January 2024 Newsletter
Bearing Fruit...
In Every Season
We Love Sharing Our Journey with You!
One step at a time, we can do great things together to build our community.
Isaiah 61:4
We Have Been Busy Bees...
We wanted to give you an update on our progress, our victories, struggles, and continued needs so that you might know how you can continue to partner with us in the coming days.
But first, we wanted to thank all of you who have stood by us over the years. Your prayers, encouragement, wisdom, advice, and financial support have proven a steadfast joy and assurance to us. It has given us the much-needed faith and stamina to continue to build the ministry vision the Lord has given us. We could not have gotten this far without you. Thank You!
ACCOMPLISHMENTS By the Grace of God and a powerful impetus from the Holy Spirit to work harder than we have ever in our lives, we have seen some amazing growth over the past year.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS By the Grace of God and a powerful impetus from the Holy Spirit to work harder than we have ever in our lives, we have seen some amazing growth over the past year.
- In August we went from monthly to weekly Farmer’s Markets. This was a huge step of faith and we have seen the Lord bless it profoundly. We now average around 20 vendors a week and see hundreds of people weekly come through from our community. We have partnered with several local ministries and churches to ensure that with few exceptions, every week a ministry booth is available for people to receive prayer, hear the gospel, and get connected with a local church. Amazingly, without exception, every single vendor who has joined us at one of our markets has approached us saying what an amazing atmosphere they experience at the market. They remark on how kind, supportive, and family-friendly the environment is. Many have even said, that they don’t even care if we make any money, we just want to come be here. We rejoice that people are describing the peace and presence of the Heavenly Father!
- From March to October of 2023 we hosted a once-a-month Revival Barn meeting. We are taking a winter break from the meetings due to holidays and cold evening temperatures, but are planning to launch them again this March. Our Barn Revival meetings were everything we had hoped for and we have a tremendous amount of interest from our growing community for attending our upcoming Barn Revival meetings.
- Our Farm Community is growing! In September Scott and Sherri Stinchcomb moved onto the property full time. Scott oversees our agriculture and Sherri has been spearheading our community dinners. We also had Travis and Christina Anderson move their trailer onto the property. Travis has been tackling handyman jobs and Christina has been doing an amazing job growing our social media presence, and community connection, and upgrading our marketing presentation. If you are not yet following us on Facebook or Instagram, you are in for a treat!
UPCOMING
New PodcastThis week Shay is launching a podcast called Father of Lights. She has put together a series of messages exploring the amazing attributes of our Heavenly Father. With the first eight episodes complete, we are looking forward to her being able to finish the remaining ten episodes in her series.
Gabey Finds a PlaceWe have written and are completing the illustrations for our first children’s book called “Gabey Finds a Place”. It is the first book in our new children’s book series that teaches children about regenerative organic farming, permaculture, and most importantly, that they have a Heavenly Father who knows and loves them. Kids Farm ClassesEvery Monday afternoon beginning March 4th, we will be offering farm classes to the children in our community. Our curriculum, crafts, and hands-on opportunities with plants, soil, and animals will teach children about the Father’s creation, and also lead them to come to know the love and goodness of their creator. We see this opportunity as an amazing outreach to the families in our community and can’t wait to see what God does with it! OUR NEEDS
We have reached a critical transition in our ministry and need your help building a financial partnership team. We feel strongly that the Lord desires us to continue hosting the Revival Barn beginning in March. We also want to see Shay be able to continue her worship and teaching ministry. Currently, our time, energy, and financial resources are completely taxed. With Robert having to continue to travel and work to support the family, Shay has had to carry the majority of the farm and ministry weight. As a result, she has had to put her worship and teaching ministry on pause. In addition, without financial support for our family, we simply do not have the capacity to host a Sunday Revival Barn. We are already working six long days a week. We have concluded that the only way for us to develop the ministry component of our vision is to be fully supported financially as a family. This will enable us to hire much-needed help for Shay as the Farm begins to grow and free her up again for ministry. In addition to her podcast, she has a desire to record worship sets and make them available online. It will also enable Robert to focus full-time on building the critical infrastructure we still need to complete our vision. Currently, all infrastructure development has come to a standstill because of Robert’s work and travel.
We want to thank those of you who have already come alongside to help support our vision and ministry. You do not know how much it means to us. Every gift, no matter how humble is precious. If you believe in what we are doing and would like to see this ministry continue, we invite you to prayerfully consider joining our financial partnership team. As a team member, you become a crucial part of our vision and success. Your prayers, encouragement, and financial investment are a cornerstone of the Father’s work.
Please consider signing up to give a regular monthly tax-deductible donation. Our goal is for our family to be fully funded by April, in time for the start of our Revival Barn Meetings.
Thank You for Taking the Time to Read our Update Blessings,
The Manno Family
Gabey Finds a PlaceWe have written and are completing the illustrations for our first children’s book called “Gabey Finds a Place”. It is the first book in our new children’s book series that teaches children about regenerative organic farming, permaculture, and most importantly, that they have a Heavenly Father who knows and loves them. Kids Farm ClassesEvery Monday afternoon beginning March 4th, we will be offering farm classes to the children in our community. Our curriculum, crafts, and hands-on opportunities with plants, soil, and animals will teach children about the Father’s creation, and also lead them to come to know the love and goodness of their creator. We see this opportunity as an amazing outreach to the families in our community and can’t wait to see what God does with it! OUR NEEDS
We have reached a critical transition in our ministry and need your help building a financial partnership team. We feel strongly that the Lord desires us to continue hosting the Revival Barn beginning in March. We also want to see Shay be able to continue her worship and teaching ministry. Currently, our time, energy, and financial resources are completely taxed. With Robert having to continue to travel and work to support the family, Shay has had to carry the majority of the farm and ministry weight. As a result, she has had to put her worship and teaching ministry on pause. In addition, without financial support for our family, we simply do not have the capacity to host a Sunday Revival Barn. We are already working six long days a week. We have concluded that the only way for us to develop the ministry component of our vision is to be fully supported financially as a family. This will enable us to hire much-needed help for Shay as the Farm begins to grow and free her up again for ministry. In addition to her podcast, she has a desire to record worship sets and make them available online. It will also enable Robert to focus full-time on building the critical infrastructure we still need to complete our vision. Currently, all infrastructure development has come to a standstill because of Robert’s work and travel.
We want to thank those of you who have already come alongside to help support our vision and ministry. You do not know how much it means to us. Every gift, no matter how humble is precious. If you believe in what we are doing and would like to see this ministry continue, we invite you to prayerfully consider joining our financial partnership team. As a team member, you become a crucial part of our vision and success. Your prayers, encouragement, and financial investment are a cornerstone of the Father’s work.
Please consider signing up to give a regular monthly tax-deductible donation. Our goal is for our family to be fully funded by April, in time for the start of our Revival Barn Meetings.
Thank You for Taking the Time to Read our Update Blessings,
The Manno Family
Gabey Finds a Place Illustrations...
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