Branching Out With Innovative Truth

WITH THEIR NEXT PICK & TRADE, OKLAHOMA CITY ACQUIRES TOM & TONYA  FROM SAN ANTONIO
After two years of prayer, planning, organizing, adjusting,  healing, sacrifice, and more prayer, the move to Oklahoma City is happening!!

We prayerfully believe the right choice is to sell rental property in San Antonio and move to land we have in Oklahoma City  so we can live side by side with my dad, Eddie Allen. 

Let me tell you the idea. My maternal grandfather had two homes he built next to each other on NW 53rd St in OKC. Sadly, one of them was demolished after a house fire about 30 years ago. I have continued managing the remaining house as a rental. It will take some serious rehabbing to make a great home for Dad in OKC, where he lived for so long close to family, but we are ready for the challenge. On the empty lot next door, we plan to build a home for ourselves. 

Last year as several tenants in San Antonio moved away, we found ourselves with an empty rental house. We began the process of preparing to sell it. There was quite a bit of work that needed to happen, but together with Tonya and my dad, we completed the work and listed the house two weeks ago. God blessed us with several offers and we are currently under contract awaiting closing in a few weeks. In the meantime, we are now preparing my dad’s house in San Antonio to sell. It will be officially on the market in a few days. 

Next steps will include demolition and rehabbing on the house where Dad will reside in OKC, finding a builder for our own house next door, packing in San Antonio, closing on both houses, and continuing to prepare the disciples God has brought to lead Innovative Truth groups in San Antonio in our physical absence. We know God has called the right people and He will lead them. We’re excited to bring Innovative Truth to OKC and pray God will bring fruit to YOUR ministry with the spiritual multiplication of many disciples!

In summer 2020 I dreamt my sister, Julie, told me I needed to get Tonya a dog. Seemed odd since Tonya hadn’t spoke of getting a dog. We very casually talked about it. Nothing came of it. Then in May 2021 we met the owners of a rescue home who said we had to meet one of their newest “residents.” We immediately fell in love with him! And just in case we had any hesitancy that it was meant to be, they handed us his legal paperwork which stated his birthdate, 23 December 2017. That’s 22 years to the day since my sister Julie died. We’d like to introduce you to our newest family member, Duke! 

There are a lot of moving parts to this big step & we must continue to prioritize Tonya’s fight against the reoccurrence of cancer in her spine. So thank you in advance for your prayers in that area. There is still No Evidence of Disease for the throat cancer she battled so ferociously! I love sharing that part!

We are grateful for your continued partnership. We can’t do this without you. And as Tonya always says, “We are in ministry WITH YOU & are enormously blessed by your love, prayers and financial generosity!”

                                                                                              With all our love,

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