Dec 6th Meeting

We had our newest S.Africa meeting today. It was great, we got to know our companions stories and also their strengths, this will help alot for the trip. We recieved our newest record of funds, and it is going great! Thanks to you all we only need a thousand dollars more! This is so fantastic! We are so thankful for great friends and family as well as new folks who are partnering with us.

Day two of fund raising. We sold a ton of fudge and gathered a lot more money for our trip. See you December 13, hopefully!

first bake sale fund-raiser

We sold baked goodies at church all morning and it was a blast! Kelly and I stayed up late making peanut brittle, fudge, chocolate-covered Nutter Butters, muffins, and all other sorts of sugar-filled goodies. We got up early to make hot chocolate with marshmallows too. The gingerbread cookies and peanut brittle were the biggest sellers next to hot chocolate.

THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by and bought something. We raised $270 so far but we still have a long way to go to get to South Africa. Overall, we are a little way past 1/2 of our fundraising.

-Jonathan

Bake sale November 22 and 29!

We will be selling hot chocolate and other goodies for the next two weeks at Gracepoint to raise money for our South Africa trip. Bring a few extra bucks to help us out and come home with some yummy treats.

November update

Hello everyone!

We are back safely from our trip to the East Coast. It was a great experience and nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Here are some pictures from our trip if you would like to see all we did.

A lot has happened while we were away. Financially, we are half-way to funding our South Africa trip, only $2600 more to go! Thank you to all who have helped us get this far! Prayerfully, we have requests and praises. Kelly’s cyst is completely gone and surgery was not needed! This means she will not have to worry about my recover before we leave for Johannesburg. God works great miracles!

Please be praying for our upcoming bake sale. It is three Sundays in a row, November 22th, 29th, and December 6th. Pray that we will bake not too little or too much, and that they will sell, sell, sell! Continue to pray for our teams’ preparations physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

On vacation we came to a decision to change the avenue for looking for long-term opportunities. Instead of looking at specific places first and hoping our skills fit, we are now looking in multiple places that are the best fit for our skills. Please pray for direction in that area. Right now we are looking mainly at organizations within the States. If we are lucky they might pay us or give us a stipend… so that we won’t need to rely on you guys. We have not ruled out overseas locations, just making sure we cover all bases.

The Jonathan and Kelly Missions blog is up and running. Right now not much is on it but these here newsletters. Jonathan will put his writing to good use by updating this with more posts. So check it ever so often.

Thanks for your support and prayers. If you have a donation to make, do so through the GP Give Ministry site and be sure to check the “other” box and specify that it is for the Nolte’s South Africa trip. Or mail a check with “Nolte South Africa” in the memo area to: Grace Point Church, 9750 Huebner Road, San Antonio, TX 78240.

Love,
Jonathan and Kelly

Our church, Grace Point, is sending a small group to South Africa in January 2010. We will work alongside members of Mayfair Baptist Church to help children and adults living in the poverty of squatter camps, share the Gospel in prisons and help that church in any way we can. We will be in Johannesburg, South Africa from January 15 through January 24.

This is an opportunity for us to become acclimated to this kind of work and point us in the direction we should go in the near future. We hope to become full-time missionaries within the next year and have such faith that we are not renewing our apartment lease in August 2010. We have much work ahead of us to achieve this goal and we are writing to ask for your support.

We will need, more than anything, your prayers and encouragement as we endeavor to walk in faith and prepare for this lifestyle change. Please pray that we will increase faith and abide in God for all of our spiritual, emotional, and material needs. Pray that doors will open and the way be made clear for us to travel. Pray that Kelly’s surgery to remove an ovarian cyst goes smoothly and she has a speedy recovery. Pray that the hearts and minds of people we serve are receptive to God’s love and that we are faithful and effective servants. Lastly, we need prayer that God provides financial support for us and our team as we prepare to go to South Africa and beyond.

Please consider being involved with us in the ministry. It would be an honor for us to have you as my sending partner by prayer and/or financial support. You may make a tax-deductible donation to Grace Point Church. You can make a payment online here: Online Giving. Be sure to make a note with any donation to earmark it for Jonathan and Kelly Nolte's expenses for missions. Please know that your financial support will allow our team to share the Gospel with many people in South Africa. I will keep you up to date on the trip and give you the opportunity to celebrate the victories.

Thank you so much for your support. I look forward to hearing from you.

Jonathan and Kelly are being sent!

Hello, we are Jonathan and Kelly. We are a young couple living in San Antonio and we have been called to go do God's work in the world. We are currently seeking a long-term missionary work with a leaning toward Northern Ireland and Africa.