December and January were rollercoaster months for us in the life of our
family. However, things are looking brighter in February and so we are
glad about that. This morning, as I was preparing for Bible study next
week (we are beginning a new study on Women of the Bible) looking at the life
of Hagar I was reminded that God is El Roi, the God who sees. Sometimes
in our lives we just need to know that God sees us and understands where we are
at. We serve a God who is not stand offish but intimately involved.
We see that clearly in Genesis 16 and 21when Hagar is in the wilderness.
That same God that saw Hagar is the same God that sees you and us.
Hallelujah!
Family Update
Simon has had some issues with
his back again. Thankfully the pain has subsided but we continue to pray
for healing for him and that he will have no further problems.
He has not had much time for the woodshop in recent weeks but he was
able to tinker a bit on Saturday which was good therapy for him.
You never know what he is going to produce
next out of a piece of wood.
J
Joshua had a chest infection last
week but thankfully we had a Doctor staying with us to help out with
some training and so she was able to inform us as to which medication to get.
A trip to the doctor can be a whole morning event.
It sure saved us a lot of time.
He is doing much better and more like his
usual self.
Joshua loves to swim, play football, have fun with friends and read.
He is in team A for swimming where he gets to
compete in the school’s swimming galas.
The part he doesn’t like is sitting waiting on his race to come around
J Joshua can always be found reading if there
is any downtime.
A book seems like an
extension of his body at times.
He comes
out with the most amazing facts on animals and people.
The good part is he educates us along the way
J
Zara just loves life to the full and has a lot of joy.
She got an award at school for swimming and
like her brother she is a fish in the water.
She loves playing with friends and making up games to play.
Just yesterday our guest room was like a
hideout.
Not sure exactly all the rules
of the game but it sounded like fun.
Work Update
Since Simon returned from his Mum’s funeral he has been busy with flying.
Just last week he flew to South Sudan near
the Darfur area.
He was flying back a
family who had been taking some time out in Kampala.
The flight was too long to do there and back
in a day so he did an overnight in Northern Uganda before heading back home.
A new plane has been added to our fleet of aircraft.
There was a ceremony yesterday to celebrate
this and pray God’s blessing over it.
Our planes are busy flying each week to Congo, South Sudan and Northern
Uganda.
We are blessed by the safety God
has given over the years and know that prayer works. Hope to have photos to show you soon.
Continue to pray for Simon as he juggles his role as Pilot and Safety Manager.
The days can be busy and full but thankful
there is always some slack time somewhere in the week….well most of the time
J
I
(Pam) have been busy this past
month.
For the past two weeks we have
had guests in our home.
We had some fun
times with them and enjoyed sharing stories together.
Last week the guests who were staying with us were from MMCT (
www.mmct.org) and Tumaini Counselling Centre. I
was able to be a part of the training to upgrade 4 people to Peer
Responders.
This was an honour and
privilege.
We spend two afternoons in
preparation for it.
The training went
well on Wednesday and we now have four new people as Peer Responders who are
now qualified to de-brief people who have gone through difficult times or
situations.
We now have 6 qualifed Peer
Responders with MMCT in Uganda (including myself) and one trained who lives in
South Sudan.
Pray for wisdom for each of
us as we meet with different people with different challenges.
I am also continuing to teach the Bible, which I love, to three different
groups. I have teammates who help me in this which is a blessing.
We are continuing with two groups in 1,2,3
John and will start a new series with the third group next week on Women of the
Bible.
Tomorrow we will celebrate the
weeks we have spent in 1 Corinthians with a brunch and sharing time.
Pray that we will be encouraged by each
other.
Hope this gives you a snapshot of some of the
things we have been up to in the last few weeks. It sure has been full. We are thankful to all
of you who uphold us in prayer on a regular basis.
