The Perfect Plan

          Hello all, how are you? Can I just start by giving you a big {HUG} and a Thank you! Carl and I are just blown away by YOU, and how God is using you to encourage and love us well.

For those of you who don’t know, the journey to Thailand only began about 5-6 months ago when Carl was actively pursuing our next step as a family and his calling in ministry. Carl, being the God fearing man that he is, began praying and seeking wisdom for what God would have for us. On a number of different occasions God used different men in Carl’s life to point us towards this opportunity with SCPI in Thailand in order for Carl to pursue his passion for global missions. At this point in life we had just taken on a five year old foster child, I had begun a second job with Florida Virtual School (With hopes of staying home with our kids next year), and we had a 5 month old.—So clearly these suggestions were just meant to amuse us… Very funny God.

    As time passed and with Thailand not being a ‘real’ option for our family, Carl began to pursue other avenues for our family, maybe an associate pastor? Maybe a church plant? Or finish his Masters in Divinity? None of these felt like where God wanted us right now.

Carl and I have stated that as a family we would posture ourselves with a “blank check” mentality. Whatever the cost, if God called, we would go… BUT THAILAND? Really God?-- God slowly broke our hearts for his calling. The Word of God convicted both of us, at different points in time. Would we be the Rich Ruler in Luke not willing to sell everything and go? Had the “blank check” been something we were saying for these years but not willing to act on? God, in only the way he can, slowly brought us both to a posture of surrender. On March 8^th, 2015 we both agreed, no matter the mess it will bring, we are ready to be sent. In God’s perfect grace he turned our reluctant submission into abounding joy. Carl and I could not be more thrilled to have an opportunity to be a part of the great works God is already doing in South Asia. How great is HE? That he would not just call us, but provide for us the mercies of his Godly Joy?

Tripp helping me pack

Now if that were not enough God has continued to amaze us by providing us with every earthly need to be able to go in such a short time. By God’s grace, I already have a contracted position with an international school teaching 6^th grade, we have a contract on our house and are slated to close on June 23^rd, and we have been overwhelmed by the financial support that God has already provided through many of you. Thank you Lord!

God Is Good! And we are thankful. Moving forward in this journey we would continue to ask you for a few things-

1.    Would you continue to Pray for us?

a.    Pray that God would continue to give us grace in the moving process.

b.    Pray that the closing of our house would go seamlessly and we could be free of that burden

c.    Pray for us to find an apartment in Thailand & childcare for Tripp

2.    Would you continue to Share our story and what SCPI is doing in Asia?

3.    Would you consider supporting us financially? (reliant.org/carl.belcher) 

Thank you again for all of your love and support. We will update you again soon on more details of the move.

Blessings,

Carl, Leeza and Tripp Belcher

Family and Friends,

We are excited to announce that in July Leeza and I will moving to Bangkok to be a part of what God is doing through Saturation Church Planting International (SCPI) in South Asia.

Bangkok has 14 million people who desperately need to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. Bangkok is the world’s #1 tourist destination and has over 1 million expats. But only 0.3% of the 14 million people in Bangkok are Evangelical Christians. Through our partnership with Reliant/GCM we will be serving with SCPI in Bangkok and the surrounding nations including India, Sri Lanka, and China. In Bangkok our ministry focus is to plant a church for the nearly 6 million people in Bangkok who speak English. Our hope in planting this church is to give every man, woman, and child in Bangkok a repeated opportunity to see, hear, and respond to the gospel of Jesus Christ, without having to come or go anywhere. We will also be partnering with indigenous pastors all throughout South Asia, envisioning, training, and coaching them to mobilize their churches to saturate their nation with the gospel. In the last 20 years we have helped to facilitate the planting of thousands of churches through these trainings and the relationships.

Reliant/GCM partners with missional churches and gospel-centered non-profits to mobilize support-based missionaries for the Great Commission. God has called us to the nations and to go and serve him in Bangkok and throughout South Asia. But in order for us to do this, we need a team of people who believe in what we’re doing in South Asia to prayerfully and financially support the ministry. SCPI would not exist without the support of these ministry partners.

We are trusting God to provide individuals who will make monthly investments of $100, $50, or $35 in the critical work of reaching South Asia for Christ. We do have a wide range of gifts however, ranging from $25 to $500 per month. A one time special gift can also be made and is very helpful as well. We are currently trying to raise $35,300 per year. We would like to challenge you to give as the Lord leads and know that any gift will be greatly appreciated and will help us get to Bangkok. Gifts can be made at Reliant.org/carl.belcher If you have any questions you can call us at (863)381-9010 or email us at carl@summitlife.com. Thank you for your prayerful consideration in this matter, and God Bless.

Sincerely,

Carl and Leeza Belcher