Dear Friends,
Let me start with our big news, then you can keep reading the details as you wish:
The Moxons are moving back to Haiti!Bill, Darla and Emily are hoping to move back to Lagosette before Christmas. Yes, Lagosette is the village in Haiti where we used to live. It is where we helped build the Manna farm back in the 1990s.
We worked in Haiti for 8 years as “development” missionaries by demonstrating the love of God for the poor by drilling water wells and working to provide safe drinking water. We still see this as a great need in Haiti, but we now feel called to preach the gospel, teach discipleship, and pray. We believe that Haiti is especially ready to hear the Good News from God at this time. When I went back to Haiti and helped with the recovery efforts right after the January earthquake, I witnessed a new desperation for God among the Haitian people. The whole country participated in five days of prayer and fasting--proving that they know that God is their only hope for true progress.
This past spring as I was praying and seeking God for direction and feeling called to ministry, we received a letter from the church in Lagosette. I had been asking God to let me join Him in what He was doing in His world. I didn’t want to choose where to go and ask Him to bless it--I wanted God to send us wherever He wanted. I asked Him to send us to a place where He was moving powerfully. This letter from Haiti seemed to speak a direct answer to my prayer. They explained that many in Haiti were no longer opposed to the gospel but now were open to hear and respond. They closed the letter by simply asking us to move back to live among them again.
I do not expect to preach in only one congregation. I want to help as many congregations as possible while encouraging the Haitian pastors. So I hope not only to preach as often as possible, I also would love to conduct discipleship seminars on my favorite topics: How to pray, how to find God in His Word, What it means to worship, etc.
We hope to move back to Haiti this December so that our oldest daughters, Corrie and Lisa can spend some of their college break with us and so that our whole family can be united as we begin our newest phase of ministry in Haiti.
We are currently selling off our things and emptying our house so that we can rent it out or sell it. We need lots of prayer support! We want to communicate frequently through several of the new channels available today such as Facebook, blogging, Skype, emails, as well as newsletters. We are planning on having an international cell phone so that we can stay in touch in that way as well. So please reply to this email if you’d like to update your contact info with us.
Is there one day per month that you would be willing to pray for us? We are compiling a “Calendar of Prayer” where our prayer supporters are picking days of the month that they can concentrate their prayers on our work. If you consistently have an easier schedule on Saturdays, for example, just tell us that and we will “assign” one or more of the Saturdays of each month to you. So just tell us which day of the week works best for you and how many days per month you wish to pray and we will organize each month and re-confirm with you when your day is coming.
We would love to have every day of each month filled with the names of our friends that are praying for us! This will also allow us to correspond a day or two before you will be praying for us so that we can let you know if there are specific things we need prayer about.
We would also like to hear if there are things we can be praying for you about! We know that God loves it when our hearts are bound together in these ways through prayer! And if the whole “Calendar of Prayer” idea is too complicated for you, just let us know that you’d still like to get our prayer update communications and we’ll keep you in the loop. We want as much prayer as we can get!
If you are already thinking that God is leading you to support us financially we certainly appreciate and need that. You can mail checks to us at: Moxons, 2626 W 6th St, Greeley, CO, 80634. I even have a paypal account (below) if you want to do an online transfer.
BUT before you mail that check!-- I am still trying to verify some details so that I make sure that you can get a tax deduction for your contributions. I am also trying to set up an online giving link for your convenience. I will hopefully be able to email you again next week the specifics. So if you need to wait till I work those details out, we understand.
If you live near us and want to help us get on our way we have lots to do- We are trying to sell stuff through Craigslist and garage sales. We’ll have a minimum of items to put into storage and then we’ll need to do a thorough cleaning to prepare our house to rent out.
I would welcome the opportunity to answer any questions you may have. We would love to come and share a cup of coffee so that we can pray together and tell you more about the things that we feel the Lord is doing with us. I would also be happy to come and preach or share with any size group that would be interested in hearing more about our ministry.
If you are still reading...
Thank you and may God bless you and be glorified!!
Bill, Darla, Corrie, Lisa, and Emily
pengineer1@aol.com for emails or paypal
