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K URRLE Q’s
www.kurrles.blogspot.com
Our commitment: To train and disciple Paraguayans to impact their nation for Christ.

Road Trip 2010 He Needs a Sponsor

Sponsor
New COP applications are available...right now
We are in the third week (6 to go) of our recruiting we have 10 kids that are waiting for a sponsor
trip to visit churches and share about ICI (Instituto to love them. The cost is $25/month.
Cristiano Integral). This holistic training will focus
on character development, leadership skills and
Biblical training. Young people who are at least
18 years of age will be able to take classes such
as the New Testament, personal finances, and
public speaking.

Since we wrote you last, we have had a good

response and we are working on agreements with
existing institutions to offer a more broad array of
career options.

Hector is 7 years old and likes to play soccer.

We currently have 5% of our total goal of $20,000
He has one brother and loves the Lord. He is
needed to begin in March. Would you consider
praying for a sponsor.
giving toward the urgent items that we must
Are you the answer to his prayers?
purchase in the next five months? You can give
online (see gray box to the right)! Thank you for
your help and your prayers for this exciting Join the Journey
endeavor. We are seeking people who would be
willing to join us in the journey of
Prayer Focus: serving the Lord. Will you partner with
us and join the journey?
• We have raised $1055 for the leadership
You can send financial support to:
institute, which represents a little over 5%
Missionary Ventures Intl. *Kurrles*
of our goal. There are still several items
5144 S Orange Ave.
we need to purchase. Orlando, FL 32809
• We have a busy recruiting schedule the
next 2 months and we pray for divine Now you can give
give online:
appointments and great connections. https://www.mvi.org/donations/online-
• For protection of our home while we donations To support work carried out by
travel. the Kurrles for MV
Also Serving as SAMS with Global Missions and the
• For the continued preparations and
Church of God Ministries, Anderson, IN
finances for the Training Institute that we
hope to open March 2011.
• For the Lord to increase our family in His
time and way.
• Thank God for spring and the warmer
weather!
• For the upcoming Explorer’s camp this
weekend in Aregua, Sept 10-12.

Please send us your prayer requests as well. We

would be honored to partner with you in prayer!
 What Would We Do Without Technology?
Right now our power is out. Usually that would mean no internet and we'd be up a
creek, because today is our office day. However, our computer has a charged
battery and we have a portable modem, so thanks to technology, we're in business!

What a HUGE savings technology has been for us! I think about Norberto's
grandparents on the mission field and when they received a telegraph it meant
someone had died. Even missionaries twenty years ago had to make very expensive
phone calls and pay for slow fax messages to connect with those back home. When
we first arrived in Paraguay we could only call mom once a month because it was so
costly. Today we whip out emails daily, upload videos, scan documents and we talk
via skype and do video calling for free.

The days of shelling out $50 to the post office every time we want to send out our
newsletters are over. We update our sponsors weekly on our free weblog. So we
can keep people informed more frequently and for less money. We can know
through online statistics who's tracking with us and what stories are most read.

The wonders of the world wide web continue. At the first of the year, we asked on
our facebook status if anyone had an old sewing machine for women who needed
them here. We got six replies in one day! Now, a poor pastor and his wife are the
proud owner of a new-to-them sewing machine from another online friend in Chaco
Paraguay. Even though we've never met her, we connected online over a year ago
and have been in touch ever since. Now if we can find a way to get the other 5
machines from the States, we'd bring 'em over in a heartbeat!

Another time we were in a remote village with no land line telephones. We were
able to use our USB internet connection to make a conference call to people in three
different cities in Paraguay and the US at the same time!

We have made a network of online friends including missionary colleagues, received

donations and even hosted strangers because they found our blog and were
interested in our ministry. We can stay better connected to the supporters and
churches that are backing us and we can ensure that our son is known by his family
far away thanks to being connected online. Through the internet, we can better
show you how your support is making a difference in lives and give you up-to-date
information on how people are being transformed.

Lastly and most importantly, when we need prayer we can ask you to pray for our
special needs, we have an instant circle around the world praying in literally
minutes. When our truck was stolen last year we felt an immediate covering from so
many people. We believe that it was recovered because of the prayers of God's
people.

Indeed, the way internet and technology has changed the way missions is done.
Technology definitely has its challenges (i.e. We often wonder how much
information we should disclose online simply because we don't know everyone who's
reading), but we can say what a difference it's made in our work here and we thank
God that it's being used to reach more people, more effectively.

We Love Mail!
Norberto & Julie Kurrle Email: jnkurrle@yahoo.com
650 Pilcomayo Blog: kurrles.blogspot.com
Obligado, Itapua, Paraguay Skype: kurrles
Phone: 765-997-1709

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