Hi sweet friends and family!!!! We have finished our 2nd week of school, and we are having a great time here. Molly asked Jesus into her heart, lost a tooth, and has a birthday tomorrow - woohoo!!!
We also have had a great answered prayer in regard to our future mission work. We both feel strongly that we will not be in Africa, but in the country where our three little ones were born. Iris Ministries has a small mission team there, and we will meet some of them when they come to Mozambique for a conference in July. We love the people here, but we have realized that our hearts are somewhere north of the equator :)
Here is a schedule of our days: We wake up at 5:00 am because the sun comes up EARLY here! We have breakfast (hard roll or mommy-cooked something), have class from 8-1, lunch at 1:15 (beans and rice or mommy-cooked something), afternoons at the beach, the sun goes down at 5:00 pm, dinner at 5:30 (rice and beans), bedtime at 7:30. Fridays are our practical missions day where our family goes down the road to minister to 4 VERY poor families with blind mothers and grandmother caregivers. We come home from this outing dirty and very tired :) Saturdays are our free days which are spent shopping in town and at the beach. Sunday is a very wonderful (and hot) church service led by Heidi Baker and a pastor from Mozambique.
The teaching at this school has been phenomenal!!!! Heidi and Rolland Baker are simply amazing and have such wisdom after 30 years uf living in the dirt and loving the poor. We know we are exactly where we need to be this summer :)
Please continue to pray for my mother and our children at home. The enemy is a poop-head and loves to attack those we love. We so covet your prayers as we continue to enjoy where God has placed us for this season.
We are learning so much about peace and faith. Pray that we are willing to receive everything God wants to give us.
I think any pictures will have to wait until we return home. The internet cafe here doesn't like my laptop or camera :(
Love you!!!
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It is so good to hear from you. I know the Lord will lead and guide you as you go. He will also be with those you love here in the states. I hope your Mom is better or on her way to being better.
ReplyDeleteI talked to Michael last night, and we just don't know how we're ever going to keep up with you guys :)! We decided we need to have our passports ready at all times. And since Romania seems to be the middle ground between us, China, and Mozambique if Matt stays there, we decided Christmas in Bucharest is our best option! Love you guys! Tell Matt I want to talk to him next time you run into him! I'm missing him!
ReplyDeleteI love and miss y'all and am praying for y'all. I can totally see you in China, but reading Missy's comment, it sounds like Matt may be staying in Africa. What a difference a couple of weeks make! Stay safe and well, and we'll continue to pray for you and watch over Missy and Michael.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the update and will be praying for your family back home. Too bad about not seeing pictures!
ReplyDeleteAwesome that the Holy Spirit has already given you direction as you give yourselves completely to the Lord's leading. What humble servants your family is learning to be....a lesson that will be invaluable to your children as they walk through life. I will miss seeing pictures too but can picture you all in my mind as you move throughout the day. Thanks for sharing. Tell Molly I'm excited to have a new sister in Christ and Happy Birthday. I hope Mason isn't wiggling on a tooth just to try and keep up! :-)
ReplyDeleteMary,
ReplyDeleteGod has been opening us up like crazy concerning caring for orphans all over the world. Britt and I are working with another couple and the possibilities are endless! Britt just got back from Haiti and it looks like God is leading us there and toward adoption as well... but we're also feeling a pull toward Africa (and caring for orphans ANYWHERE there is a need, a tug, and a pull in our spirits!)
I would LOVE to talk to you somehow, or email...You have been on my heart, and still are and I think you guys could be a key to this materializing. Maybe God will connect us all somehow, even with ya'll in China.
We have a potentially very large network of people who want to help as well, and are wondering if there is ANYTHING we could do to help, anything at all?? Please pray and let me know!!!
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