MISSION ACCEPTED: Sean and Erin Dawson

Dear friends and family,

It has been some time since I last updated the Mercy League blog. I have been busy on the road for the past 4-5 weeks. (I have to make a living too ; )

The last time I wrote is was to issue a challenge for someone to go on my behalf to the Children's home in San Marcos, and get some projects within the home underway.

Here are a few of the recent upgrades: New bathroom and shower house, new water system, repaired waterlines from the mountain, paid remainder of lease and procured another year, finished 1 sleeping room, new water tank for kitchen, moved family into home, searching for children who need a home.

Current Needs: build small barn for goats/chickens, purchase milk/meat goats and chickens, finish 2nd sleeping room, build wooden beds for children, network for potential rental bungalow in mountain/beach areas, encourage local leadership to take ownership of project.

Allow me introduce my friends from back home in Canada:

Sean and Erin Dawson have been married for ten years, and live in Vavenby, British Columbia, Canada.

They own an automotive repair shop where Sean works full time as a journeyman mechanic. Erin is the worship leader at Vavenby Christian Church. They both love the Lord passionately,and are excited about doing His work, and advancing His Kingdom on
earth.

Erin has a heart for missions, which led her to Haiti in 2002, and while this is Sean's first mission trip, he looks forward to stepping out into this new and exciting area of faith.

Sean and Erin are passionate about their faith: "not only is Jesus the Way, the Truth, and the Life, but that He is also passionately in love with us, and wants us to know Him as our Glorious Bridegroom. We are not victims of an arranged marriage, but have the privilege of being swept into a sacred, passionate courtship with Jesus.

I am very excited about Sean and Erin's willingness to forgo 2 weeks of pay and take on the challenges that we are facing in the children's home project right now. This is the first wave in an accelerated program to have the children's home up and running in short order. There will be a major fund-raising push for both a journey this fall and again in January.

Please join us in chipping in to pay for Sean and Erin's airfare and traveling costs. It is the least we can do. Included in this amount will an additional $950 goal for programs. All unused monies will be applied towards the project.

Click on this link to see Sean and Erin's Donation page:

DR Journey 10/08