It has been three months since we made the decision to follow God's calling on us to Africa. It has been a long journey and we haven't even left yet. We made many contacts that just didn't seem the Lord was in. Doubt had risen, and the calling all together was in question. Why wasn't my petitioner opening any doors? I still have an opportunity to test with the Evansville Police Department and pursue a career there. I felt at the end of my rope. “ Was I not called? What are these foolish ideals that I thought were from the Lord? Am I an irresponsible father and husband? Am I supposed to just hold down a regular job? What am I supposed to do? What do you want from me God?!” I was ready to quit. After my heart had been rung out like a dirty wash cloth, crumbs and all, He began to move.

It was a Saturday night, Emily and I were driving home and we were talking about Moses and his calling. More particularly, we were talking about God sending Moses his brother to be his “voice” since he was slow of speech. “where does it say that?” Emily asked. “I don't know.” I answered “but it's in there I promise!” It was Sunday morning coming down(JC-he who has ears let him hear) and were visiting a close church of ours that we hadn't been to in a few years. Pastor Derrik was teaching out of Exodus 4! Now we know reference! Derrik spent most of his time talking about Moses calling and how sometimes it's our family that God uses to confirm and support our calling and if that calling exists in us it is no accident, we must follow the call. We went to lunch with my parents afterwards and my father emphasized the importance of us contacting a Calvary Chapel in South Africa. Our journey started in the Uganda area and the “doors” seemed to keep closing on us there and we were currently struggling with a “door” in South Africa. So, remembering Derrik's wisdom, I heeded my fathers wisdom and contacted a Calvary Chapel that I had found, thanks to Google, in the Durban area of S.A.

The next morning I had a response! I wasn't familiar with an immediate response and one that sounded positive, at that. He asked us to tell him more about ourselves and our calling. So the Renders, the other family moving with us, sent Pastor Shaun Strauss an email explaining our hearts desire to work with the “unloved” the “beaten and the damned”(MCR-he who has ears let him hear). As it turns out, while Shaun and his wife were discussing our first email she asked him what we would do if we moved there, keep in mind they had not received our 2nd email explaining to them what we feel called to do. He answered to his wife saying that he wants to reach out to the skate and rock kids in there area that are completely unreached and have us work alongside the orphanage that they want to do more with!

Isn't God good? Two opposite ends of the spectrum in ministry that we wanted to do and God finds a way to connect them, making our calling certain!

Shelby and I have raised the money, much thanks to our families, and are going to spend a little over two weeks with Calvary Chapel 1000 Hills, spying out the land, visiting, and getting to know the Strauss family and the church there.

We have an opportunity to take a trip with Pastor Shaun to a small country called Losotho, Africa to minister to the locals there that have never seen modern people before.

There are big moving expenses from passports, vaccinations, air fare, a savings account to prove for our visas that we can leave if need be, etc.

It will cost $1600 to $2000 dollars a month for us to live there. We are raising support starting now so we can save up and build a fund to work with Please pray for us on a daily basis and donate monthly. We have a long journey ahead of us and we cannot do it without Jehovah's help and yours as well. Donations can be made through Youth Inc. You can email me Jesse@youthinc.net for more info. Or call if you have my number. Thank so much!

For Him and His Children,

The Fullers

A New Calling

For the past 6 years I've been working in full time ministry. At Youth Inc. we did everything from bible studies, to youth trips, to operating a music club and coffee house outreach. Looking back on all of it I have grown immensely! I have screwed up and failed, ALOT! I have also learned a lot of lessons through my mistakes. My mother always said I was hard headed, turns out she's right.
Emily and I married on Dec. 30th 2006 and had our first baby, Eisley Raine, Aug. 10 2009! Over the past few years as a married man, my heart in ministry has been changing. My passion and intensity for taking care of the innocent, hurting, broken, and unloved children, in Jesus' name has become overwhelming.
One morning in a meeting with some close friends who have a similar heart for ministry, we were discussing plans to start a week night underground bible study/church with aspirations of bringing in bands on the weekends and doing outreach events for rock and skate kids. As we talked, the truth and motive of our plans slowly became revealed. Both the Renders and we lacked the zeal and passion that should be behind God's work. Instead, it was just the "next" thing to do. As the conversation went on, our dreams and passions about ministering to the orphans and widows came to the surface. "You know, why not? we've kept ourselves from debt, we have no ties, we'll just sell our stuff and go!" So that is our plan! The Render family and our little family! Ok, it IS a little more complicated than that, but close though. We are currently praying about where to go and we feel the Lord has put the town of Jinja, Uganda in front of us. We are still waiting on His plans to completely open up to us.
The idea of just going and changing the world, we know, is foolish. We don't want to just run over there with our ideas and culture. And we most definitely do not want to take some "white mans religion." The all so real and all powerful God the Father, Jesus Christ is who we are representing.
Training, and education are important to us. We are currently looking for a ministry to be involved with for the first year or so. There is a school called New Hope Institute for Children and Families where they teach everything from farming the land to dealing with street children, not to mention working on ministers hearts! Please pray for us that God's will and plans for our future are clear and unmistakable. We have a lot of money to raise so please pray about making a donation or being a monthly donor as well; whatever God puts on your heart.