Today Bob is in Florida with our son David visiting his parents and a supporting church while I am staying with our daughter Gina and her husband Brian. This is a very special week of ?connecting? for us, especially as we know that in less than 4 weeks, we will once again board an airplane for Cote d?Ivoire.
We are again amazed at what God is doing. When we left Quebec 2 weeks ago, we were looking at a schedule packed full of meetings with new and old friends. The need to raise an additional $430/month in support in this short time before leaving was on our minds. But as we started preparing for our meetings, we were reminded again at how awesome our God is. Much like the 12 stones used to build an altar on the other side of the Jordan which served as a physical reminder to the children of Israel what God had done, our presentation has reminded us of what God has done. What?s so special about remembering? Remembering the blessings of the past gives hope and encouragement for the future, not only to those who lived that past, but to others with whom it is shared. That?s what we want to communicate to you as we share our ministry story.
We thank you so much for responding as you have. In the 2 short weeks since we left Quebec, we have added many new prayer supporters to our team, and learned of 2 new churches and 1 couple who have joined our financial supporters. One of our first supporting churches has also increased our support, bringing our total of needed additional support down to $180/month. Yes, our God is awesome.
This week in Abidjan, the school board of International Christian Academy (ICA) is meeting to further determine how ICA will re-open in September. You will recall that the decision to re-open was made in January by an amazingly united school board who reported how God had individually worked in their hearts to bring about that unexpected outcome. This week, they will work out some of the details. Please pray for these meetings, that God?s spirit will again unite their hearts and guide their choices.
Pray also for our continued preparations to depart on June 1st ? so much to do and so little time!