Eblast Agenda:

Exhibits
ICOM’s New Intern
Housing
BIG Announcement Coming Soon!
David Empson’s Recovery
2016 ICOM Highlight Video

Only 60 Exhibit Spaces Left for 2017 ICOM!

There are 575 spaces in Peoria this year, and only 60 left. We had mixed emotions on December 15th. There were so many people on our site trying to get a booth, the website server crashed. We know that it was stressful & frustrating to those trying to get on as much as it was for our staff trying to answer emails, texts, calls coming in from people trying to get a booth space. But thanks to the prayers, encouragement, our great ICOM staffers–Emily and Kelsey (woo-hoo!!!), the situation got taken care of and we sold over 400 spaces right off the bat! We have also fixed the server issue so that moving forward, our site can handle more traffic! We wanted to say a huge thank you Tom Kilian of Mercy Partners for the pizza you sent to the office that day while the girls were enduring the server crash! That was so awesome of you!

Meet Blake Ford
ICOM’s New Intern

Blake just graduated from CCU, and is heading to Guatemala for a year-long internship in April. Blake is a member at Hazelwood Christian Church in Clayton, Indiana. He will be working in Guatemala with Faith In Action, a mission he connected with while working with Journey Christian Church in Apopka, FL.

While with ICOM, his main task will be doing a research project as well as helping out in the office & traveling to help promote ICOM. We are thrilled to have Blake with us for a few months!

Housing information Coming Soon! It takes time to get the housing details together, but the housing information will be made public very soon. We are waiting on a few links from hotels and codes to get the contracted rates for our attendees! We will be sending our information once we have a release date & then again on the day it is live on our website!
Thanks for your patience!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING NEXT WEEK!

We have some big news here at ICOM that will be announced next week.
We are biting our lips in anticipation!

Be looking for a special announcement in your email 🙂

David’s Recovery

I want to thank you all for your cards and prayers while I was out for my back surgery. I got a 5 for 1 deal out of the deal and a “free” night stay in the hospital, well, not really free. But I am very happy to say that it all went well and I am back at work.

Thank you all for your prayers and words of encouragement. I am humbled by the expressions I received from my family, friends, the ICOM Staff and connections from all over. It sure meant a lot to my wife, Sherree, and I. Thanks again!

In Christ,
David Empson
Executive Director

Miss the 2016 Highlight Video?! Watch it here!