Hey friends!
We sure hope you are doing well. I have so much to share with you, I’m not even sure where to begin!
Well, we’re all back in the US, getting settled into a new lifestyle. Between us we have 4 different jobs in order to support ourselves and the ongoing ministry in Africa. It keeps us hopping for sure! They are good jobs, and we are so very grateful to have them. Our three beautiful girls are enrolled in school and having a good time. Things are new and different for them – remember, Ginger and I are returning “home”, our children are not. This place is completely new to them. (If I had the space here, I’d share with you some of their cultural blunders! Maybe next time.)
We are thankful for where we are and the life we have now, full of blessings. That isn’t to say that our hearts don’t ache for the place we called home for nearly ten years. I stay in regular contact with Ziro, Kaingu, Muramba, Makaya, Masiga, Gitau, and many others. Two of them, Jeremiah Muramba and Isaac Masiga, were very close. Jeremiah was married in December, Isaac in February. Both invited me to their weddings and I would have loved to have been there with them. Moses Gitau’s wife has breast cancer and had to have a mastectomy. He has written me several times about the “Hard Times” that has befallen his family and the struggles her sickness has brought. Oh that I could be there to encourage him.
These are our friends, our brothers and sisters. My heart aches and my eyes swell up if I spend too much time thinking about them. They all have a special place in my heart and nothing will ever take that away. But time and distance have a way of wearing on our memories. I pray I won’t get lost in the crazy, busy life in America and forget my friends.
But too, these memories help me as I head out to work each day. I leave motivated to make a difference. My paycheck doesn’t simply pay my bills and feed my family, it also helps those I gave my life to in Africa. It makes it all worthwhile knowing that through INTERCEDE, I can still serve my African brother and sister.
Please take the time to pray for us and INTERCEDE and all that the Lord continues to do in Africa – these are exciting times! Let’s work together for something more, something greater. I know we can make an eternal difference in the lives of men and women across Africa and beyond.
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