One of the greatest gifts of being on this continent has been being nearer to family!
While in Uganda, Jesus provided "family" and we are so eternally grateful for that network of relationships that has shaped and continues to make us more like Him. This past month though we got to see our cousin/neice Susannah. We were just with her over Christmas and in the Lord's kindness we got to connect again! She is studying at a Bible school in the north of England, so we drove down for a visit one Sunday. Not only was her school beautiful and amazing, she and her friends encouraged our hearts and reminded us again why we are doing what we are doing these days. Jesus is leading and He has good plans and purposes!
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| Our beautiful Susannah! |
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| The fabulous wooly sheep and precious lambs just in her "backyard!" |
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| Another student at the school we got to chat with in Swahili for a while! It was so good to use that language again and get to encourage a young Kenyan man who also hadn't gotten to speak the language of his heart for a while. |
Please pray with us for Susannah as she leads a team of her colleagues on an outreach this week. Pray for creativity and grace and PEACE as they walk in Jesus with one another. Pray they are a light to the community where Jesus has led them and pray for this precious Jesus girl to sense His nearness moment by moment as she trusts Him to lead and love through her and in spite of her. THANK YOU for carrying the people and places that are on our heart with us.
My final S is structures...because my beloved has a paper due this week on sacred space and this particular church structure in particular! He is writing on how the space wherein we worship effects our experience and therefore our relationship with Jesus.
Thank you for continuing to pray as we work hard on this MLitt and move forward trusting Jesus with PhD studies this fall.
He Who has called is faithful and He will do it!
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