The Nolettes~ soon to be missionaries to Argentina!
My heart is overjoyed as I am FINALLY able to share with all of you this exciting news and perhaps explain a little the chaos of the last few months in the Nolette household. You might have an "ah-hah" moment as I explain our situation and how God has been guiding us along the way. I will try and make this a short version ... so, bare with me... and if you don't want to ready any further than please pray for us and if you are interested in receiving a prayer card and support letter please email us @ argentinanolettes@hotmail.com ~ Thanks!!
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Well, back in June when we went to Argentina with the youth group God started moving in our hearts and we were already praying about where God would have us in the future and we have always both been very opened to missions. While in Argentina we had the opportunity to meet with one of the Word of Life directors and he shared their vision and purpose with us and James really felt God opening the doors for us to be missionaries there. Well, we prayed about it and soon decided that God was leading us back to my home! Meanwhile, we discover the reason our kids were so sick was due to mold in our apartment and our landlords were not willing to do much about it. However, we knew we had to get out NOW! So, we were able to get out of our leasing contract and God then opened up an opportunity that seemed golden at the moment. =) It was a "mother-in-law suite" that had one bedroom and was probably 400 sq ft TOTAL. Just imagine 5 of us living there for 2+ months and you'll get a little picture of the Nolette's crazy life. but, nevertheless, God was providing for our needs and always teaching us more about Himself. I kept on saying to James and the kiddos "We're making memories!"
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In September, it was clear it was time to move to a different location but we didn't want to get into a leasing agreement knowing that we would soon be moving to Argentina. So, God blessed us with some awesome friends from our church who graciously opened up their home to the 5 of us!! =) So, there have been 9 of us living together and it's yes it's been crazy and all, but, such sweet times!! We have 5 kiddos under the age of 6 in one household and for the most part they get along great. My friend and I tag-team or take turns making dinners and it has worked great! It takes special people to be able to let a family of 5 move in amongst them for a few months, and we truly appreciate our friends' kindness and generosity.
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OK... that brings me to now ... our church family found out this past Sunday about our transition and James' last Sunday is December 7Th. Oh yeah- all that traveling we've been doing..?? Yes, raising support!!! =) We are excited about a few churches that are going to be supporting us .... God is great!!!
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As of now, we have NO idea where we will be moving to after James is done here in Florida. Our original plan was to be in Argentina for January when camp season starts at Word of Life, but since we are not done raising support we think we might be looking at March now.
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Please continue to pray for us and please send us your address if you would like to receive personal updates and a prayer card and support letter. We will for sure be in Florida till the girls finish this semester on December 19Th.
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Love you all!!!!
8 comments:
we love you guys and are so excited for you and your beautiful family (that I adore!) to go to Argentina!
This is exciting stuff! We'll enjoy watching your journey through your blog!
You asked about support for India--we'll be volunteers at the orphanage and then in exchange for that we get room and board. So we won't raise support. We're just using our savings to buy our plane tix. We're not with any organization either. It's just a private orphanage run by Christians. The way we found out about it was thru my sister, who works there.
Wow! This is awesome. I bet you are so excited!
You're just moving there to be able to watch the Boca Juniors play :)
We will be praying for you during your deputation and transition to Monte. Do you already know Derron Peterson who is planting churches in BA? Derron is a buddy of mine & what he is doing know reminds me a lot of what your dad was doing when I met you guys - guess it has to do with vocation & location.
Take care.
How exciting! I am so happy for you!!
PS - We'll be neighbors, so hopefully we'll have a chance to run into each other sometime!!
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