls with extra lunches so that those without have something and can experience Gods love for them in tangible ways!
7. Please pray that God provides us with a new desktop and laptop. We need both to be operational and both of ours have gone down in the last few weeks!

We can't tell you how much your prayers and support mean to us!