God is good!

We had a wonderful time at our banquet on September 9th. It was so much fun! We loved seeing everyone who was there & being able to come together to kick off taking Ten Talents International to the next level. And I even survived talking in front of everyone! 😉 We had about 75 people there and we were very blessed by everyone’s support. I would like to say thank you to:

  • The Empress Palace- Rob & Becky Neuschwander, Anja Shoun, and your whole crew! Thank you for giving of yourselves & your facility because you believe in us & Ten Talents International. The Empress took care of just about everything- from invitations to decorations, to food, to clean up. You are awesome! We love you guys! http://www.empresspalace.com/
  • Shawn & Natasha Lewis- Here is a couple who has been given amazing talents & loves Jesus! You & your band were fantastic & we so appreciated you giving of your time & talents for this night. And thank you for being sensitive to God’s leading & writing the song “Water in the Desert” (aka “I Let Go”). It still speaks to my heart intensely. Shawn has a song on the Glory Revealed CD (I believe they are on a short tour right now) http://www.gloryrevealed.com/ and his band is Hyper Static Union http://www.hyperstaticunion.com/music.php or http://www.myspace.com/hyperstaticunion
  • A Clear Image Photography- Thank you Davina for taking our photos (and enduring the very distractable state of Nate). And for taking the photos Julie McComb took in Rwanda & making some wonderful posters/prints for us. Davina is a sweetheart as well as being a great photographer. You can see more at: http://www.aciphoto.com/
  • Emmanuel & Francoise Sitaki of Evangelical Revival Ministries (http://www.ermrwanda.org/) for coming & sharing with us. We look forward to partnering with you for many years to come.
  • Bryan & Laura Davenport (our pastors at Bethel Church- http://www.experiencebethel.com/). Thank you for being there for us all the time. You are very important people in our lives.
  • Everyone who made time in your lives to come to the banquet or donated in lieu of attending. Thank you for your support & standing (and sitting) with us. 🙂 I hope you all had as much fun as we did!

**There were a lot of links up there, but now if you want more info you can follow those links.**

We did take an offering that night and collected Faith Promise cards for those who wanted to give to the ministry. The offering was specifically for purchasing a van for ERM for them to use as a taxi, so older orphans can earn money to support themselves. The van cost is $10,000 (US) and we brought in $2400, so that is a great start. In Faith Promises we also received $1500 in new monthly pledges. Praise God as He moves the ministry forward- it’s all about Him, we just say OK God!

God Bless You!

Lisa McColm