Overby

Big Changes for the Overby’s

March 8, 2021

Hello Prayer Team, We are excited to announce a new direction that we feel God is leading us. After 10 years in Weimar, we are stepping out in faith to pursue work at the Black Forest Academy in Kandern, Germany. This has been a dream of mine (Scott) since 2002 when I served at an […]

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Thanks for Praying!

March 3, 2021

Hello Everyone, We are exhausted but we made it home. We are so thankful for how great the day was. It was because you were praying, and God paved the way. Here are some of the answered prayers.

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Overby Odyssey March 2020

February 28, 2021

Hello Family and Friends, February is behind us and spring is just around the corner. Just like in many places in the USA, we had a pretty substantial snowfall this February with temperatures dipping below 0 Fahrenheit. But that is in the past, the sun is shining, and on March 1 many of our students […]

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Overby Odyssey Update September 2020

September 22, 2020

Hello Friends and Family, As we move into the fall, I think of a humorous YouTube video that was joking about the anticipation of fall, and the hope that the fall will bring a positive change, make us happy again, and fix all of our problems. However, with the forest fires in Oregon and the upcoming elections, […]

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Overby Odyssey Summer 2020

July 10, 2020

Hello Prayer team, We hope this email finds you well as we roll into the summer months in this very strange year. I am sure many of you have had to cancel or change the plans you had made. We have been blessed here in Germany. As things begin to open up we have more […]

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Overby Odyssey Update May 2020

May 7, 2020

Hello Friends and Family, Thank you so much for all of your prayers during this season of uncertainty. We have good news from our last update. Our school decided not to apply for the government subsidy which would put us on half time to help keep the school afloat. Also, the director’s letter was poorly […]

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Overby Odyssey Spring 2020

March 20, 2020

Hello Friends and Family, This is a long-overdue update and even with social isolation in Germany, things have not slowed down much for our family. However, there have been many new changes, praises, and prayer requests to update you on. First huge praise, we just got a car! It is another “all glory to God” […]

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Overby Odyssey Christmas 2019

December 28, 2019

Merry Christmas from Germany, We hope that during this Christmas season you are able to take time to rest and enjoy family, friends and the celebration of our Savior’s birth. At church and during our Bible studies, we’ve talked a lot about what it must have been like during that first Christmas and how it […]

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Overby Odyssey Nov 2019

November 14, 2019

Hello Friends and Family, It has been a crazy last month, and we would love to share what God is doing and how to pray for us right now. As you may remember, we started the foster care process/paperwork over a year ago and finished last spring. We also knew that when we returned from […]

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