Carried to Completion (August 2011): Greetings from Music City!

Greetings from Music City!

How are you? I pray all is well with you, your family, and loved ones. 

 We are doing great and loving Nashville more and more. I feel like we are starting to feel settled. 

 We are meeting some amazing people and have gotten to somewhat of a routine. So much has been going since school has started. 

 We are grateful for all the open doors that God has been giving us. We really couldn’t be any happier. 

Here is an update on God's faithfulness in the month of August as we reach out to our next generation.

RUSH MIDDLE SCHOOL

 The middle school service has been growing rapidly. It has been an absolute blast working with our students in middle school.

 We have been incorporating worship, and it’s been great seeing them singing praises and worshiping God.

Also, it’s really neat to see the relationships that are being built. 

 One kid named Dorian looks forward to seeing his friends every Sunday. He says "They are like my brothers."

They always have their arms around each other. It is absolutely adorable.

VOLUNTEER RETREAT

 We had a great opportunity to going to a friends lake house and stayed overnight. It was fun fellowshipping and going over what has been going on with our youth.

 We couldn’t do what we are doing without a great team. So blessed to be surrounded with leaders who are really passionate about the next generation.

 GIRLS PHOTO SHOOT

A couple of girls Reagan Stovenour and Valerie Tewell who both attend RUSH had a desire to do a photo shoot for the young ladies. They had the heart to dedicate a day celebrating beauty.

Valerie loves doing make-up and Reagan really loves photography. 

 They had mentioned doing something like that at camp, and it was great for the girls to have that time. Again, the friendships that are being established is one of our greatest joys.

 People who never met before we started RUSH are now building genuine Christ-Centered friendships.

5TH QUARTER

 We had a soft launch of an outreach we call 5th Quarter. We wanted to give students a safe place to come after the football games on Friday nights.

 It was a success and we look forward to building on it. The parents are excited about this and are looking for more ways to get involved.

 WOMEN’S PRAYER WALK AND BREAKFAST

A couple of the women who work at RUSH decided to get together and have a prayer walk. It was a huge success and they are planning on doing it every month.

The students are really blessed to have these ladies going out of their way to pray for them and desire to be more Christ in the way that they lead.

Please continue to pray for this group and that more women volunteers will be able to join this monthly prayer breakfast.

 PHILIPPINE LEGENDS TOUR

I had the great privilege of traveling to Memphis and play with some PBA (Philippine Basketball League) Legends. We are able to conduct a basketball clinic and play an exhibition game against a select team from the Memphis area.

 It was so much fun to see all the Filipinos. It was like we were in Manila.

RUSH (High School)

 RUSH Sunday evenings is growing and growing. We just finished a series called '3-D.'

We wanted to revisit our core values. Devotion, Diversity, and Discipleship.

We couldn’t be happier where things are going. God has been answering our prayers.

 We prayed to have a worship leader who was anointed and had a pure heart of worship. Praise God we have one now.

Her name is Kelsie Saison and she is a freshman at Belmont University. Her parents, John and Jan Saison, were missionaries to the Philippines and are now based in Nashville.

 We have been incorporating praise and worship the last month, and it has really brought us to another level. It brings us so much joy, to see our youth singing and worshipping God with all of their hearts.

 God is bringing more leaders, and you can feel and sense the joy on the hearts of the students.


WATER BAPTISMS
This brings the most joy to us.  There is nothing more beautiful when we see our youth make a public declaration that Jesus Christ is their Lord and Savior.

We had our first water baptisms and we had 5 of our youth get baptized and surrendered their hearts to the Lord.  PRAISE GOD for changed lives!!!


FRIENDS VISITING
 On a personal side, we have had a some of our great friends to come visit.

 Jennifer Powell, Miro Bruan, Trisha Ingram, and Lamont Waters have all come. So glad to be able to show them and allow them to experience Nashville and seeing what God is doing here. 

 Our friend Trisha loved it so much, she is moving here next month. She is moving from San Diego. Yeah, you read it right, beautiful San Diego.

Only God could do something like that. 

 God is on the move in Nashville and we are so grateful to be here. Thank you that you never cease to joyfully be a part of this journey.


 PRAY FOR US
We are here in Nebraska visiting our parents as well as raising support. We will be on the road in the next couple of weeks believing for God's provision as we reach the next generation in Nashville, TN.

We are in the middle of re-building our partnership team as we urgently need to raise a minimum of $1500 of monthly support by December of this year.

 Please pray about joining our monthly partnership team. If you would like to know more about what we are doing here in Nashville, we would love to meet with you. If you would like to know ways where you can be a part of the team, please click here.


LET'S CONNECT
Please let us know how we can be praying for you specifically. We cannot do this without you. It brings us so much joy when we hear from you!


We love you, 
Robert and Samantha