New York, NY

new_york_city_view What would you do if you were just dropped off in a big city with the goal of effectively spreading the good news of Jesus? Where would you start? How would you try to learn about this place and the people who live here? What barriers would you need to overcome?

That’s what we’re going to New York city to learn. We’ll be there this week learning how to engage a global city with our good news. Please pray . . .

that we would see how God is working in New York and join him
that we would be able to effectively share the good news with people there.
that we would learn how to understand and effectively engage a global city.
for all the church planters and faithful Christians already at work in NY.
for the people we will meet in NY, that we would help them and learn from them.

Getting Ready to Go

We are halfway through our training in Richmond, as many godly and knowledgable people pour into us. There’s a lot going on and it feels like we’re drinking from a fire hydrant most of the time as we are trained and re-trained in cross-cultural evangelism, city mapping, legal and financial preparation, technology and logistics. Still, we are thankful for this time of transition and thankful that Chyella, especially, is doing so well through it.

Please pray for . . .

Our families as we get closer to saying goodbye for a while.
Our minds and hearts to be open to what God is teaching during this time.
Our upcoming trip to New York, where we will be learning how to live on mission in large, urban contexts.
The people we’ve connected with here in Richmond that do not have a relationship with God in Jesus, but are searching for more.
God to spread his good news around the world as all of us ordinary servants obey.

And please let us know how we can be praying for you!

Nathan’s Graduation from Southeastern Seminary

We’re excited to share that Nathan graduated this weekend with his Master of Divinity from Southeastern Seminary! He has worked very hard these last few years, and we’re so thankful for this milestone! His girls are proud of him!

Chyella is doing great! She’s almost 4 months old and just the sweetest baby!

A couple of updates: we will be starting some missions training at the end of January, and as far as we know should be on the ground in Madagascar in early April. Please continue to pray for us and our families as we make this transition!

We have a new email – nandtbaker2013@gmail.com. We also have a new blog (this one) and Instragram. We’d love for you to follow us! We’ll do our best to keep you updated with all that God is doing and how you can pray.

We also want to stay in touch with and pray for you! Please send news and prayer requests our way!!