Praise God! We have been praying for over a year as Nate Oliver and family raised support to move down from New Hampshire to be our Pastor of Discipleship. Thanks to some connections through sister churches in CT, inexpensive housing has opened up and the Oliver’s are moving down in March! Praise God! I cannot imagine a greater encouragement than God sending a like-minded family here to jump in and serve with us. Please pray with us as they move away from family, make a transition to a new job and ministry and as they continue to raise support to get to fully funded.

Trip to TX and TN
We had a fantastic trip over Christmas and New Year’s. We made several new connections with people and churches. It was also really good to see many of you again. It was Bethany’s first time back to TX since leaving 3.5 years ago and she loved it.

New Semester
We are in our 4th year of ministry here. This will be the first class of students that we’ve had in our church from Freshman to Graduate. There will be some very difficult goodbyes in a couple of months. At the same time, this is our first batch of missionaries that we are sending out to serve and lead in other churches. Pray with us for fruitful ministry between now and graduation day.

Know that your gifts and prayers are making an impact on the kingdom. You are a vital part of what God is doing in New England and in our family. Words cannot express how grateful we are or how much we need you to continue to pray.

Prayer Requests
Pray for God’s Spirit to move and for people to be saved.
Pray for disciple-making believers to be raised up in The Bridge Church.
Pray for disciple-making believers to move to the area and find a home at The Bridge.
Pray for our family- that the peace and love of Jesus would continue to grow.
Please let us know what is happening with your family and how we can pray for you!
The Oliver Family: Nate, Tracey, Maddy, James, MaryBeth, and Luke. Among other things, Nate is an avid coffee drinker. One of the first things he plans to do is add coffee to our services. That should also reduce people falling asleep in sermons. Maybe.

The North American Mission Board sent Aaron to a conference in Oakland, CA. It was for pastors of churches in collegiate settings. It was helpful on many fronts, and a good break from the cold weather and snow. Now NAMB needs to send Becky to Hawaii or something…

In January, Bethany, Emily and Titus were part of their first opera. UCONN presented Benjamin Britten’s “Noah’s Flood” and used kids from the community as the chorus of animals. It was a ton of fun and a great way to meet families in the community.