First Presentation

Thank you for praying for us! It was not easy to speak - should I just stop with that?? It's NEVER easy for me to speak out loud to a group of more than 3 people. Peter's probably not a fan either, but he's got the gift of teaching going on, so that helps a bit, even if you are an introvert. :) Okay, I'll continue. It was not easy to speak to an unfamiliar church this morning and have the bulk of the service to prepare for. God gave me back the use of my voice, now only slightly hoarse and squeaky. Was it a "success"? That's the beauty of it - only the Lord knows how successful it was, and thankfully He measures success on a much different scale than we do. I will say that it went smoothly, we met a lot of great people, and some of them told us they had never heard of Wycliffe or JAARS before. It's a blessing to be a part of something that I can truly get passionate about - namely lives being transformed because the Word of God is made available to them in their own language. What a great thing to be thankful for. I'm also thankful for your concern and prayers for us. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

In His Strength

So here I sit, on the eve of our first speaking presentation as Wycliffe missionaries, with a cold that's causing me to quickly lose my voice! Peter and I are speaking tomorrow at a church where we've never been, in a different town, where we know no one. Did I mention we are speaking for most of the morning service?? While we're thankful and excited about this opportunity, I have to admit it's a little daunting... especially with no voice (or really this little scratchy squeaky voice that's almost worse than no voice). We were asked to speak at this church by someone we met at the Missions at the Airport event last month. To me, this is one of those classic God reminders that it's in His strength that we can do anything, not our own. I'm not sure how many of you, our friends, will read this before tomorrow morning, but if you do, we would be grateful if you would pray for us - that we would effectively communicate tomorrow and that we would be constantly aware of the need to abide in Christ's strength, for we are nothing without Him.

Happy Early Thanksgiving!

We just received the news today that our house in Spokane - vacant for the last 6 months - has been RENTED!!!! This has been a huge burden for us and our number one prayer request for some time, but God in His perfect timing (not ours!) has answered. Thank you to all of you who prayed and did what you could to help. November is truly a month to be thankful!