Since January, we've traveled many miles. The flight home from Ukraine in January was the most wearying ever, including a 9 hour flight from Frankfurt to Houston. Once I returned, I preached in Yazoo City, we had medical work done, and we hit the road for a 2-month trip -- all within 5 days! Things just haven't let up.

Our Seminary Board meeting in Kyiv was the most encouraging ever. We dealt with the Budget and other serious issues, but the was a spirit of unity and cooperation, showing a real maturity in the leadership of the seminary.

We visited churches in Alabama, Tennessee, SC, Virginia, and we're now in Pennsylvania. After NJ and Philly, we head to Maryland, back to Virginia, NC, SC, and Georgia, before heading back to MS! Lord willing, we'll arrive just in time for my mom's 90th Birthday! We're hoping all our family can come celebrate. She's a wonderful woman of faith.

We've had some encouraging news this week. A couple of churches have pledged some additional support, and our MTW Staff is hopeful that we can return to the field in May. However, we still need $700/month at the present time.

This means we still need several financial partners at $50/month and $100/month. Please consider joining our Support Team! We need prayers as well as donations.

We are also raising funds for the seminary, and we are recruiting more professors for seminary! Thanks for your prayers for safe travel and for effective visits.

Yours for the Expansion of the Lord's Kingdom,

Clay Quarterman

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Published: 24 February 2013

Our things are on their way to Kyiv! Our household goods will be stored there for 8 months while we travel about.

Please pray for us to find housing in the USA, and a dependable used car for our 6 months on the road! Our trajectory will take us to Dallas, Miami & Philadelphia!

It was our joy to visit the Kotovskogo (N. Odessa) church on Sunday. Clay preached, but Pastor George  then had prayer for us and shared how hard our move would be for them, too. We felt like Paul and the Ephesian elders on the beach in Miletus (Acts 20:36f). Tears of sadness and joy.

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Published: 26 September 2012

On the Road again!

The Odessa church had a very nice send-off for us, praying for us in worship and then having a party for us in the ground floor of the church building -- the area we finally received back from the Actors Guild. It was deeply meaningful... and tearful. We will deeply miss them all.

We flew from Odessa on October 28th to Vienna, spent the night there and had snow the next morning. We flew to Frankfurt, then the long leg to Atlanta. We spent 3 days there in order to get our physicals and visit the MTW office. PTL, our physicals went very well!! Thanks for praying!

We then flew to Jackson, MS (via Houston, TX!!), arriving November 1st, and we FINALLY got to see Clay's mother our granddaughters, Kendra & Rivka! (ages 5 & 3) They are so cute! We also got to see our daughter-in-law Malaika in a professional performance of "Great Gatsby" at New Stage Theater and crash their cast party. Fun!

So far, in less than a week, we've bought a car, voted, spoken 3 times in churches, and made a report at presbytery! Whew!

...And we hit the road for Texas in just 2 days...

[More to Come]...

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Published: 07 November 2012

We're packing up for our move to Kyiv! It is so hard to say our goodbyes to our beloved friends in Odessa. Even though we know we'll come back to visit, it won't be the same.

Packing our things, and throwing away and giving things away, brings a new perspective. It's really happening! But we need prayer in order to find shippers and storage, since we hope to ship our stuff in just one week, but we'll only be moving to Kyiv in May!

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Published: 19 September 2012