Ministry Update # 6

Welcome back to the Ministry Update! 

We have been busy bees!  3 VBS's, hosting a short term missions team, and prepping for baby number 2!  Its been crazy to say the least, but we have seen God moving and shaking out here in the hearts of kids and in our own hearts.   We are looking forward to sharing more with you soon! 

Thanks for praying and being a part of the team! 

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Ministry Update # 6

Ministry Update # 5

Hello!

Welcome back to another glorious day! 

We have another video for you to enjoy over on our YouTube Channel! 

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Ministry Update # 5

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Ministry Update # 4

Hello!

I hope you are having a fantastic week! 

We were away at a conference this past week so we weren't able to make a video.

Could you be in prayer about my computer! It was sent away to get repairs over the week of conference and it scheduled to get back soon!  Pray it is all fixed! 

Thanks! 

Here is a link to the video

https://youtu.be/4SAwUNdA3Z0

Ministry Update # 3

Hello!

It is ministry update time! This time around it is a family update!  I hope you guys enjoy it.  There are some super cute videos of Piper.  We will get into more of how we are doing in another video.  We really wanted to high light the big change in our that is Piper!  She is growing into a wonderful little lady and we can't be more proud of her.  In the video you will see her first roll over and her first high five (at the end of the video).  They are adorable! 

Our plan is to do a weekly video from here on out to catch you guys up and keep you guys up to speed.   I'm hoping you don't feel spammed by us and that you are getting a picture of the ministry you all are a part of! 

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at Matthew.Annanie@cadence.org

I hope you enjoy the video. (The production value will increase, the more videos come out) 

Matthew

Hello!

Ministry Update # 2  is here. 

We are posting to YouTube again.  Here is the link the video.

Hope you enjoy!

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Ministry Update #1

Hello!

I just wanted to apologize for the lack of communications coming from us. We plan to get better and this is the start of that. We are going to be doing our updates in video, so you can see us and the ministry that is going on.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me at Matthew.Annanie@cadence.org

I hope you enjoy the video. (The production value will increase, the more videos come out) 

https://youtu.be/K_iaBNOqesk

Matthew

Cambodia

The team, along with some of children from the village

The CSM staff take their students and their families on a mission trip annually. This past December, Matthew and I joined them to see if families from our ministry could join in future trips. Although this was our main goal in going on the trip, God had much more in store for us than simply figuring out if family mission trips would work well for us in Cambodia.

Matthew playing freeze tag.

While in Cambodia, we ran a VBS with almost 100 kids in attendance. I, along with a middle schooler, lead one of four groups of children around to each of their stations: crafts, teaching, games and English. Matthew helped run the game station with some of the students from youth group. At the end of each day and after feeding them lunch, we played hand games, painted nails, braided hair, had photo shoots, swung kids in the air and just loved on them.

Some of Sarah's group.

Day two is when I realized these children just wanted to give love and receive love from us. My van was a little late on this day because we had to stop for ice for our water coolers on the way to the village. Once we pulled up, I saw the large crowd of children hanging all over our team, some were playing hand games and some were just squeezing tightly to their new found friends. As I made my way to crowd, one of the little ladies (She is in the middle of the top row in the picture to the right) from my group grabbed my hand and pulled me away from everyone. I was not expecting her to take off her gold bracelet and gift it to me. I was speechless, delighted, amazed, shocked… completely humbled. She lives in a one walled, grass hut, with next to nothing and she is giving me one of her very own treasures. At first, I struggled taking her bracelet. I couldn’t help but think she could get in trouble for giving it to me. Then I realized it’s not just about giving to these people, but allowing them to give love back to us--however they wanted to show it.

I also enjoyed their love for nature. Each day, the kids would make flower bouquets for us ladies, (tied together with whatever plastic string they could find), put flowers in our hair and some even made flower headbands. Again, they just wanted to give their love. And that’s exactly what I felt.

Playing games after lunch.

As Sarah has mentioned above, this trip definitely had something more in store for us!  While on the trip, the Lord brought to my attention of how short of time we have with people.  We spent 4 days in the new village.  4 days.  We had to pour as much as we could into each moment.  This made me realize how little I do that in my day to day life. Sure, I do it well when I have to, but I don’t pour myself out like I should; I’m actually quite reserved in that regard.  It has made me realize how complacent I have become.  With that realization, I have picked a word to define my new year.  Intentionality.  I want to be more intentional with my time in everything I do.  So feel free to ask me about it any time you think of us!  I’m always only a Facebook or email away from anyone.

      

We are planning to return to this village in June and are inviting some of our families from ministry to join us. We will be gone for 10 days this time around and are looking forward to seeing the kids again, as well as, leading families on a mission trip together. We are confident this mission trip will bring families closer to each other as they pursue Christ together and serve together. It’s going to be an exciting time for them and for us.