“Christ sent me to preach the Gospel, and He will look after the results.”
— Mary Slessor, Missionary to Nigeria (1848-1915)
It is such a blessing to read the testimony of many faithful men and women who have served our great God. Their testimonies are a great encouragement to our family as we prepare for life on the mission field. Many of the testimonies in the “Daring Devotion” book we are reading offer warning of the sacrifice that one must be willing to make, but most of them tie together the fruit of such sacrifice. Mary Slessor’s testimony was no different. She knew firsthand what Paul was meaning in
1st Corinthians 3:6 “I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.”
We are watching God provide for us in such a blessed way and are excited to share what He has been doing. May started off a little rocky, exploded with change, and has ended with reward!
A little Rocky:
Kathleen returned from Wisconsin on May 3rd and was mixed with emotions. We can not thank you all enough for your continued prayers. Having so many faithful family and friends to walk through this trial with us has been such a blessing. While we will continue to miss Dad we know that we will see him again in the presence of our King.
Exploded with Change:
Temperance turned 9! We were blessed by a friend who got us this bouncy slide for the kids and daddy to play on and we sure had a blast!
The change did not stop there. I received a call from our landlord that he was going to be placing our home on the market for sale. This was not all a surprise, but it did catch us a little off guard. Rather than staying in the home and being here through the showing process we have chosen to find a new place at our earliest convenience. Praise the Lord as he opened an opportunity to move into a small place here in Kennewick that will still allow us to be close to Church, Family and Work. We will be moving very soon and look forward to a new place in a quiet neighborhood.
Ending with Reward:
Many of you may remember that in February we began praying to raise our support from 15% to 20% by the end of May. Those of you who have been following along our journey know that the 20% came rather quickly and so we changed our goal to 25%. We are blessed to announce that we are over the 25% mark of promised monthly supporters! We are so thankful for all the people who have joined our support team by becoming prayer partners as well as financial supporters. We thank God for you daily!
As we set goals for our next steps will you please pray with us. We have scheduled 2 meetings for June, July, August, September, and are working on 2 or 3 for October. We are excited for what God has instore for us and are confident in His working through us!
Kid’s Corner: The kids were all excited to have mommy and LuVerna home from Wisconsin. We made a trip to the airport in our PJ’s to pick them up! They also greatly enjoyed our time at Grace Baptist Church of Pendleton, Or and loved their Sunday School Classes!
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