Family Update:
     2019 began with quiet calm as we looked forward to the adventure of this new year. Missi’s new job at Banner Health in Greeley, CO was going as expected. Caleb is working towards graduating high school and preparing for college as he works as a barista. We believe he’ll be attending Front Range Community College in the fall. Isabel is in her Junior year and doing well. Still no driver’s license though! Lily is in the fourth grade and working hard to master everything she touches. Sam is a fun-loving kid who is all boy! All in all, our family is adjusting to our northern Colorado home.

Church Planting Update:
     Before we left Mississippi, we were given some of the best advice that I think anyone has ever given to us. One of Missi’s patients, a former pastor, said we should “adjust your expectations.” He meant that things would not be exactly the way we thought they would be. And boy was he right! We’ve spent over 9 years preparing for this ministry. In truth, we’ve spent a lifetime being equipped to start a church. We’ve had to adjust to what God was doing here. When we got to the mission field, we learned of places that had not church at all - of any denomination or religion. Can you believe it?! Towns like Nunn and Carr have no organized church. Dotted across the Front Range you’ll find thousands of families who are not connected to the Church or to Christ. The field that God is giving us is ripe unto harvest!
   
     We’ve been volunteering at a food pantry in Nunn. Each week a group of people from several churches in the area get together to feed the hungry. It has been incredible to join the work. I’ve met so many people who are not connected to God’s Kingdom. But as I’ve observed the community I have realized that a church in Nunn would fall short of our target. So our scope has been widened to include more communities that are just like Nunn, all along the front range. We are going to engage the communities of Carr, Grover, and Pierce as well as Nunn. All of these communities are within about 20 miles of each other on a vast open range of prairie grass, prairie dogs, pronghorn antelope, and ranches, farms, and unnamed communities. By-in-large there are thousands of people in these areas, combined, who may not be connected to the Body of Christ in any way.
   
      This summer (July) we are planning to have backyard Bible clubs in the community park at Nunn. We will advertise in the surrounding communities. Our hope is to make lasting connections with families through Bible clubs. It should be great! So if you have any current Bible school materials that you could donate we’d be grateful if you’d send it our way! We are also planning prayer walks in the target communities throughout the summer.
   
      Jesus said, “All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20

     Our hope is to see the Front Range of Northern Colorado come to a thriving and vibrant faith in Jesus Christ, one that is alive because of the redeeming work of our Savior on the cross. We have been given a great opportunity to share the love of Jesus to our neighbors. And we take it seriously. We thank you for sharing this journey with us. Because of your faithful prayers and support we have been sustained and press on towards the prize that God has laid before us.

 In Christ,
 The Perrys