Delay in our trip.

To all of our dear supporters,

We hope that you all have had a very joyful Christmas day and want to send our sincere thanks to all of you for supporting our trip to Ethiopia. As most of you know, we had an enormous task of raising about NZ$9,200 for the both of us to go to Ethiopia with the Mocha Club. We had really struggled to fundraise this time as the Tsunami fundraisers were happening and the Christmas season approached, and had hoped that the Newspaper article would have gotten us the extra funds that we still needed. Unfortunately, we were still down a big percentage of what we needed and at the last minute (ie. Yesterday) found out that there was not enough money for us to go. This was a real sad moment for us as we have been preparing for this trip for the last few months, but we know that God has our ultimate interests at heart. Even though we did not get onto our scheduled plane today, we are still planning to go to Ethiopia when the finances permit. We thank you all for your prayers and for your financial support and we hope and pray that you will continue to pray for us as we are called to this amazing mission field- Ethiopia. Even in our preparations, we have learnt so much about Ethiopia and about cross-cultural missions through our conference calls with the Mocha Club team and through our own research. This has only made our desire to go, stronger and more significant. Ethiopia is the only African nation that has not been colonised and they are a very patriotic country. They also have around 5 million orphans and around 1 million of those have HIV or AIDS. We know that God has a calling for us to go, so please keep in touch and see what happens as we prepare to do what ever, and when ever, He wants us to do and go. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. For those who have sacraficially given, your money is still in the Mocha Club account that either you, or we, put through. We will be saving that money for our trip. Thank you for giving at such a financially stretched time of the year- Your generosity has not gone unnoticed. God bless
-- Asaua and Michelle Tiatia