Newsflash: Meet Justin and Christie…..You are going to love them
March 7th, 2010PCM is proud to announce that we have hired two employees at PCM: Justin and Christie Hayes (also pictured are PCM supporters Marley, London and Carter). Let me explain how this came about. Many of you have come to know our volunteer extraordinaire Christie Hayes who has been sending the blogs since last year. Well, we got board approval to finally start to pay her in 2010 for all the time she is spending staying in touch with you and organizing the orphan sponsorship program. What we didn’t know is that the Lord was going before us and he had so much more ready for us that we couldn’t imagine it. We have seen the friendship grow between the Barrets and Hayes this year and have spent much time praying for their family and the direction they were taking. We thought at first that Justin would have a part time job at a church and spend the rest with PCM. The PCM Board was sensitive and knew that we needed to be a good steward in spending our first administrative dollar. We also realize that we are at the launching point and without staff, it is going to be hard to grow. However, we knew that we couldn’t afford even a single full time employee (as talented as Justin) as we have yet to meet all of our operational expenses in Uganda at our Mbarara site. What we would soon learn is that God sometimes has bigger plans than you can ever imagine. I write this blog today in full amazement of what the Lord is doing with this ministry. We now have 2 employees and PCM is still only paying for one 1/2 time employee with what the board approved. Wow…….it’s a great story……ask us about it sometime.
I am here ready to announce the positions of our 2 employees:
Justin Hayes will be PCM Director of Ministry Operations. He will direct all of our operations here in the US via working with churches, schools and individuals, but he will also travel back and forth to Uganda taking teams of pastors, parents, and students to experience PCM Uganda. He will report to the PCM CEO yours truly. We are calling him “the Deuce” for obvious reasons. Monica and I can’t tell you how blessed and excited we are to work alongside someone so talented as Justin. You will all soon begin to see what we mean. Just don’t ask him to play any musical instruments with his nose. Justin and I leave for Uganda in less than one month. More on this trip coming very soon. (PCM quiz: Can you tell the difference on Justin’s 2 photos?…..if you can tell him about it)
Christie Hayes will wear multiple hats as well…….She will be the PCM Child Sponsorship Coordinator and the Director of Accounting as well. You already know her talents and her nickname as “DC” …….”Double Check.” The Lord knew that Monica and I needed someone who loves to make lists, check them twice, be excellent at communication in person and email, and have a huge heart for Jesus at the same time. Bullseye. Right now we know these days for her are busy with 3 kids under age 5 running around the house, but we know it won’t be long before DC is in the Miracle Van herself traveling those dirt roads of Uganda we have come to love so well.
I wanted to share a bit of the email they sent today to all of their friends and family that they have come to love this past decade at Green Acres.
Here are their words today March 7th, 2010 (2 years exactly from the day the Barrets got on the plane headed for Uganda).
Several months ago, even though we were still enjoying Justin’s role as High School Minister at Green Acres, we started feeling God calling us away from student ministry. It wasn’t all at once, we just slowly felt our hearts changing. We still loved students (and always will), we just felt the Spirit stirring things up. I can’t explain what an exciting time it has been for us to know He was moving and leading and guiding and that we were just along for the ride!
We continued to seek God as we were feeling this way, and we allowed Him to guide us through each step. Since January, through none of our own strength, He has opened doors–and opened them WIDE–for us to take this step to work together for PCM.
He has also solidified our family’s friendship with the Barret family, making this ministry partnership feel like it is exactly what He had planned all along. The PCM Board of Directors met in London over the New Year holiday and began planning out the next 5 years. One of the top 5 needs identified at the meeting was help for the Barret family. A position was approved and less than 2 months later it is filled. Justin will finish his student ministry job in early April and he and Bub will leave for Uganda soon after that for a two week trip. Justin and I will both be traveling to Uganda as often as we can. We can’t wait to bring our family with us one day too!
Many of you know how much Justin and I both love international missions. I asked him when we were dating how he felt about missions…because if he wasn’t willing to do missions, I wasn’t going to marry him. God had made it very clear to me that this kind of ministry would be a part of my life, and I knew he wouldn’t have me marry someone who didn’t feel the same way! Over the years, we have been involved in missions in different ways. Now God is calling us to this full time missions ministry, and we are THRILLED! It is a bittersweet time as we leave the student ministry, which feels like home, but we are so glad to be staying at Green Acres and to have their support in our new ministry as well. The Parental Care Ministries office will be located at the GABC Outreach Center on Beckham in Tyler just north of the hospitals (0.8 miles from Bub’s doctor office) where Good Sam is located. Justin will work there most of the time, and I will too when I need to get work done without three little munchkins at my heels.
We would love for you to check out what our new ministry is all about. The website is www.pcmonline.org. We would also love to talk to you about it anytime! We are excited, can’t you tell?
We would love for you to join us in praising God for this amazing thing He has done in our lives! We pray that each of you would also seek His direction in your life and allow Him to bless you in ways you couldn’t even imagine, too! Even though I’ve had many sleepless nights lately–some because of a precious baby girl, some from worrying a little, but mainly from pure excitement!– I wouldn’t trade a single minute of this abundant life He has given us.
As we come to the end of one chapter and begin the next one, we are finding that the summary of our whole experience can be found in Psalm 126:3:
The LORD has done great things for us,
and we are filled with joy.
Love,
Justin, Christie, Carter, London, and Marley
Amen. Amen. Amen as Pastor Emmy says.
God has been so good to PCM these past 22 months.
We are so thankful for your continued prayers and support.
We have so much more good news to share and will be doing so very soon.
It is with much joy that we praise God today,
Bub and Monica

























































































