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.