God is so amazing! Right now I have all of my monthly support and cash raised and am ready to go to Paris. I am waiting for my Visa to arrive and then I can book my flight and get over there.

The Visa process is interesting. I had to actually go to Los Angeles for a meeting with the French Consulate. It was very intimidating, but ended up not being as bad as I thought it would be. I was one document short but was able to mail it to them and now (fingers crossed) it’s being processed and I should have it sometime within the next week. My goal is to leave for Paris sometime on or around the 10th of December.

I am really glad that I got to spend Thanksgiving with my family before I head out. I am a little bummed to not be around for Christmas, but moving to France has been such a long time coming that I am ready to go and I think my family is pretty understanding. I am glad to know that I have friends and colleagues in France who will welcome me and make me feel like I am with family for Christmas.

I have decided on a Language School and I am all registered to start classes on Jan. 4. I am looking forward to this and dreading it all at the same time. I know I need to learn the language and I know that God will give me the strength.

So, that’s the news today. I will post more as I know more as far as departure dates and I’ll be sure to keep you updated when I arrive in France.

Thank you all for your prayers and support over the past two years. It’s been a really long journey and I have learned so much and I would not be ready for the next step if I did not have your support.

Have a blessed holiday season!!

Well, I’ve been delayed a little bit, but I am still on my way.  It looks like I will be able to move to France in mid-November.  I still have a long way to go in my support raising so, of course, I can still really use your prayers! 

God is (as usual) teaching me something.  I have been given a deadline to raise my support of the end of October.  This scares me just a bit because I still have a lot to raise and it’s been a hard road so far.  Every once in a while I am overwhelmed by fear and doubt and really wondering if it will happen… but here is the good news:  GOD IS IN CONTROL! 

Yesterday I read a passage in Numbers 23 and it said, “does He speak and then not act?  does He promise and then not fulfill?”  God is so faithful.  God has called me to go and work in France and God has promised to give me a ministry in France.  He keeps His promises.  He is faithful!  Sometimes the storm is still raging around me and the enemy is still trying to poke his way into my thoughts but God is in control.  God calms the storm and His voice overpowers the voice of the enemy. 

God has a purpose for me in France and I am so excited to get there and do all that He wants me to do.  I know it will happen soon.  Thank you for your prayers and support and for believing with me in the promises of God.

Friends, I really need your prayers.  I don’t know that I am completely discouraged, but I think I am at a bit of a loss.  I have been working hard to raise the support needed to get to France and it’s just a really hard time right now.  I’m not quite sure what to do or where to go.  We all know that economic times are hard and in spite of that I have seen God doing some amazing things.  I have really seen people and churches step out in faith and God is blessing. 

Right now I feel like God is constantly challenging me to believe for miracles.  Sometimes I don’t even know really what that entails, but I am doing my best to have faith.  I am trying to ask Him for big things and believe that it’s no task for Him to answer my prayers.  Yesterday, the Lord reminded me that I have no reason to worry; He says if I give my worries to Him with praise, His peace will guard my heart and my mind.  I am relying on that.  We need to pray God’s promises and if He promises to answer our prayers and provide and bring peace, then I believe Him. 

Can you please be praying.  I need encouragement, and I really need to raise the money to get to France.  God is also speaking to me about trusting His timing.  Maybe it’s not what I had planned, but He has a perfect plan.  Please agree with me that He is going to work it all out in His time and in His way. 

Thanks!

I am looking forward to March.  I have a lot of exciting things schedule and I am praying for some excellent connections and progress.  Please pray with me for continued movement in my financial support. 

Here is where I’ll be in March…

March 1 (AM)  Flagstaff First Assembly   Networking   

March 1 (PM)  Cameron First Assembly  Preaching

March 2       Radiant Church                           Networking   

March 3       Phoenix World Outreach        Networking   

March 8 (AM)  Whiteriver First Assembly          Preaching

March 8 (PM)   Springerville First Assembly    Preaching       

March 15 (AM)   Lapwai AG, ID              Preaching

March 15 (PM)   Valley Christian Center, ID    Preaching

March 16   Snake River Missions Banquet  Sharing/Networking   

I still have some openings in March.  If you would like to schedule a Sunday or Wednesday evening missions service please contact me at katie.bailey@agmd.org or 480 316 8946.

God is so good!  Anyone? 

Lately I have been thinking about all the things that I have been able to do in my life and all the people I’ve had opportunity to work with and I realize that I am so blessed.  This thought really humbles me.  God has placed some incredible people in my life and who am I? 

Recently I went through the process of becoming an Ordained Minister with the Assemblies of God.  As I was interviewing with the committee at the Arizona District Office I realized how blessed I am to work under the leadership that I have.  The Arizona District has leaders who really care about ministers and what we are involved in.  We have a leader who is so passionate about world missions!  I love that I am working for a leader who is invested and proud of what I am doing. 

I also think about the team of people that I am privileged to work with through this Bridge project.  God has placed amazing people beside me to help me, to teach me, to grow with me.  I’m so blessed by relationships that have already formed and I am so excited to form new friendships and partnerships over the next few years. 

In Exodus 17, there is a story about the Israelites facing the Amelikite army in battle.  Moses was the leader of the people, but God brought others beside him to uphold him and partner with him. 

“As long as Moses held up the staff in His hand, the Israelites had the advantage.  But whenever he dropped his hand, the Amalekites gained the advantage.  Moses’ arms soon became so tired he could no longer hold them up.  So Aaron and Hur found a stone for him to sit on.  Then they stood on each side of Moses, holding up his hands.  So his hands held steady until sunset.” Ex 17:11-12

God sent people alongside of Moses to hold his arms up in battle.  I am humbled by the people who have stood by me, both in time of war and in time of peace; people who have held up my arms in battle, and people who have chosen to walk and grow and work alongside of me.

I’ve been thinking it’s time for an update.  An update on this website, an update to the website itself…maybe more.  Please be patient as the changes come, but please check back from time to time and I’ll do my best to keep you updated.

I just returned home from three weeks in good ol’ Springfield Missouri where I attended a training.  This was a really great time for me.  The best thing was that I got to meet and spend time with some of the members of the Bridge team.  It was so great to meet everyone and hear their hearts.  It was nice to have something in common with all of them and we had a great time together.  

During our time of training we learned about all the important things like financial reports, taxes, health insurance and such… but we also had some regional application time.  All the people who would be working in Europe had a chance to meet together and talk about relevant issues facing our part of the world.  

This time in Springfield was a great time for me.  It was motivating and encouraging.  I am home now (and glad to be) and I am working hard to get the things done that will only bring me closer to what awaits me in France!

On Tuesday I was officially approved by the Assemblies of God World Missions!  It is now a done deal and if all goes well, I should be moving to Paris, France sometime in the early summer of 2009. 

If you are interested in hearing more about my plans or the Bridge, please contact me at any time!  And please continue to keep me in your prayers as this is a long process and I am going to need all the support I can get. 

That title pretty much sums up everything in my life right now!  Thanks for being patient with me as I set up this site.  I hope that this will be a place that will give you all the information you need about me and the work that I am involved with. 

Please keep me in your prayers over the next few months and I will keep you updated on how things progress.