Greetings
and blessings to our partners in God’s work,
What’s happening at Trinity?:
Trinity made the decision to
temporarily suspend training students in order to finish construction and
administrative tasks. We believe completing these tasks will help training go
faster. We plan to restart maintenance and flight training the beginning of
next month.
What am I doing during this
time?:
I have been helping my wife,
Ruth, with our new son Isaac who was born December 2nd and our 21
month old daughter Esther. Right now at Trinity I am primarily doing
maintenance. I am studying for my Instrument Instructor rating. This will allow
me to expand who I can teach. I will be able to use my VA benefits to pay for
it. I am looking for a part time job in
addition to my work at Trinity to supplement our income. This will help us
while we wait for God to grant us more support partners. I also used this time to complete the little
projects that needed to be done on our house. I am keeping very busy.
Answered prayers!:
Ruth’s labor at home went extremely
well and fast. This was especially an answered prayer for Ruth’s mom who was
concerned about the baby being born out of the hospital. The last bit of the
pregnancy migraine went away within an hour of Ruth giving birth.
We
have made great progress on our house thanks to the help of our immediate and
church family. We don’t know whether we will be selling or renting it, but it
is ready.
Since
we sent out our first prayer letter in September we have raised just under $500
per month in support. Some of this was
from one-time gifts, and some have committed to supporting us monthly. We are very grateful to those of you who are
supporting us both with finances and prayer. This is a great start! We still
have a ways to go. Our current living
expenses are $3500 per month and we are actively looking for ways to reduce
this! This is a little less than half of
the amount we will need to raise when we go overseas.
Prayer requests:
- Direction for the school as we continue to make important decisions.
- Guidance in finding a part time job that will give me experience that is applicable for the mission field.
- Diligence for me as I seek to get my Instrument Instructor rating.
- God’s continued provisions and additional partners for us and the other missionaries at Trinity.
We hope
to send out prayer cards with our support letters next month. More information
is available on my internet blog at http://andyruthy.blogspot.com/.
You can e-mail me at andrew_swineford@hotmail.com or call me at 253-951-4118. If
you can support us financially please sends checks to: Original Design
Ministries P.O. box 367 Eatonville, WA 98328 with my name in the memo line.
Thank
you and May God bless you,
Andy, Ruthy, Esther, and Isaac
