The last few months have been extremely busy with the holiday’s, traveling for work & our annual conference with Overland Missions. Though we miss the holidays and absolutely love traveling for work it is nice to be home and back into the swing of things. As I write there are so many exciting things we want to share with you all!

For those of you who are unaware Overland Missions has an annual conference. Our missionaries fly in from all over the world to share all that God has been doing in their country. We also had the opportunity to hear the founders of Overland Missions, Phil and Sharon Smethurst preach as well as some other mighty woman and men of God. Corey and I were talking after conference and we agreed that one of our greatest take aways is the importance of being in community and staying surrounded by people who are like minded and on fire for the Lord. Sometimes as humans we can get lost in a task and forget why we are doing what we are doing. In this case it is to see lives changed by the word of God. Our task currently, is to be full funded but the bigger picture is people & the Gospel.

MARRIED & FUNDRAISING

We have been incredibly blessed to see one door after the next open. Over the course of these last last few months being married and raising support we have had the opportunity to meet with so many amazing people who have linked their faith with ours and have come along on this journey with us. Just before we left for our work conference Corey’s friend called him up asking him for help to remove an AC unit from a ladies house. Without hesitation he threw on his jacket and told me he would be right back. Upon arriving he realized he knew the lady and that she was also a believer. They began chatting and somehow wound up talking about Africa and what we would be doing. When he came home he looked at me with amazement in his eyes and said, ” Well, babe…we are having dinner and a meeting with a family next week!!” In the moment I was a little taken back and then he continued by sharing that before leaving the lady also handed him a check. I don’t know why I am surprised every time God opens a door like this because that’s just the God we serve. When we are obedient and are in the will of God there is nothing that God won’t do. Corey’s intentions were to help a friend out but God clearly had his own plan. He also seems to continually bless us with the essential equipment and necessities needed to cover our deployment costs. Again, just before we left a gentleman who we knew planned on blessing us with some tools completely went over and beyond. We stopped by his house and he gave us brand new tools all of which will help us reach a remote people who have never had the opportunity to hear the Gospel. That’s what this is all about!!

PROGRESS on our base in ZAMBEZI, AFRICA.

This building will serve as our main center where we will gather for meals, worship and more importantly a place where the people from all over will come hear the Gospel. Some even for the very first time!!

Along with the main canter we are excited to share that power lines have been connected to the hospital nearby! This will give us the opportunity to connect electricity not only to our base, but the nearby villages who have never had electricity.

Our team has officially been in Zambezi for a year sharing the Gospel and building relationships with the locals and tribes on and across the Zambezi river. Currently, we have a total of four families living on the base, three of which are fully-funded and are doing life full-time! Hopefully, we will be joining them soon!

HOW IS FUNDRAISING GOING? WHEN WILL WE BE LEAVING??

Fundraising is a process that we know will never end while we are in this field. Sometimes it feels like we have been fundraising for forever, but Corey and I look at this as a time of growth, preparation and our mission field. There were a few things that needed to be ironed out after we got married. Now that we are two people our budget has increased and we have been waiting on our official percentage which we finally now know!!! We are 54% We are extremely hopeful that we will be full funded in the next few months.

We ask if you aren’t already partnered with us for you to prayerfully consider partnering. It is because of you that we are able to fulfill the calling that God has placed on our lives. Also, even though you aren’t there you are a huge part of people hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is a team effort and we look forward to building a relationship with you and are adamant about staying connected even while we are on the field!! We mentioned that we need your prayers and we know that there are times that you will also need prayer. We never want our team to feel neglected and we would love to come alongside you in prayer and agreement! When I tell people what we do I love to mention that when we are in Africa we live in a community much different from America. Yes, we have a neighbors in the states but there we do life together. We work, eat, worship and spend time with one another. That’s how we (Corey & myself) view our team. You are part of our community and though we may not be able to do all those things we are still ale to communicate with one another and lift each others prayer request up. All this to say that we would be honored to have you apart of this journey!

We would love to sit down, have a coffee or tea whichever you prefer (I love both! ) and discuss further into detail on what we will be doing and how your partnership would be effective to our team. If you are too far to get together we would love to schedule a ZOOM call! You can contact us by email candice@overlandmissions.com or corey@overlandmissions.com.

ALL OUR LOVE,

THE JOHNSON’S