Packards Progress

October 2015

October Update
The latest news in our upcoming round the
world journey of Bible teaching!
Its hard to believe, but in exactly three months, well be in Ukraine,
beginning sta training with Titus Project Kyiv! What once felt like a
far away, somewhat far-fetched plan, is quickly feeling like reality. #

Fundraising News
You may remember that last month, we were believing for $5000
before the end of September. Not surprisingly, God came through!
This past weekend, we hosted a fundraising Night of Music &
Missions, which further added to our funds. To date, between finances
in hand and commitments to give, we have almost $8700 towards
Titus! This means over $5000 has come in since our previous update.
It is mind-boggling and miraculous; thank you to all who have been a
part of this tremendously encouraging increase. What a testimony of
Gods provision.#

Happy (Canadian)
Thanksgiving from
Turner Valley!
We hope your holiday weekend
was a blessed time of rest and
gratitude for all of Gods gifts.
We are so thankful for you and
your participation in what God is
doing in and through us.

As weve crunched the numbers, we estimate the total need for our
time in Ukraine/Central Asia/Taiwan will be approximately $14,700 (see our budget on the following
page). This means we need to see about $6000 come in over the next three months. Wed love it if you
would pray for us about this need. God has provided abundantly for us, and we really trust He will bring
in all that is needed. We are looking forward to another fundraiser in November (well share more next
month, but to give you a couple of hints, this fundraiser will a) be accessible to anyone almost anywhere in
the world, and b) help you jump start your Christmas shopping!).#
If youre interested in giving towards our time with Titus Project this Winter/Spring, please refer to the
tax-deductible gifts column on the next page. Thank you!#

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Tax-Deductible Gifts
To make a tax-deductible
donation towards our upcoming
time in Ukraine and Central Asia
with the Titus Project, please send
a cheque made payable to
YWAM or Youth With A
Mission (BC Society) to:
YWAM Project Funding Office
PO Box 57100 RPO East Hastings
Vancouver BC V5K 5G6

Do not write our names on the

cheque, but enclose a separate
note in the envelope with your
cheque, designating support for
Michael & Helen Packard.
If you are interested in joining our
monthly support team, please
contact us at
packardsprogress@gmail.com,
and well help you with the quick
and easy process!
Thank you so much for partnering
with us!

you will be
my witnesses
in Jerusalem
and in all Judea
and Samaria,
and to the end
of the earth
(Acts 1:8).

October 2015

Ukraine/Central Asia/Taiwan Budget

Flights to Kyiv & Taipei: $5000 #
Passport/Visa Expenses: $595 #
Travel Insurance: $883.11
#
Ground Fees for Kyiv: $771 #
Flights to Central Asia: $1790 #
Estimated Ground Fees in Central Asia: $5106
Ground Fees for Taiwan: $542

Ground fees include housing, food, translators, travel in country, etc.,

and are based on recommendations from other Titus teams."

* This budget is an estimate in Canadian dollars, very dependent on

the exchange rate, as most of the above expenses will be paid in other
currencies. The numbers above reflect the exchange rate when we
worked out our budget in September.

Prayer Requests
Obviously, finances is a big prayer request, but we would also
love prayer in the following areas:#
1) Wisdom for visa applications. One of the countries we
will be visiting has particularly dicult visa requirements.
We need wisdom on how to proceed.#
2) Preparing for Titus. We are incredibly busy in the day-today work of keeping YWAM Turner Valley eating, paying
bills, and running eciently, and well both be teaching on
the SBS here in November. In the meantime, we need to be
getting ready for outreach to Central Asia, and the lecture
phase in Kyiv. In Ukraine, well both be teaching two fourhour lectures, and well be co-teaching Bible Overview. Wed
love prayer as we prepare for the dierent aspects of stang
Titus.#
3) Reliance on the Lord. In all the busyness of our roles, its
easy to lose perspective. We want relationship with God to
be primary in our lives, and would really value prayer that we
would look to Him first in all things.