Married, Moved, and Ministry

April 2014

Dear Friends and Family,

     Greetings from Eminence, MO! We are finally here at Discovery Ministries! After our wedding on April 5th and honeymoon in Ponca, AR, we are settling in at our house! This has been a long awaited move and we are excited to finally have some roots and a place to call home.
     Robert began work on the 21st and has enjoyed getting to work and also be in a place he loves. He's adjusting well and is excited to learn more at his job as office manager. He's been encouraged with the staff's love and excitement as they've been anticipating him coming. So far he’s been doing the day-t-day tasks in the office, from answering phones to processing donations and deposits for programming. The ministry has some work for me (Emma), part-time, the first week of May cleaning and prepping the camp for summer. May 18th is the kick-off day of staff training for the internship. I am very excited to join the ministry again this summer, disciple and teach others about Christ and how to meet God on new levels as they are challenged in their faith. It is crazy and exciting that I am back at DM for the summer. I didn’t think I would be here again last summer, even though I definitely hoped and prayed I would be. I think it’s amazing that God knows the plans for us before we can even fathom them coming into existence!

    We love our house and are settling in and love that it feels like our own place. Our house is beautiful, very relaxing and comfortable. It has two bedrooms (master and guestroom), a bathroom, a big living room, a nice sized kitchen and dining area combined, a small screened in porch in front, and a deck on the back. We don’t really know what style to classify our house; it’s just very us: slightly old fashioned, colorful, and fun. In the evenings, we often weed the flower beds and have enjoyed discovering new plants and doing this together. We both find it relaxing after a busy day and enjoy burning the weeds and leaves together right at dark.
  We are also in the process of visiting churches to find a church home and see where God is opening doors for us to become part of the community.
    
    While we are not fully funded, we are excited to say we are getting there! We have raised 38.8% of the regular pledged support we need to raise!! We are thankful for each of you that God has led to partner with us in prayers and in financial support. Support raising has been hard and long for us; often discouraging, but God has been faithful and keeps reminding us that his timing is perfect. God is working in the lives of the staff and preparing the hearts of the interns and campers that are going to be coming this summer. We, along with the Discovery Ministries, believe God has great plans in store for the ministry this summer and year and we are expecting Him to do wonderful and great things. We already anticipate telling you about them!
     We would love to have you visit the ministry and our house if you can, so please don’t hesitate to call (319) 391-3555 or email us, rehalbach@gmail.com, if you have any questions, want to visit or anything! We will be praying for you and ask God to bless your life and those in your families.

            Praying with Expectancy,

        Robert and Emma Halbach

·         Pray for us as we learn and grow together as a couple.

·         Pray that God will continue to reveal his plan and will for us at the 
   ministry and in the Eminence community.

·         Pray for the interns that are preparing to join the ministry this 
   summer.

·         Pray that Discovery Ministries will walk in the Spirit and disciple 
   campers this summer to know God deeper and to be challenged to grow.