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4112 Old Routt RoadLouisville, KY [email protected]
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Vol. IX Issue XIJuly 2013
Shauna’s News
Emerald Hills is gorgeous this time of year. And our ponds have never looked better, thanks to Don, our new Facilities Associate, who has been working hard in the summer heat cleaning them up.
Guests Welcome!Slowly, very slowly, but surely I’m making improvements to my house. I love dreaming of all the possibilities and improvements I can (one day) make to it. Decorating on a budget is challenging, but Pinterest is a great place for inexpensive ideas!
The Bible Bowl team from my home church in Florida were my
first guests in my new home! (pictured below) It was a tad crowded but they never complained and we all had a great time. I took them to Papa Johns Headquarters park for dinner one night where we fed the geese and ducks by hand.
If you are ever near Louisville, my guest room is ready for you!
Happening this Month...North American Christian Convention (NACC)Louisville is hosting the NACC this year! I’m excited to host my parents who are heading up to attend. Team Expansion will be displaying the Unleashed for the Unreached Wall again and it will even be featured in one of the main sessions! I’ll be spending time talking with folks who stop by the Team Expansion display. If you’re attending be sure to stop by and be sure to spend time praying at The Wall too.
Connections Trip to Dearborn, MIOur short-term missions opportunity we call Connections continues to improve and grow. These can be both state-side and overseas. I’m excited to be joining a weekend trip to Dearborn with several other women to experience the Yemeni culture there. We’ll have ethnic meals, go on a prayer walk, help with a service project and even visit a local Mosque. Please pray for opportunities to be Light and Love to the community there.
In addition to the 7 Great Passions I mentioned last month, we’ve also identified 7 Core Values that all of us have chosen to embrace in unity. This month, I’ll share the first three:
1. Biblical — God’s Word is our key guide for figuring out what we believe and what we do each day.
2. Unreached — It’s hard-‐‑wired into our DNA to focus on those who don’t know Jesus.
3. Grace — We try to show grace to locals, team members, and even to ourselves.
These are three of the 7 Core Values that serve as compass points to guide us in our dreams, goals, objectives, and daily tasks. (Continued next month.) They bind together our teams and labor. By undergirding the global work of Team Expansion, you are embracing them, too! Thanks for your partnership!
Doug Lucas
GIVE ONLINE: www.teamexpansion.org/donate Enter my name on the “Missionary/Project Name” line or set up payments through your bank. SEND A CHECK: Please make checks payable to “Team Expansion,” do not put my name on the memo line (just make sure my name is on the envelope) and send it to: Team Expansion ATTN: Shauna Peterson Account 4112 Old Routt Road Louisville, KY 40299
Current supporting churches: FCC of Lake Butler (FL), Discovery CC (FL), Southeast CC (KY), Union Chapel CC (IN)
Beginning Balance $5,254.35Support IN: Monthly Gifts (Churches) $552.00 Monthly Gifts (Individuals) $1,010.00 Special Gifts $200.00 Payments OUT Salary (Food, Gas, etc) -$650.00 Housing -$679.60 Life Insurance -$15.31 Health Insurance -$156.37 Dental Insurance -$36.65 Car Insurance $0.00 Utilities -$131.90 FHA Insurance -$95.00 Ministry -$106.29 Internet/Phone -$147.63 Team Share -$100.00 Tax/Social Security -$300.00 Total ($2,418.75) Ending Balance $4,597.60
Message from the President
J U N EFinancial Report
Prayer Requests & Praises✤ Ask God to bless the NACC (North American Christian Convention) and all
those who will be aVending! It’s just around the corner and it’s here in Louisville! If you’re coming, be sure to stop by The Wall and the Team Expansion booth.
✤ Lift up the Dearborn trip, myself, and the 13 other women going. Pray for safe travels, meaningful moments learning about another culture, sensitivity to the Spirit’s leading, and opportunities to be a positive influence.
✤ Pray for my teammate Carla Williams (and husband JC) as they head to Taiwan July 8-‐‑22 to help with our Taiwan Team’s Sports and English Camp. Praise God for providing all of the funds they needed for the trip. Pray for all 144 teens aVending the camp -‐‑ that they will be drawn closer to Him.
Unreached People Group Kerinci of Indonesia• Population: 317,000• Language: Kerinci• Religion: Islam• Evangelical: 0.05%
Go to www.joshuaproject.net to learn more about unreached people groups and how to pray for them and for more harvest workers to go share the love of Jesus with them.
PRAYLet’s Color a Tree!
I couldn’t say it be!er than Paul if I tried. “I thank my God in all my remembrance of
you, always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, in view of
your participation in the gospel from the $rst day until now.” (Philippians 1:3-5)
Many of you have been $nancial partners from the beginning, nine years ago! %ank
you for coming alongside me and being an integral part of this ministry and Team
Expansion’s efforts to reach the unreached.
Currently, I am $700 short from coloring this tree orange, a.k.a. being 100% funded. Will you help? Do you know of someone, a family, a church or group that would partner with me? My latest brochure, which includes my budget can be found on my website. I can also email it upon request.
Please join me in prayer and ask God to raise up more partners who will join me and Team Expansion in making a difference in this world for Him.