Oct Prayer Letter

Keeping in touch. Dear friends and family,      It feels like furlough has just started even though we arrived in the beginning of August and quickly put 6000 miles under our belts. But now school is in full swing and everyone is busy. We were able to visit many of our East Coast friends and supporters, as well as take a few days for vacation as we traveled.  Thanks so much for your prayers as it seems the kids have adapted to their schools. William is doing well transitioning to a very large Chicago high school and even went on a college visit for a weekend. We are not ready for COLLEGE! But we are thankful we are in the US for this fall and can begin planning for the future. Camilla and Cullen are also doing well at their small neighborhood elementary school. Camilla is finally adjusting to saying good bye in the morning and is starting to make friends.          We are thankful for those who prayed and gave so that Bill and I could attend the South America Mission 100 year celebration in Panama. We needed that time away to hear God's word, reflect a bit about our ministry, see our new colleagues and friends from Peru again, and spend some time as a couple after 21 years of marriage.      Next week we are traveling to Atlanta to attend another mission conference, but this time to share about our ministry. Pray for our kids as they stay with their grandparents again for another week as we travel.      This is our new format for sending prayer letters and other items of news. Please let us know what you think about the format since this should be more mobile device friendly. We did enter names manually so if you notice that we do not have your name spelled correctly or receive this at two different addresses, please let us know your preferences. We are working hard at setting up a blog and Facebook page as well so feel free to share this newsletter with others. If for some reason you do not want to be on this mailing list there is a way to unsubscribe at the bottom.     Please check out the rest of the newsletter for our furlough itinerary and fund raising goals.      In Christ, Bill and Joy Carrera

UPCOMING SCHEDULE Oct 10 Missionary Study Class       @ Northwest Bible Chapel,           Chicago Oct 11 Sunday Night       @ Grace Fellowship Church,           Oak Forest, IL Oct 13-18 Missions Conference       @ First Baptist Church, Atlanta Oct 25 Sunday Morning/Lunch       @ First Evangelical Free Church,          Chicago Fundraising Goals We are excited that God has added one church and two individuals to our support team. This has taken us closer to our goal of returning to Peru at full recommended support. We are still looking for new monthly supporters to make up the current $600/month we lack. Online giving can be done here. CAR FUND We are also rejoicing for many gifts given to us on this furlough.  We still lack about 4000 dollars towards replacing our aging truck in Peru. Please pray for us as we raise this funds.