We are so thankful to Jesus that our dear friends the Mills were able to visit us again this year! Andy once again led the Business Men of Arua in a prayer breakfast as well as speaking on the local radio and sharing the love of Christ with Businesspersons around town. Victoria is such a joy and encouragement to Joanna and now Elsie Jayne! We even got to celebrate Andy's birthday together!
Our friends and neighbors, the Waflers (IMB Missionaries fromTN) have a 6 year old girl named Joanna! She loves our Elsie Jayne. For Joanna's birthday last week she had a pool party at a pool just outside of town. Elsie Jayne was thrilled to enjoy her first birthday party poolside! Here Joanna is pictured along with her best friend Nicola.
Our close friends Imam and Tina are back in Arua now with Baby Angela. THANK YOU SO MUCH for praying for this precious life throughout Tina's pregnancy. We are so humbled and blessed now to hold and enjoy and love on little baby Angela. She and Elsie Jayne are already fast friends!
Another friend who is a member of Joanna's discipleship group, Eva, is moving back to Kampala. She has spent the last few months in Arua doing an internship, but now has to go back to the University to finish some coursework. Yesterday they had a special good-bye lunch together. Eva is dressed in white, pictured here with Jennifer, Joanna and Elsie Jayne! 
This past week we had our last official meeting together as the original Arua-Team! We are sad, but realize that as the rest of June is full of traveling and then Jeannie returns to the states...she won't be back out before the Rinehimers return to the states in November. As sad is that is that we are now beginning to disperse, it's also a really cool time to reflect on all God has down in the last 18 months! Truly more than we could have asked or imagined! Ephesians 3:20-21
Thank you for continuing to pray for Jeannie's next few weeks and the Rinehimers final months...that we might all finish well together and see God's hand continually guiding each of our lives. Pray with us for jobs and housing and His best for all of our teammates in the days ahead.
Also, please pray with us as Billy is in Nebbi this weekend teaching at the pastoral training there. We will enjoy Father's Day together before he leaves Monday morning for a conference in Nairobi, Kenya. We will meet up all together the following Monday at a conference in Kampala. After that time of meeting with our colleagues in the southern part of the country, Billy will head to Torit, Sudan for a few days of discipleship and training with our pastors there. We meet back up in Arua on the 1st of July! Please pray for all 3 of us as we head into this crazy time of travel and adjustment! (We may be quiet for a while too as Billy will need to be traveling with the computer...know we are praying for all of you these days and will get an update to you when we can).
2 comments:
I have so enjoyed browsing through your blog and catching up on your happenings. Elsie Jayne is absolutely beautiful. We continue to pray for God's many blessings on your work.
will you guys leave Africa too in November? So enjoy your updates! Prayers for continued safety.
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