Leaving for Latvia in One Week

Hello everyone,
Just wanted to get the word out that we are flying to Latvia May 9 - next Wednesday! We are encouraged by the vision God has given us to go long term to Latvia in order to reach the lost, equip disciples and glorify God in church planting. If you haven't checked our blog lately, perhaps www.powers-latvia.blogspot.com is to hard to remember, so we have a new website that should be easier to remember: www.calvarylatvia.com and from their you can find the latest news and information about what God is doing with us in Latvia.

If you are in the Monterey Bay area, we hope to see you before we go. PLEASE BE A PART OF SENDING OUT YOUR LONG TERM MISSIONARIES THIS WEEK:

• Wednesday night (May 1) Brenten will be at Calvary Chapel Monterey Bay service from 6 to 9
  
• Saturday the CCMB church picnic at Toro Park from noon to 4pm, we will be there to fellowship and share about our mission. There will also be a book for you to share encouragements for when things get tough in Latvia and a video so you can share your heart/prayers/encouragement which we can watch on DVD when we get home sick.
  
• Sunday at CCMB We are dedicating our daughter Lily Grace Powers to the Lord during 2nd or 3rd service and our pastors will briefly pray for our family as they dedicate our whole family to the mission field. Between services, I/we will be in the kiosk between services giving out prayer cards and saying farewell to our home church. ):
  
• Monday night at 7 is the last Missions Prayer Fellowship that I will be able to attend. This group continues to meet monthly to lift up the prayer requests of all the missionaries that CCMB supports.
  
• Wednesday morning we are flying out of SFO and will spend 18 hours in the air plus stops in Chicago and Poland before landing in Riga Latvia Thursday May 10 at 1:55pm
  

Thank you to those of you who have decided to support us financially, Your monthly and one time gifts are going to help us get to the mission field and keep us there to make a long term difference to further the gospel. (By the way, if you want to make automatic monthly donations for our mission, CCMB has a credit card authorization form that you can fill out and drop in the offering on Sunday morning. If writing a check, make it payable to Calvary Chapel Monterey Bay and on a separate note mention you'd like to support the Powers in Latvia.)

Finally, don't forget to keep us in your prayers. In Acts 13 when men of God prayed, the Holy Spirit spoke and said, "Set apart Paul and Barnabus for the work to which I have called them" Then they prayed more, laid hands on them and sent them out on the missionary journey. It's the same with us this week, God is saying it's time for us to go and it's time for you to send us with your prayers. Lets all be faithful to do our part in fulfilling the great commission in obedience to Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

For His glory,
Brenten, Lena, Caleb and Lily Powers
Missionaries to Latvia