July/August ’09 Newsletter

Address: 101 Stevens Rd., Greenback, TN 37742Temporary Phone: (865) 856-7407 · E-mail: kevsdarling@gmail.com

Dear Family and Friends,We wanted to share with you highlights of the past couple of months; in addition, news from Irelandand a few prayer concerns.

Baby News

We have some very exciting news – Our once family of two has nowincreased to three. We’re expectinga baby! Darleen is 11-weeks a longand is doing very well. Last week we had the privilege of hearing our baby’s heartbeat for the first time. He/she is doing well! (Our due date isJan. 16

, 2010.)

BMW Visit

Biblical Ministries Worldwide is a church-plantingmission organization that serves independent churches.BMW missionaries began church planting in Ireland inthe mid 1970’s. The first of this month, we traveled toGeorgia to meet with the field director and talk about possibly joining their team. We were blessed byBMW’s kind hospitality and encouragement to us.We are prayerfully considering joining the BMWteam and would appreciate your prayers for wisdomand guidance.

Goals for 2009:

God still continues to press on our hearts the visionto deepen our walk with Him, raise a godly family, andserve Him on the mission field. Taking pen in hand, wewrote out what we feel God wants us to make everyeffort to accomplish this year.Of primary importance, we have committed this firstyear solely to our marriage. Our aim is to seek Christfirst in our relationship, seek to better understand eachother and strength our relationship, and grow in a Christsaturated love.Second, prepare for our little one!Third, continue studies on the Irish culture and pursue missionary training workshops, as the Lordallows.Lastly, continue researching ideas for a missionorganization to team up with in Ireland.