Segaar-King April Update

Spring Break in Michigan feels a lot different than Haiti.

We spent a few cold Spring Break vacation days in a cottage near Lake Michigan.

Dear Friends and Family:

Greetings from Haiti!  This is my (Zach) first time back to Haiti since leaving on June 6, 2017.  Needless to say, there are many ambivalent feelings swirling in my soul.  We deeply miss our friends and colleagues with whom we have sweated, suffered and celebrated together for twelve years.  At the same time, we recognize that God sent us onward to a new chapter of global mission-work.  Please pray this week that God would help Zach to be a great encouragement to our mission staff in Haiti.

 Please pray for:

1.       Wisdom, grace, and good words as Zach and other Resonate staff explain some of the key changes that need to happen within Resonate to make it sustainable for the future.  Pray especially on Thursday, May 3, as Zach will be talking with some key CRC leaders.

2.       A collaborative reflection by leaders from the Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church of America on church revitalization that Resonate is organizing in Chicago on May 2.  We hope to clarify the characteristics of a church that God is renewing for mission.

3.       A meeting of Resonate’s fourteen Regional Mission Leaders from around the world in Chicago in May.  Pray that God would clarify strategies and goals for our mission work.

4.       A good finish to the school year for our children.

Please give thanks for:

1.       Johnny and Kim Gryglewicz, Resonate’s new missionaries to Haiti, who arrived in March to begin their ministry.  Praise God for his provision of new staff members to continue the work we left behind.

2.       Success for Calvin Theological Seminary’s church planting class sponsored by Resonate.  Yesterday Zach had a discussion with four students in the class who have said that it is their favorite class and are considering planting churches and working in international mission.  Praise God for raising up a new generation of mission leaders!

The blessing of being able to serve in mission.  Sometimes the transition to Michigan feels overwhelming.  Sometimes the task of leadership at Resonate seems heavy. Despite all this, it is a huge blessing to know God is working his will to fruition through us.