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New Adventures are coming.  Thanks for being a part! Donations can be sent to: www.Walker5forGod.com View this email in your browser Happy New Year! The end of 2016 and looking ahead to 2017. For our family 2016 has been a year of great changes and travel.  This is the first year that Sammi has not lived with us in the DR.  In August, Hannah left for her Discipleship Training School and is currently serving in Athens and the Middle East until the end of February.  Jesse was a "co-leader" bodyguard photographer to our small team to Cuba and has been adjusting to being an "only" child. A task that is very hard in a foreign country without an American friend base locally. Ned has enjoyed running the office and doing the book keeping for YWAM Azua.  Debbie has travelled and taught a lot and enjoyed it.  She taught in the DTS here in Azua and another one on another island, visited Haiti and Cuba twice.  Ned and Debbie did a training in Kansas City and we also helped host teams here in the DR.  Yes, 2016 was busy but good!  NOW ON TO 2017 We know that 2017 will bring big changes!  The biggest of which we are working on currently.  The Walkers are moving out of the Dominican Republic.  Where are we going?  That is a great question and one that we pray, God will answer quickly. God is faithful and we trust Him.  He has shown us in many ways in the past 6 months that He was bringing change.  He has shown us in the past 2 months that the first step to this change is to go back to the US for a time.  This has been confirmed through many, many people and events.  So for now, we pack and get ready to move.  And we trust God to show us exactly where we are going. He is God and we are NOT! And this is a very good thing! It is NOT too late to give an end of the year donation.  Please consider donating at: www.YWAMOrlando.com/nwalker With the move coming up before January 29th, we are in need of some extra funds to move, to purchase a vehicle in the US and to establish a home there. There are many factors that have gone into this decision.  The biggest is that we feel God moving us, of course.  Other important factors include our vision of hosting teams from the states and wanting to be able to recruit more teams from there.  Another is the fact that Jesse is the only child at home and living in a very poor area of a foreign country is not the best environment for him and does not give him the opportunities for education and sports that is desired. Please email and ask questions if you have any. Thanks for your prayers. NO! We are not leaving YWAM, we are just transitioning from one location to another in order to serve God how He sees fit.  And what is the best for our transitioning family and children. Copyright © 2016 Ned and Debbie Walker, All rights reserved. Thank you for being a part of the Walker Family Ministry. To Donate please go to: www.Walker5forGod.com Our mailing address is: Ned and Debbie Walker Agape Flights DMG 27519 100 Airport Avenue Venice, FL 34285 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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Thank you! Regular and year-end donations can be sent to: http://www.Walker5forGod.com View this email in your browser Merry Christmas From the Walker Family Thank you for being a part of our adventure in 2016 and in years past.  It has been a fun and adventurous one that is for sure. We are reflecting this Christmas more than ever on the true beauty and meaning of Christmas. This is our first one separated but we are united in heart and know that God is using us all. This past year we have leaned into God like never before and know a deeper love due to it.  What a blessing that is. Our pray for you is that you will know a deeper love in Jesus and trust Him more. And see how much you mean to Him! In this place of seeing ourselves as Jesus sees us is where our value, calling, and our destiny is birthed. Love and blessings to you all! It's official!  Sammi has applied for Hillsong College in Australia.  This has been a dream of hers for over 3 years so she has taken a step of faith and applied. She will pursue studies in music.  If you would like more information or feel like you can sponsor her, please email her at sjw8611@yahoo.com. Hannah is headed to Greece and the Middle East for 10 weeks for her Outreach.  Please be praying for her and she is still about $300 short of her needed fees.  It has been great to hear her stories of what God is teaching her. You can send her a Christmas note to hattiecat97@yahoo.com or any questions you might have about what she has been learning. "I know I'm not very old but I remembered something from when I was little tonight."... is how Jesse started telling us a story as we sat relaxing after having cleaned up from the YWAM DR Christmas party in Santiago this past week.  He told us of remembering when he was 8 and the older adult guys (mainly college age) would play with him when we first joined YWAM. He recalled how the older teens at Central Assembly and SAINTS used to pay attention to him when he was even younger.  At the party he had played soccer and sang Christmas carols alongside 9, 10 and 11 year old YWAM boys from other YWAM DR bases.  "Now that I am older, I never want to forget to stop and play with little kids because I remembered what it meant to me at their age." This Christmas season and all year, lets put into practice the life lesson that Jesse has learned.  Let's remember to stop and play with people of all ages. The angels stopped and sang to declare Jesus's birth! The shepherds and wise men stopped to worship.  Let's also stop and worship Jesus this Christmas.  Not just in thought but also in our actions towards others. Copyright © 2016 Ned and Debbie Walker, All rights reserved. Thank you for being a part of the Walker Family Ministry. To Donate please go to: www.Walker5forGod.com Our mailing address is: Ned and Debbie Walker Agape Flights DMG 27519 100 Airport Avenue Venice, FL 34285 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list