We will be sending out an additional newsletter next month before we depart for the Congo but we wanted to give you a brief update for the month of May.
This past month has been one of transition. We moved out of our apartment in our church’s mission house and in with some friends on May 1st. And we have just moved out of our room in their house and are now with some other friends in Lindenhurst, IL. We are a lot closer to Sam and Sarah Snyder and close enough to help with working out departure details and assist with TouchGlobal needs in Rockford, IL.
In between these moves we have been saying numerous good-byes. Our church, Lancaster EFC, commissioned us during both services on Sunday, May 30th. We were presented with a Congolese flag and a certificate and were also prayed over by the congregation. It has been bittersweet because we are both excited to be so close to heading back to the Congo and sad to leave the friends we have been so blessed to spend the last several years with. What’s two years, though? Not much in the grand scheme of things. Among other things, Michelle has been finalizing the process that will get potential short-term team members to the Congo and I have been working on a tentative plan for the agricultural program at Elikya.
We are looking at a prospective leave date in mid to late July and should be buying our plane tickets shortly.
Here are some ways you can be praying for us:
-Pray for the Snyders as they finish support raising…only 5% to go!!!
-Pray that preparations for departure would go smoothly
-Pray that we will be attentive to the Spirit as we continue to plan
-Pray that God will be preparing the hearts of those to whom we will be ministering
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