We have just finished reading a FABULOUS report about our precious families in Nebbi, Uganda that we have been blessed to work with the last three years!
All seem to be doing well...Jesus is blessing and multilplying the fruit of their hands!
So much of that we credit to your prayers!
So much of that we credit to your prayers!
THANK YOU for your faithful prayers for these dear friends of ours!
The last months have been full...we have a church every Sunday and often more mid-week responsibilities from now up through July 18th! We are living in our car!
We are encouraged and excited that Jesus is working even IN SPITE of us and our weariness and we are thankful for this ministry that is a key in our African ministry too!!!
These pictures are just a few of the last weeks and months.
God has given us so many sweet love gifts.
Pap (Joanna's father) has blessed us in so many ways as we have been able to be in and out of he and Nyanya(swahili for grandmother) home in Van Buren, IN.
Billy turned 30 on February 3rd!
We got to see many dear friends around that time...
Anna Key(holding Elsie Jayne) and Robbie Duncan and John Pinkston were here to celebrate with us!
Jesus is so kind to us to give us such sweet friends!
Jesus is so kind to us to give us such sweet friends!
Joanna reaches that same milestone this next week (17th) and it's been really sweet for us together to seek Jesus as to His plans and purposes as we reach the year HE began ministry here on earth.
Driving through Ohio last month we got to see our "Arua" friends Eden and Hailey Heinrich and their daddy...we were sad to miss Corrie that day.
God is so good to give us other friends our age whose world is so similar to ours in many ways...
Elsie Jayne was so confused to see these girls in America and then so sad to have to leave them.
Cousins are a great treat of America!!!
Terra and Elsie Jayne had a fun time together when we were able to speak a weekend at her church in Ohio!
The extra time we have gotten to spend with Nyanya (joanna's mom) has been a treat these days in America! We sure are thankful for sunshine finally too...we are used to spending our LIVES outside, so American winter has not been our favorite! 
Joanna and Lucy were able to share at a women's retreat in Ohio joined by her sister Jan and her daughter Maddie and her brother's wife Tonya! Nyanya was there too!!
This was early March.
What great memories!
This past week we got to be with our family for some down time in Georgia! I wasn't so great at having my camera at the right moments,
but we did capture this picture of Elsie Jayne and her new baby doll from Grammy.
She was able to choose from the whole store and she just knew she needed THIS baby...
"Baby Lucy!"
We are delighted to have this great new addition to our family.
Thanks Grammy!
3 comments:
I love the picture of Elsie and Terra. Very fun! We continue to pray for all of your travels.
Happy traveling! I did the whole missionary on furlough for three weeks with 4 other adults and 4 carseats in a 12 passenger van, miles and miles and miles through Kansas. Praying for you!!
You have a sweet Pa. I had him for speech at IWU. Really enjoyed him! :)
Billy,
Once again I have found solace and encouragement in your senior chapel sermon. Insane, isn't it, when we stop to ponder what our words can do!
We are going through some tough times here in Sweden, mainly with our adoption from Nepal that just got shot down by a Swedish burecrat. Alternatives exist but it is hard. But your words still ring true. How long will it take to learn how to abide, I wonder.
In Christ,
Andreas
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