a new chapter

Dear Friends,

Hello! We hope you and your loved ones are doing well. We have a little update for you!

Just three months ago, we felt God calling us to transition and at His call we left the rigorous and exciting life of Los Angeles where it seemed many opportunities were just around the corner and moved all the way across the country to the little town of Melbourne Beach, FL.

After reconnecting with Pastors Jason and Raina Byars at our wedding, God began to place a desire in our hearts to help establish and grow a church in this little town with little to no churches for miles at a time. We heard of all the hard work this family had done and how God had blessed the fruits of their labor, and literally grown their church from six members to over 250 in just four years’ time. This church plant’s staff was composed of Jason Byars and Ben and Ashley Kingdon and although they were doing amazing things alone, God began to show us how He needed us to join ranks and most importantly, that in the last few years in LA He had been grooming us for such a task.

At the end of October we left California to head to a place we have never been, to a community we didn’t know, with 500 dollars and no prospects of jobs…just the assurance that God would provide for all of our needs as He always has and that we were going to do something for Him that would bring purpose not only to our lives, but also to many other lives in that small community of the Space Coast.

In the last 90 days, God has done exceedingly more than we could ever ask. He has blessed us with the greatest couple we could ever learn from, Jason and Raina. He has blessed us with the ability to connect the church members and supporters of the church via email, Facebook, and Twitter. We have named the youth group, Keep The Lights On and seen the youth group grow from 12 members to 22 in just a matter of weeks, and have been teaching them to become a light in their community. And perhaps most exciting of all, we have seen a church pull together and God work a miracle in giving us our very first building!

There are so many exciting things happening here and we feel so blessed to be a part of it all. We are very anxious to do as much as we can with The Way Church and have dedicated every hour of every day to growing this church, but because it is a church plant of just a few years this means we must meet our financial needs.

If you feel led to partner with our family, either through finances or prayer- let us know! Anything you can give would be greatly appreciated, and we thank you in advance for lifting our family and the ministry of The Way Church up in prayer. We will continue to update our blog in order to keep you up to date with The Way Church, Keep The Lights On, and our first year of marriage! :)

Thanks!

Anthony, Brooke, and Osito Rick

96 Carmen St.

Melbourne Beach, FL 32951