Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Rounke Chronicles, June 2008, Vol. 1

Greetings! To Our Friends & Family,

We hope our letter finds you all well. You are each treasured friends and yet we are terrible at keeping in contact. Because of this some of you may be surprised by our plans and others may know most of what we have to share. So now after 6 years of marriage we are writing our first family newsletter.

In 2002, while worshipping during a missions trip to Mexico, the Lord spoke to me (Jason) one night about being a father to the fatherless (working with orphans). I have not had many experiences of actually hearing God’s voice, so I told Him I was willing, but that God would have to tell Katie, I wasn’t going to say a word. Much to my surprise the next morning Katie sent me a note asking if I was “getting anything from God”. I replied, “Maybe, what are you getting?” And Katie responded that she felt that God was calling us to serve the fatherless. So, within 24 hours God spoke clearly to both of us that he wanted to use us in ministry with orphans!

As we prayed about this we realized that often God’s call can come some time before his commission (as with Moses, David, etc.). Therefore, we decided we would pray, be open and ready when He called, but until that time we would stay faithful to the ministry He had already given us.

Over the next years God allowed us to meet people and be ministered to by people involved in Antioch Community Church. A church planting conference was my first experience with Antioch. Anyway, through much prayer and many “fleeces” we believe God is telling us our next step is to go through Antioch’s discipleship and church planting schools. This should take us about 20 months.

We will be moving to Waco, TX at the beginning of August. So far God has been faithful as we know He will continue to be. We were accepted to the school and God has opened the doors to a nice house to rent. We do not yet have a job(s), or do we know where in Sub-Sahara Africa God might send us. We would be happy to have you pray with us as we wait in expectation for the results of these prayers.

I am sure that as we continue on this path you’ll receive occasional updates.

Contact Info:
jasrounke@hotmail.com krounke@hotmail.com