Partnership Team Building

Hello friends and family,

With more than half of the summer over, it feels strange knowing that I won't be returning to school in September.
This summer has been spent working part-time as a home health care provider and completing the application process to become an official staff-member with VVMI which I'm happy to announce has been completed.
This next year or so will be considered a 'training' phase that will require me to travel and become acquainted with our partnership organizations overseas while we work on developing a training program here in the US.
This means that I have started with building my partnership team that will be support me in finances and prayer.

A highlight of this summer was a visit paid by my supervisor during which we were able to finalize paperwork and the job description in person. Since he had his display along we were able to have my first display table set-up at my church and hand out prayer cards and pr-dvd's. This was very exciting but I was also a little nervous even though it was my own church! My supervisor's visit proved to be fruitful as he was able to be an encouragement to two of my closest friends here in GR who are an integral part of my support team.

I would appreciate your prayers as this is arguably the most difficult phase of becoming a missionary and I would appreciate your prayers.
A very specific prayer request that I have is one for a vehicle. Thus far I have been using my roommate's car to get around, but as I will need to do quite a bit more traveling for partnership building I will need a vehicle of my own. Please pray that God will provide with either the finances to purchase one or that one might be donated to VVMI.
Thanks for praying!
Zach