Wilson and Ruth Dalgas Update

YWAM Dallas, Texas ~ November 2011

Dear friends, After taking a year off to be with family and friends in Indiana, I (Ruth) am back on the mission field! I came to Dallas earlier this year to pray about moving here and working with YWAM in Dallas. I had been thinking and praying about that since I transitioned from Chicago. When I got here, I was pleasantly surprised when I met Wilson. He was here in Dallas for the same reason, to see about moving here to work with YWAM. God confirmed the move for both of us and we spent a lot of time together that week, resulting in our first date before we both left. A week later, he arrived in Indiana where he met my family & friends and we went on to Chicago to meet my YWAM leaders there. We both knew early on that this was from the Lord and both traveled back and forth a lot. We got married on Sunday, October 16 in Indiana and had a wonderful day with family & friends from near and far! Ruths long time pastor married us and YWAM Chicago director Brad Stanley spoke in the ceremony. We had a mix of many different cultures and nations at our wedding with people from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, India, Brazil, Cuba, Nepal, Mexico and of course, North America who are friends of ours through church and YWAM. Here are a few photos to show you our wedding day!

We drove a few days later to Dallas, TX and dropped off our belongings and wedding gifts at the apartment before driving to a resort a few hours away for our honeymoon. The resort was paid and given to us as a wedding gift by a YWAM family. It was a blessing to have this time. We have now been settling into our new home here. The apartment we live in is a property of YWAM Dallas. The church where we have our kids programs is just a block away and we are across the street from the YWAM office. We are really enjoying being part of the community here along with other staff and young guys that live in the Timothy House. We are both helping out with after school programs and kids church. Wilson also helps with a lot of maintenance around the base and with an outreach on Tuesdays to a nearby apartment complex. I (Ruth) am doing the accounts and some communication. The YWAM Dallas team blessed us with an Island wedding Reception at the YWAM base. We had a great time with our friends and the neighborhood kids. There was an Island Breeze team here from YWAM Sydney, Australia and they did Island dances from Tonga, Fiji and Samoa! It was a blast!
PHOTOS on next page: Wilson & Ruth with Emele, YWAM Dallas staff from Fiji. Her husband Ofa is from Tonga and that is him doing the fire dance. They are very close friends of ours and live next door. The group photo of the Dallas reception is a mix of friends, family, co-workers and kids from the neighborhood.

Dallas Reception (Mini-Luau)

Ruth at Kids Club in Dallas ~ Wilson teaching guitar at Arts Camp Chicago 2011 (The Camp Ruth has been involved with for 8 yrs.)

How you can be involved

Prayer Points: ~ Kids Club ~ Kids Church ~ Financial Support ~ YWAM Dallas Staff ~ Tuesday Apartment Outreach ~ Accounting & Communication ~ Safety ~ Our new marriage

Become a Financial Partner As with all YWAM workers, we are non-salaried and live on financial support from friends, family, churches, etc that want to be a part of what we do. Financial gifts are tax-deductible. If donating with a personal check: Write check payable to YWAM (dont put our names anywhere on the check, instead write for Ruth Dalga at YWAM Dallas on a separate piece of paper.) Send the check to: YWAM Accounting PO Box 3000 Garden Valley, TX 75771 Contact us for more donation options.

Wilson & Ruth Dalga, 201 N Orient Street, Dallas, TX, 75214 Wilson: 469-432-4631 ~ Ruth: 469-265-8775 ~ connect@wilsonandruth.com ~ http://ruthielouunedited.blogspot.com/ Coming Soon: www.wilsonandruth.com