Thankfulness

Wow. Is about all I can say right now. God has Blessed us soo much already these past couple months with this whole Fundraising stuff......God has brought people into our lives who are so willing so help us with everything. We can't say Thank You enough. 

Special THANKS to my parents who have been a huge support with everything, to mom, who did everything as far as getting food stuff around and dealing with the health department :) And dad, for helping where ever you were needed :)

Also to Vern & Naomi Yoder (my aunt & uncle) for donating two hogs. We appreciate everything you guys have done for us over the past 6 years.

Also to Paul & Becky Yoder who brought all the pop :) THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

Also to Mishlers Packing- for processing the meat, what a Blessing.

Also to Randy & Rosa Chupp, they did a fabulous job cooking the pork. People kept commenting on how amazing it was :) THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Also to Nick & Karlene King- They brought their homemade ice cream hit n miss machine to our fundraiser :) That was a big hit :) 

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING :) 

We also want to thank our Pastor, for being such a willing person to help where ever needed and for keeping everything together. We are so BLESSED to have such a caring Pastor. 

And our amazing church family. THANK YOU for being willing to help ♥

And to our amazing friends :) Galen, Mike, Ethan, Josh, Doretta, Alison, Anita & Amanda. THANK YOU guys for helping us through this whole process :) We couldn't do it without you guys. We are so grateful to have such great friends :) We love you all and cherish your friendships ♥

We want to thank our families for being so supportive through this whole process, it's so awesome knowing we have your support, we love you guys so much ♥

The amount that we got from our Fundraiser was $3,231.00. PRAISE GOD. It was a success :) If you want more info on how you can partner with us, just shoot me a text or email....kristafletcher88@yahoo.com.

Continue to pray for us. I can't believe it's November already. We leave in January for 5 days out in California for staff meeting. And than Feb 11th for Colorado for 5 weeks. It's insane how fast everything is happening. God has Blessed us with great people who have committed to support us for these next 2 n half years, for that, we are grateful. 

Just some pictures from our Fundraiser 

I got some bracelets made for people to wear while we are serving in Nicaragua. Let me know if you would like some :) I have some at our church Firm Foundation Ministries with a jar beside them for Donations. 

God Bless ♥

The Fletchers

Harvest Party\Fundraiser

Hello all. Just letting you all know that we are having a Harvest Party\Fundraiser October 27th at the Youth for Christ Gym in Sturgis. There is going to be Corn-Hole Tournaments, 3on3 basketball, all $10 a person, and all the proceeds go towards our fund. 

There will be a Hog Roast, baked beans, potato chips & homemade ice cream :)

Face painting for the kids and a few other games :)

We will also be giving a presentation about what we will be doing in Nicaragua :) 

Games start at 4pm & supper is at 5pm, come hungry :) 

Can't wait to see you there. God Bless 

Address is:
Youth for Christ Gym
22669 W US 12
Sturgis MI 49091

So Blessed ♥

Wow, I don't even know where to start. We are soo BLESSED with our amazing family & friends. This past Sunday we had 'Pledge Sunday' where people came to us and signed their pledge cards :) We were so blessed :) We can't say THANK YOU enough. May God bless you all.


I just want to take some time now and say thank you to my family. My dad who has given me encouraging words, or just given me a hug when I needed one.

My mom for being awesome at helping me with whatever it was I needed help with, printing papers, cutting papers, ect. It means so much to me. You guys have no idea how much I'm going to miss being able to just walk over to mom & dads. *shucks, I'm getting tears* So THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING you've done and everything your doing to help us live our Dream serving in Nicaragua.

I want to thank Lynette for taking the time and helping us get our Support Letter ready :) You are awesome :)

And to my little sisters, Kelsey, Kylie, Kiana & Kendra, THANK YOU sooo much for all your hard work with helping me fold the papers and stuff the envelopes :) You guys are great :)

I want to say a special thanks to all my wonderful friends who have listened to me when I needed to just get things off my chest. Thank you for letting me cry on your shoulder. You all know who you are :)

 And I want to thank God for bringing all these amazing people in my life. This process has had it's ups and downs, and I've learned so much already. God is faithful.













Kiana said she is 'trash girl' :)

Kelsey typing names in the computer for me :) She rocks



If anyone is interested in Partnering with us while we Serve in Nicaragua, consider sponsoring us. You can donate online, or I can send you some info on some other options, debit/credit card, check. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me :) Praying for us is super important too!!! Thank you again! God Bless♥


 The link for donating online...

 https://www.stint.com/donate.php?id=s75027

Our Story♥

So I thought it would be kinda cool if I told you 'Our Story' on how we came about being called to the Mission Field :) 

Growing up I've always dreamed of  being a missionary. I loved the idea of serving and just helping in any way I could. I never imagined that dream would come true :) 

Caleb & I dated for two years and than got married November  24th 2007. We never really talked about mission stuff other than his sister who at the time was a missionary in Belize teaching at a school. She's been down there for 7+ years now and is married to a fella from El Salvador and they have a two year old son (Austin) and another baby on the way :) So anytime we talked about 'mission stuff' it was normally about her :) 

Caleb is a farmer and works for my uncle Vern Yoder. He has been working for him now since 2006 (I think). In Oct 2009 he got a different job working at a Target Distribution Center in Galesburg, MI. He worked sat, sun, mon nights from 6pm-6am and than the other days he would work part time for Vern. It was very hard on our marriage, cause Caleb slept alot and had terrible headaches. It wasn't so nice when he was working there. He only went to church maybe twice the whole time he was working there.  Our marriage struggled. Alot of fights, things that couples shouldn't say to each other. We never talked about anything. I had no idea that God was working in Caleb's life until about December when he finally told me what was going on in his life. He met a couple different times with our Pastor and shared with him what was going on in his life. Caleb came home and told me to get ready that we were going to go on a date up to Kalamazoo. On the ride up there, i knew something was different. He told me everything. He shared with me how God has been working in his life and telling him that we're suppose to be missionaries. That whole time he was fighting with God, going back n forth. God laid it on his heart, but he kept saying 'no'. He didn't want to leave Mi, let alone move to another Country. We had so many things going for us here. (((I just sat there, not knowing what to think or say, I was speechless))) He said he talked with our pastor and there is a mission trip to the Dominican Republic coming up and he thinks it would be a good idea to get our feet 'wet' in the whole mission thing and see if we would want to serve with Students International. In the meantime, we told my family what we were doing and began to raise support to go on this mission trip. My dad told  me that the devil was going to do everything in his power to try and ruin this trip for us, and let me tell you, he did just that. I was to the point where I didn't even want to go anymore, I felt no desire to go or to even have anything to do with mission stuff. 

We went on the mission trip end of July first part of August for one week. It was 'life changing'. Not only in our lives, but our marriage. I am sooo 'thankful' that we were able to be a part of that mission trip. God worked in so many amazing ways. Our marriage is so  much better, I mean, we still have our moments ;) But what marriage doesn't right ;) 

We came back from that knowing we wanted to be a part of Students International, but we didn't feel like we were suppose to be in the DR. At that time Lowell and Nate were talking about starting an SI base in Nicaragua. Well, they went on a vision tour there a couple months later and sure enough, they started a base :) So in March of 2012 Caleb and a team of guys from a couple different churches went to Nicaragua to build a dorm for when teams came down. And in April I was able to go with a team of ladies I've never met before and paint the dorm, and the base along with some other projects :) It was a true blessing to be able to go on that trip, God sure did provide. While I was down there God worked in my heart. I came back from that trip feeling like it was 'home'. I knew that's where we were suppose to be and Caleb had the same feeling. He just wanted to make sure I felt the same way. I'm so blessed to have such an amazing husband who is on fire God :) 

Soooo, that's about it :) We are obviously moving to Nicaragua in May of 2013 ((Lord Willing)) 

Caleb by the Volcano in Nicaragua

And me beside the Volcano in Nicaragua.

It was so awesome that we got to go at separate times to Nicaragua. God knew that's what we needed to make this life changing decision :) Isn't our God just awesome :)

So continue to pray for us in this new Adventure :)

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11

 

*Progress Report*

Just thought I would give an update on where we are at this point.......Still in the process of Support Letters. My best friend is helping me with Prayers Cards :) I LOVE how we have amazing people in our lives who are so willing to help us :) GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!

Lynette did an awesome job helping us :) THANK YOU :)

I just finished with our first 20 letters :) eeeeeeekkk :)

Here are a few pictures of our progress :)

Kendra helping me :)

Keep the prayers coming :) p

Well, right now I'm in the process of printing off the response cards and other forms we are sending out with our support letter. Now I need to come up with a 'Prayer Card' :) Where is Lynette when I need her :) She just needs to come live with me for a while :) 

It's finally starting to set in more and more as we are getting things started and what not. Pray for us as we start setting up home visits to meet with people and talk to them about our Adventure :) 

If anyone is interested in donating strait to our SI fund, it's simple and easy.There is a link I can send you and you do everything online :)

THANK YOU ALL for your prayers and support. We LOVE you all. 

 

Philippians 4:13

Hola

Well, let's see if I will figure this blog stuff out :) I decided it would be easier to have a blog n keep ya'll updated while we are in the process of training and moving to Nicaragua :) 

Where are we at in the process? Well, right now we are in the process of raising our support, writing our support letters, that type of thing. 

We found out last week what our schedule is and when we leave for Nicaragua. 
We start staff training January 9th-13th out in California. Than January 21st - February 22 we are out in Palmer Lake Colorado for 5 weeks, 3 weeks of Missionary training and than 2 weeks of preparing us for language school. And than we come home for a couple days and head to Guatemala from March 1st-May 15th, so it's a little over 2 months. We come home for a couple days and THAN MOVE TO  NICARAGUA for two years!!!!!!! Wow, doesn't seem real. It's been a great adventure so far. God has been opening some doors and we have learned so much already. Can't wait for the training to start and learn a ton  more.....

It's going to be real difficult to be gone so much while we are training and than only be home for 5 days before we leave for two years. But I'm really excited cause I know our friends and family will be visiting us :) RIGHT?! =) I think that's the hardest thing for me right now, is just thinking about being away from my friends and family for two years. 

This is the house (base) we will  be living at while down there. 

Please continue to pray for us as we are on this new Adventure.