Dan and Nancy Dunn finish 12 years as Minister of Missions at Mount Pisgah UMC in Alpharetta and move to Wilmore, KY where Dan will puruse his PhD. at Asbury Theological Seminary while continuing to expand his work in Venezuela and Costa Rica. Below is a partial update from the Dunn's. If you would like to receive his full periodic update, just write to him at the email address at the botttom of this post.
Upcoming Schedule
Dan will be in Athens next week (June 12-15) for Annual Conference. He then flies to Costa Rica on June 16th for a month-long trip.
Nancy continues working through June 30, then flies to Costa Rica July 3 to spend two weeks with Dan. After we both return on July 16th, we will take that week to do final packing. We hope the movers can move us to Wilmore the week of July 24 or the week of July 31.
On August 7th we return to Atlanta, so Dan can teach an evangelism workshop in Marietta. On August 10th we fly to Venezuela to visit Pastor Thoby Ramirez (pictured above), and Dan will preach there on Sunday the 13th. We then fly to Barquisimeto for Seminary classes, where Dan and Warren Lathem will teach a course on Global Mission Outreach. We return to the States August 21, and begin the final process of settling in before beginning the semester begins.
Support Update
We are raising support for a 4-year period, July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2010. Our funding goal for this period is $250,000. This includes salary, housing, pension, insurance, and ministry expenses (travel expenses to Costa Rica and Venezuela, etc.). Due to God’s amazing grace and the generosity of friends like you, we are grateful to report that this goal is currently 25% funded with gifts-in-hand and faithful pledges. Thank you for your support. Please continue to talk about our ministry with other people, and let us know if there is a s mall group, a church, or an individual, who would like to hear about our ministry.
Prayer Points
• Trip to Annual Conference
• Trip to Costa Rica
• Guapiles Mission Team
• Nicoya Mission Teams
• Liberia Mission Team
• San Pedro Mission Team
• Support-Raising
• Chris and Eleanor walking with Christ
• John and Tara’s transition to Wilmore
• Residence visas for Jon Herrin family, VZ
• Transition for David/Carol Cosby to VZ
• Ray/Lidia Zirkel, Sarah, Emma
• Steve/Caroline Gober, Natalia, Fernandito
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20)
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
To contact Dan and Nancy - VNI, P. O. Box 1655, Duluth, GA 30096 – missionmandan@gmail.com - 770.722.8470
