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