Recent trips and visits

Paul and I enjoyed a great time in Bulgaria with the team there. It was wonderful seeing old friends and getting to know some new ones. The retreat went well, at least that's what we heard from the team, so that was encouraging. Paul spoke about Abraham, the Father of Missions and we also had messages from I Peter that were excellent. We went to the town of Philippi and saw the ancient ruins. Seeing stuff like where Lydia may have been baptized, the jail and market place makes the book of Philippians so much more real to us.

In September we had a wonderful visit from our oldest daughter, Rinnie and her family. Erik and Rinnie live in Nairobi where Erik works with a NGO called Ushahidi. Don't ask me the particulars of what he does but his heart is in improving African technology and promoting entrepreneurism (is that a word???) among Africans. Their three girls, Lauren (9), Meredith (7) and Coriena (5) are a delight to us. The two weeks went by entirely too fast for all of us. But we had a lot of fun going to Windsor Castle, Kew Gardens, "high tea" at the Maids of Honour, and the Tower of London. The rest of our time was spent in playgrounds, walks in the park, cooking, reading and just being together.

Amidst our responsibilities with MTW and the English language class, we were able to take a couple of days and go the Lake District. We'd never been before and after watching Miss Potter, it has been on our bucket list of must do's while living in England. The scenery was indescribable and the time together very special. We've been reading through II Chronicles and had some sweet times of prayer together as we brought before the Lord the needs of our children and ourselves. God really spoke to us through this book of the Bible and we are thankful to Him although many times times "we don't know what to do we can keep our eyes on Him". II Chron. 20:12