Wednesday, November 19, 2008

I haven't written lately cause there hasn't been too much going on but I thought I'd get an update out before we started our holiday travels. Tomorrow we leave for Chicago for a 4 day Sports Memorabilia Show and the following week we're leaving for Montana to spend Thanksgiving with my family. And I gotta give God praise cause He provided some Really cheap plane tickets. Yeah, Zach and I are flying for the price of one, or less even! Allegiant Air-if they fly to the destinations you go to, they are the best. Check'em out.

As far as things with the ministry, we're coming right along. There were a few meetings this week with people from churches and a foundation in Las Vegas and the purpose is to share the vision, gain connections and in some circumstances, gain support. My role (Natasha) is to research Foundations that have similar mission statements as ours and schedule meetings with them. Also, since there is a lot of money in Las Vegas, we're looking to schedule appointments with, well, the Rich guys. And I'm learning more and more about grants because they are a good source of moolah and so its my job to fill them out and submit them. We've realized that appearance has absolutely nothing to do with who people know around here. The most random situations get us some of the best connections. It's all about networking and God is surprising and humoring us with the connectORS and connectIONS. Eric and Brenda have been looking for a lot of furniture on Craig's List to furnish their home and the guy who moved some of their furniture to their house last night, knows Marie Osmund (from the Donnie & Marie show) and we're looking to get a meeting with her (hopefully) so you just never never know. :)

Zach has been working long hours on his computer lately. He is researching statistics for Turning Point and there is a lot of time and reading to be done to get all the information we're currently needing. Eric is getting the brochure finished and Monne, well, he does everything else and then some. Georgia is being stretched as well (like me) and learning more and more about the internet and contacting people establish meetings. We work alongside each other and keep each other encouraged. We've got a commited, hard working team and God is blessing us and our obedience.

2 comments:

k.mart said...

So good to catch up the other night! And your cookie package was gone in about two seconds flat, for the record.

Hope the sports trip was lots of fun and that the ministry continues to thrive! 10 pm on the 24th we'll especially be remembering you guys and all God is doing!

MWA... XOXO from us all!

k.mart said...

It's me again... where are you guys? You better be okay?! (And please tell me you got the Christmas card package!!)

So, we tag you! Because we miss you and would love to get a scoop of Zirbel randomness. See our blog!