Here we go!

I had big plans to post pictures of our week-long trip to Florida via Wisconsin.  When the dust settled, really, it just isn't too practial an idea when you're on the road.  (We do have some great pictures I'll share at a later date!)

We have been blessed to be able to see some friends, family, and supporters along the way!!  We've enjoyed wonderful hospitality from the Harrison's (my sister, Cathie and hubby Jim), the Beaugh's (Shonn's sister, Jan and hubby Mike), and the younger Beaughs, (Matthew, Elizabeth, and Curtis). We were also able to see and spend time with my parents, our sweet daughter, Katie, and Shonn's mom all in the span of a week! 

PRAY FOR US!  We would love to have your prayers as we take our first trip with Teen Missions International.

Some information:

You can email us while we're at Boot Camp.  We aren't able to respond, but will be able to get them from the office.

(we can get emails through July 5th)
12028lfoy@lordsbootcamp.org
12028sfoy@lordsbootcamp.org
12028efoy@lordsbootcamp.org

Jesse's (he can get emails through June 25th)
12004jfoy@lordsbootcamp.org

Our land address during Boot Camp is:
(Shonn, Lori, Erinn)
France 12028                                                              India 12004
Name                                                                          Jesse Foy
871 E Hall Rd                                                             871 E Hall Rd
Merritt Island, FL 32953                                            Merritt Island, FL 32953

FOLLOW US!
  Go to www.teenmissions.org

• You'll see an icon for 'Mission Trip Reports', and just find the France or India team posts. Updates will be posted 2x a week. (Our field address will be posted at a later time.  Jesse's is there under 'mission trips...team addresses)'
• You can watch the nightly rallies under the 'Media' icon, at 'streaming webcasts' daily at 7:15, Florida time

And we're off!  Time to load the van (again) and get going!  We love all of you and will get in contact ASAP.

Shonn, Lori, Jesse, and Erinn Foy

Jumping In!

This week we’re in Watertown, Wisconsin.

Thursday, June 7^th, the Regional and Fort Wayne staff threw us an incredible ‘decommissioning’ picnic at a pavilion in Franke Park.  It was a great time!  Close to 100 staff and individuals we’ve worked with through the years came out to remember, congratulate us on our new mission, and to say goodbye. And of course, there was amazing food! (Shonn has worked with some of them for 20 years, so it was an incredible time!) It was our 26^th anniversary that day, so they even made us a cake!  What a generous, incredibly caring, group of people!!

We packed up the van Saturday with what we need for the summer, left Indiana, and headed here to finish up Shonn’s final 3 days with Bethesda. (We’d been staying with our friends, the Nierman’s, for the last 5 weeks, so it was bittersweet. We had an amazing time with them!) Please pray for Shonn as he desires to finish well! We’re staying at my sister’s, so have the added bonus of seeing my parents, Cathie’s family, and Katie. 

We’re getting there… we are actually on our way! Late Wednesday we begin our drive to Florida.  We’ll be at Teen Missions and start our summer with them Sunday, June 17th…wow! The thought both excites, and honestly, scares us! Not in the ‘scary, terrified, turn around, or what have we done sense?’, but let’s be honest, the unknown is always just a little scary. 

But amazingly, there’s also a lot of peace.  There’s been a few times when I’ve thought

·        Shouldn’t we be just a little more scared for the future? 

·        Shouldn’t we be a little more worried about what happens after the summer and we have   to raise the rest of our support? 

·        Shouldn’t we worry that in a few days we’ll be essentially homeless and jobless?

This is our “jumping off” point. We were told by several veteran missionaries that everyone has this point…the point when you have to say, “Ok, God, WE ARE ALL IN” and YOU know what we need, when we need it…before WE know what we need or when we need it.  And we will trust You!  SO, this is our JUMPING IN time. 

And honestly, ‘The water’s fine!’ God’s got this!

Shonn and Lori

"LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us"

Isaiah 26:12

THE MOUNTAIN AND THE PROVISION

Abraham has been my ‘go-to’ person in the Bible while we’ve been on our journey into missions.  I really love his FAITH.   He’s the guy who:

·        Believed God when He said “You will have a son…you will be the Father of a great nation’’ when it seemed impossible...and Sara laughed. (Heb 11:11)

·        Chose to believe in ALL of God’s promises, though he wasn’t perfect, and made some poor choices along the way.  (Gen 20)

·        Picked up his family, his home, his animals, EVERYTHING….and went… “not knowing where he was going”...just trusting God. (Gen 12:4)

·        Trusted God to provide a sacrifice, or raise Isaac, when God asked him to sacrifice his son on the altar. (Gen 22:8,13)

·        Made me see we all have ‘’Isaacs” that we need to be willing to offer up to God with open hands and hearts, trusting God. (Let me just insert here that one my favorite poems is called “Give Me Your Isaac” by Beth Moore-worth the 'google'.)

Honestly why am I going on and on about Abraham? 

Abraham named the place where God spared Isaac and provided the ram in his place ‘Yahweh-Yireh’ (which means "the LORD will provide")  "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided." (Genesis 22:14 NLT)

Yahweh Jireh (Yireh): “The Lord will provide.”  

We had a mountain of our own last week.  We needed to pay Katie’s hospital bill...over $2,000 that insurance wouldn’t cover.  Shonn put it in his binder and planned to pay online this past Wednesday but then we got a call that afternoon.  Kayce, a good friend of Katie’s, works in the billing department of the hospital and said that she thought Katie would qualify for some assistance with her bill. I got a text that evening...it said that the entire bill, including the hospital, radiologist, and anesthesiologist, was PAID IN FULL.  Praise God, our Provider! 

We all have mountains to climb but HE  IS truly Yahweh Jireh! I know that the God of Abraham is my God and will certainly supply all our needs as we continue to seek and trust Him.

                                                Because of Him,

                                                            Shonn and Lori Foy

“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work in us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen”.   Ephesians 3:20, 21 NLT