“Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.   Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.”
 
                When we arrived for our internship in June of last year, we realized our original 90 day visas would not suffice; considering we weren’t planning on leaving until November. So, after 90 days we paid the fee and ordered new visas. Days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months, and our visas still had not come in! Finally, just a couple of weeks before we were set to leave, everyone’s visas came in except for mine. The day came for us to head back to America, and still no visa. Upon arriving at the airport, I was feeling very nervous and apprehensive about what Border Control would say. I knew they could potentially ban me from the country. Unfortunately, that is exactly what they did. I was declared “undesirable” for 5 years! Obviously, this was a huge bump in the road.
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            After arriving back in the states I quickly hired a lawyer back in South Africa to appeal this decision.  After waiting 9 months, lots of money spent, and plenty of prayers, I finally heard back from my lawyer last week! She informed me my status has been changed! I was issued a waiver and I can now enter SA whenever we have finished our deputation. God is so faithful! And we are so thankful!
 
Please pray for –

• Pastor Tom Hatley health.
• Upcoming meetings
• New Supporters.

 
Aug Review

• Aug was our eighth month of deputation.
• We were in a total of 8 churches.
• We had 1 new family partner with us!
• We are currently at 28% of our needed support.
• We travelled 1,240 miles in VA and TN

​Colossians 1:5 “For the hope which is laid up for you in Heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel:”
 
            The Gospel is the most powerful message there is in this world. It has changed my life and it will change yours. Please pray for the billions of people across the World and millions in South Africa who have never heard. Please help us pray for Laborers as well.
 
            We celebrated our son Avett’s 2nd Birthday this month as well as my wife and I’s 6th wedding anniversary. I thank God for giving me Meagan Sullivan. She is an amazing mother and wife and the best help-meet I could ask for. We are so excited to get back to South Africa as soon as we can to do the work God has call us to do.
 
Please pray for –

• Safety while we travel
• 3 New supporters in August.
• Health of my family.
• Our home church Fellowship Baptist will be celebrating our first service in our new building.

 
July Review

• July was our seventh month of deputation.
• We were in a total of 9 churches.
• We had 3 new churches partner with us!
• We are currently at 26% of our needed support.
• We travelled 2,152 miles in 4 states. GA, SC, TN, KY