Month: November 2018

Beyond Blessed

Some of my favorite moments so far have been:

– the adventure of buying four pairs of sandals from street venders with Barb and the girls

– overhearing all the giggles from the girls and uncle James doing trampoline tricks

– hanging laundry with Barb and Rodger

– watching James snuggle our kitten

– game nights almost every night after the kids go to bed

– discovering James and Matt attempting ballet positions with the girls with ballet manual book in hand

– cheering through football victories and failures together

– playfully competitive Grandpa playing phonics games as a delighted six year old giggles

And I leave you with these wonderful moments in the backyard playing “soccer”.

[wpvideo KGvJmG6j ]

We’ve cherished our time together and are thankful for two more weeks to go.

0

Chopiland: Together

It’s time for a Chopi update!

Things have been moving along well with some growing moments for all in this new body of believers. While there’s the gentle walking with the group through their firsts (even here a year after we first entered the community), they’ve continued to have a desire to learn and grow in the Word.

After a round of visits after a season of being out of the country, we saw some increased faithfulness in Sunday morning attendance and we’re continuing to pray over emerging leadership among the group.

We were given the opportunity to attend a local cultural event in the community celebrating the local women. It was fun to see how happy and encouraging it was to the small body of believers there that we brought the girls and participated in the festivities.

We are continuing to adjust to new family routines and (for the girls and I) be more consistent in building friendships amongst the Chopi kids now that our school year is winding down.

(Eden finding a new friend’s lap during Sunday service)

We covet your prayers for the Chopi believers to grow in their faith, for God to begin to pave the way for emerging leadership to develop, and for God to continue to open opportunities for together moments to continue among the Chopi.

 

[wpvideo ykdmxZwL ]

I leave you with a spirited traditional dancing moment of the Chopi at the community festivities. 😉

 

[wpvideo peygftsY ]

They’re a fun bunch for sure.

0

Within the Wall

A week ago our guard heard a faint meow. Figuring it was one of our cats, he asked the girls about it. Since the girls knew the cats were sleeping inside, our guard discovered the sound coming from our property wall.

Inside and between our cement wall and our neighbor’s cement wall was a tiny kitten whom had been dropped by its mother between the two walls and abandoned. And thus began a rescue mission.

The rescue mission required a rake being lowered into the wall with a small plastic container taped to the end with tuna in it. With the bait set, Matt and the guard coaxed the reluctant kitten toward the tuna dish the the aid of two extremely long sticks and prepared to pull up our homemade elevator.

Kitten’s level of fear was not in our favor but patience proved this successful victory:

[wpvideo sR7KQt0U ]

She was petrified, hungry and had one eye gunked shut, but within a few hours she was flea free, fed and settled. And a week later with still no sighting of her mom, we named her Heidi. … for she was hiding in the wall. 😉

Welcome home, Heidi.

Family suits you well.

1

Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Baskerville 2 by Anders Noren.

Up ↑