Or Wa Ca Or Wa

No, the title of this blog is not a tribal phrase or chant. :) (Although if you follow our blog in the years to come, you will likely learn some words and phrases!)

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Cannon Beach, our old hometown,
with a bit of snow!

They found it! "The spot!" (?!)

General Update:
We are just 5 months away from our big move to Papua New Guinea to step into tribal church planting! We've been building our support team (this is also known as Partnership Development) since we left the midwest in October, and making lots of plans and preparations for life overseas.

Travel Update:
We've been in OREGON since February 1st, and what a blessing it's been to visit churches and individuals and old friends, and to share this team effort of tribal church planting with so many!

THANK YOU to all who have prayed for our health and safety on the roads and the many get-togethers we have had. The Lord has chosen to answer with good health, safety, and encouraging times with the Body of Christ!

This coming weekend we will head up to WASHINGTON for a couple days for Lisa's grandma's memorial service (she went to be with the Lord on Feb. 14th at 95 years of age!).

Next week we will drive to to CALIFORNIA to share with a church and some friends down there. We plan to be there about a week. On our way back up north, we'll stop in OREGON again for a couple more opportunities to share.

Noe sharing about tribal
church planting with the
Ecola student body

By mid-March, we'll be in WASHINGTON again!


Support Update:
Yes, this is our #1 question these days- "How are you doing with your support?"

So we've updated our "Join Our Team" page on our blog. Please take a look and pray/consider how you can partner with us today! Here is the link: Join Our Team!

Family Update:

Visiting many friends

As mentioned, Lisa's grandma passed away this month. While we miss her, we are rejoicing that she is now with the Lord! This has also opened up lots of conversation opportunities with our girls about death, about heaven, about believing in Jesus. Please pray with us that the Lord will draw their hearts to Him, and that they will be saved by placing their faith in Christ Jesus! Both of us were 8 years old when we first accepted Christ. It would be such a joy to see our girls make that decision at a young age also!

Running along with you,

The Martinez Family

Go Team, Go!

GreetingsGOHAWKS!! (wow... sorry...)

We're not quite sure where January has run off to, but here we are now, less than 6 months from our planned departure to Papua New Guinea!

Heading to the OR coast!

Yesterday we drove down to the Oregon Coast, where we will spend the next few weeks sharing our calling and vision with churches and individuals, and inviting the Body of Christ to get involved with us in this amazing task of church planting!

Below is our (vague) schedule if you'd like to visit us, or if you'd like to be part of our Prayer TEAM for our travels - (Health, Safety, Fruitfulness). You're welcome to contact us if you'd like more details! (We try to be somewhat careful what we post online) We'll be sharing in a few churches during this time. We'd LOVE to see you, and if you'd like to hear about what we're doing, we have some small group opportunities for you to be a part of!

• This week we will be in Seaside and Cannon Beach.

• Next weekend (the 6th - 10th) we will be in Hillsboro, Newberg, and the Portland area.

• The 11th - 13th, Noe has the opportunity to teach a short Missions course at Ecola Bible School in Cannon Beach.

• We'll be near CB until the 27th, including a couple visits to Manzanita.

• On the 28th, we drive down to California to spend a few days in Modesto.

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Financial TEAM Update!

One of the biggest factors for us to be able to travel to, live in, and minister well in Papua New Guinea is sufficient financial support. We are very encouraged to be at about 65% of our recommended monthly support!! When we reach 75% we will be able to apply for our Visas and purchase plane tickets. Our goal is to reach 100% of the recommended monthly support level.

Here's an idea of what this could look like- to gain the remaining 35%, we would need:
-15 people at $100/month,
-25 people at $50/month,
-40 people at $25/month

Would you consider if the Lord would have you get involved in this way? Please join us also in praying that He will indeed provide for us to not just reach the minimum of 75%, but the whole 100%!

Visit our "Ways To Give" page, and the NTM links, to find out how you can become part of our TEAM today!

*Please remember some of our co-workers in prayer- the Myers family and the Goheen family. They've just arrived in PNG and are beginning to learn the national language and culture! This is what we will be doing in just a few months!

THANK YOU for your love, support, friendship, prayers... Our next update will include an update on our preparations for moving overseas (paperwork, packing, etc...), and more ways you can get involved- even a "small" thing such as sharing a cup of coffee to help us regain some sanity... :)


Counting downGOSEAHAWKS!!! (wow... again, sorry?...),

The girls enjoying their cousins

Noe and Lisa, and girls