well, this morning's breakfast was the first meal i had had since leaving that DIDN'T have rice... but our friends have a woman who works for them and she made a wonderful cinnamon bread along with some scrambled eggs.
our plane to island #2 took off last night and then promptly turned around and returned to island #1 since a huge tropical storm had just come up on island #2. in the end we made it ok and enjoyed our first good night of sleep. until 4.30am - that's when the call to prayer woke us all up. i really need to find out if there is some cultural thing that i just don't get cuz really, the dude on the mic cannot sing.
we'll spend some time with some other ex-pat workers in worship this morning - dick is gonna bring the Word - and then head to island #3 - 6 hours of driving and a long ferry ride. there we'll spend the rest of our week meeting our friends' national partners, praying for them, and taking time to meet locals in hopes of possibly identifying some "persons of peace". those are people who like the woman at the well can open up whole families and villages to the Good News.
there is such darkness and blindness here. only prayer can penetrate - thank you for standing with us and with our friends...
SO great to hear from you guys. I've never eaten rice for breakfast. Do they not have poptarts there? =) I'm praying that as you go, the gospel light of Jesus will shine from you and many will be curious. Great to hear how we can pray. The Cosgroves all say "hi".
ReplyDeleteI love hearing from you! So great to know some details of how your time is going. We're praying for you. We miss you lots! We're doing well though. Sean slept well last night, thankfully. Joshko did get his blue belt and even got a 9 as one of his scores (self defense). He did great. I taped it all so you'll be able to watch. Chris, Nathan, and Bethany came to watch too so that was cool. Love you, sweetie!! We're praying for you all!
ReplyDeleteway to go, Joshko!!! i was praying for you. i miss you, buddy! and Michaela and Sean, and you too, Mom! love, dad
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