May Update

• May 19, 2009
  
  Dear Partners,
  
  I am sorry we have not been in touch for such a long time. I kept hoping we would have some new information to offer and nothing seemed to be changing for a while. Now, I feel like the whole world has changed in just a weekend!
  
  We are still praying about the sell of our house. We are now working with a new realtor and are very pleased with the changes we have seen. She held an open house this weekend and we had three visitors. All three had taken the time to look at our house online and were impressed enough with what they saw to come and visit. Our realtor will be following up with them by Wednesday. We are hopeful that we can move forward with one of these people as the buyer of our house.
  
  Bart is in the midst of wrapping things up at school as well as a few outside jobs and will be leaving for Central America around June 15. We will have an exact date later this week. There is much work to be done at the Training Center, now called Refugio Solté – “a place of refuge and to be released,” and he is anxious to get started.
  
  In light of him leaving, Eden and I had planned to stay here and take care of the house until it sold. Our incredible community group stepped forward this weekend and expressed a desire to do that for us so Eden and I can go ahead and travel with Bart. The ladies offered to keep the house dusted and vacuumed and the men will keep the yard done. It is such a blessing to be a part of a group that so desires to see us move into what God has for us that they will sacrifice their time and money to help us do that. These are the moments when I know what it means to be a church!
  
  So, unless we move forward with something on the house this week, Eden and I will be heading down mid-June as well. My mom is going to come with us and spend time helping us get settled and to see what we will be doing. We are excited to have her with us and know it will help make Eden’s transition easier. I will come home and close on the house and ship out our belongings when that happens.
  
  We know that this has been a much longer delay than we had expected, but we know our Savior is never late! We have seen His hand move in so many things and know that this is the right time. We have many things to accomplish in the next four weeks, but know we will get through.
  
  
• Please join us in lifting up the following things to the Lord:
• Please continue to pray for the quick sell of our house and the ability to pay off our remaining debt. We will be heading down in June trusting the Lord to take care of this before the pay-checks stop in August.
• Pray that the Lord will allow us to quickly gain a functional knowledge of the Spanish language.
• Pray that the Lord will provide fellowship for us as we begin a new life.
• Pray that the Lord will continue to provide peace and understanding to the friends and family that we leave behind in the United States.
• Pray that the Lord will give us wisdom with Eden as we make this transition and that her little two year old mind and heart will understand what we are doing. As we have been talking with her, she seems to be getting more prepared. Pray that God will continue reveal His plan to her in a way that she can understand.
• Prayer for JoJo and the Goodman family as they make the sacrifice to allow JoJo to come with us. Pray for the Lord to use this in their lives just as He is in ours. She will be coming down in the fall to help care for Eden so Bart and I can attend language school together.
• Pray that someone will come forward to take over the 3 year old Sunday School class we teach. With us leaving soon, this is an urgent need!
  
  
• Please pray about how the Lord might lead you to help with one of the following needs:
  We need to quickly find homes for our 2 dogs. If you are interested in taking one or know someone who is, please let us know.
• The continued provision of the $24,000-$30,000 yearly income –each week we see progress in this area!
• God’s provision of 1 laptop computers for work and communication with friends and family. We have received one – Praise the Lord!
• Peace about and provision for the proper storage of our belongings, both long term (things we want to keep but not move) and short term (items that will be going to Costa Rica, but not immediately).
• Provision of a 13 inch bench top planer similar to the Rigid TP1300LS and a legal copy of AutoCAD computer drafting program. Bart will use both of these for specific projects at the training center and well as for the future development of the site

We praise God continually for your support in our lives. Your actions, words, financial support and prayers are carrying us through. We are ready to embark on our journey and look forward to continuing to see God move in our lives. It is such a blessing to know a personal and relational God and we are humbled to be called to join Him in His work!

Blessings in Christ,
Bart, Heather and Eden Carty
www.cartysgoingglobal.blogspot.com
carty.family@hotmail.com

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“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.” Psalm 67:1-2

March Update

March 30, 2009

Dear Friends, Family, and Supporters,

Thank you so much for continued support and encouragement as we wait on our Lord! We are still here, but know that God is never late. He has a plan and it will happen at just the right time. We believe that what appears to be a delay for us is actually a chance for God to receive more glory. Each day more and more people are learning about what God is doing and are joining us in prayer. The more people who are a part of this means the more glory God receives when we finally get to make our move! Please lift up the following to our Heavenly Father. We thank you for your faithfulness and willingness to support the spreading of God’s amazing message of saving grace!

Praises:

• We are having people look at our house. We are thankful for the activity and the positive feedback we keep receiving from each showing.
• We have pledges for $1250 per month to go toward our living expenses in addition to one time gifts and pledges for moving expenses.
• Eden’s surgery for her ear tubes went perfectly. She is resting better, speaking clearer and just over all feeling better!
• We have located a language school on the coast where we will be living so we will not need to transition through the capital as we originally thought. This will allow us to begin work with ATC while we attend classes as time allows.

Prayer needs:

• Please continue to pray for the quick sell of our house and the ability to pay off our remaining debt. This is the last major obstacle we must maneuver in order to make our move to Central America.
• Pray that the Lord will allow us to quickly gain a functional knowledge of the Spanish language.
• Pray that the Lord will provide fellowship for us as we begin a new life.
• Pray that the Lord will continue to provide peace and understanding to the friends and family that we leave behind in the United States.
• Pray that the Lord will give us wisdom with Eden as we make this transition and that her little two year old mind and heart will understand what we are doing. She knows we are moving and that we will have a different house, but pray that when this actually happens that she will have peace and assurance that we will continue to be together as a family.
• Prayer for JoJo and the Goodman family as they make the sacrifice to allow JoJo to come with us. Pray for the Lord to use this in their lives just as He is in ours.
  Pray that someone will come forward to take over the 3 year old Sunday School class we teach.

Financial needs:

• The continued provision of the $24,000-$30,000 yearly income –each week we see progress in this area!
• God’s provision of 2 laptop computers for work and communication with friends and family.
• Peace about and provision for the proper storage of our belongings, both long term (things we want to keep but not move) and short term (items that will be going to Costa Rica, but not immediately).
• Provision of a 13 inch bench top planer similar to the Rigid TP1300LS and a legal copy of AutoCAD computer drafting program. Bart will use both of these for specific projects at the training center and well as for the future development of the site.

Thank you again for your faithfulness in bringing all this before the Lord. It is such a privilege to have you along with us on this journey as we follow God direction in our lives! We pray that God receives all the glory and that His name is made more famous as we go!

In Christ,
Bart, Heather and Eden Carty
http://www.cartysgoingglobal.blogspot.com/
carty.family@hotmail.com

If you would like to make a contribution, please fill out the support form to the left. You will be contacted shortly with details. We receive 100% of contributions and all donations are tax deductible. ATC will send you a receipt for tax purposes.

Update - Jan/Feb 2009

February 3, 2009

Dear Friends, Family, and Supporters,

We want to thank each of you for your prayers and support up to this point. We are blessed to have you in our lives and helping us on this journey. We thank God for each of you and pray that He blesses you as you have blessed us.

As far as an update on our status: We are still here in the states. Our original plans did state that we planned to leave in January. That was always with the thought that our house would be sold. Well, our house has not sold. The Lord has directed us to wait until it sells before we make our move. Though we are not completely sure of all the reasons for the delay we are sure of a couple of them.

First, we found out in mid-January that Eden needs tubes in her ears. The delay has allowed us to continue to work with doctors we trust and with the insurance we currently have. This allows for little to no cost on our part for this procedure. Secondly, the one year anniversary of my Dad passing away was February 1. Being here allowed me to be in close verbal communication with Mom and to continue to support her as she needs. We are sure there are others and have prayed all along that God would allow us to move at exactly the right time.

God has revealed to us a slightly different beginning to our move. We had originally been planning on going to the capital first to attend language school and then move again to the coast near the training site. We have since discovered a language school on the coast. This is a blessing because we will only have to move once. With a two year old you can only imagine the advantages. Plus, this will also allow Bart to go to school in the mornings and then work at the site in the afternoons! He is thankful for the opportunity to get to do more than just school.

We want to ask for your continued prayers. We had a family express interest in our house this past weekend. We ask you to pray very specifically for this situation. We desire God’s will to be done, but that this be the right family and things to begin to move forward. We ask you to pray as we are praying for a contract this week and a closing date at the beginning of March to allow for a move mid-March. We ask you to pray that should there be anything else we need to do to allow this to move forward, that the Lord would reveal it to us and provide the means for us to do it.

We ask that you pray for Eden. Her surgery is scheduled for February 11 at 7:30 am. Pray for peace and comfort for her, Bart and I. and wisdom and steady hands for the doctors.

We ask you to pray for the continued healing for my family in the loss of my Dad. We know getting through the first year is very significant, but we ask for peace, understanding, and wisdom for life as it is now.

Please pray for JoJo Goodman and her family. She is a young lady from our church that will be traveling with us to help care for Eden as we travel, go to school and get settled. She desires to serve as a missionary in the future. Please pray God uses this experience to direct and lead her toward where He would have her serve. Please also say a prayer of praise and thanksgiving for her and her family. It is such a blessing to have her along with us for this transition.

We also ask you to pray for God’s continued provision for our funding. Thank Him as we have for the gracious provision of $10,000 that has been given us for our move and the $950 a month He has provided. We need about $2500 total for each month to cover our living expenses. Please pray that God would direct us to those we need to speak with, that He would lay on their hearts the desire to give, and that those He has called will be faithful through their giving.

Thank you so much for your prayers and words of encouragement. We could not and would not be doing this without your support. Remember as our prayer partners and supports, you are doing the work of God and making His name famous among the nations! We love you!

Pura Vida in Christ,
Bart, Heather, and Eden Carty