we are so sorry for the elapsing of time with no update from us. we have barely had enough time to stop and rest as of late.
david’s job is full on now. his chaplaincy is taking shape and is continuing to grow as is his role of local member care coordinator. he is really going to have to learn to delegate. he has already been learning that necessity. he is heading up committees on general member care, new staff orientation, and big brother/big sister and new teacher mentors. he is also heading up the rewriting of a new orientation manual for introducing new folk to indonesia. on top of all that he is preparing for next year for heading of the chapel committee and starting of new things for next year. he is busier than he has ever been.
please pray for him to be sustained by the energy that only God can give. as God to help david to grow in leadership abilities and to maintain a vision from the Lord. please pray that no matter how busy things get that he will always seek His time with the Lord FIRST.kim is continuing to learn to work in a background role. she is finding much peace in it.
she is learning more and more about how to help Jeff, Em, and Abi in there sensory integration issues. finding the time at home to be helpful in reading and learning how to best help them with their schooling.
please pray that kim will continue to abide in Him and to look only at how to best glorify Him and not herself. pray for continued wisdom on raising her kids to follow hard after God and to lose themselves in Him. grace is facing a busy time ahead. she will be going to a swim tournament in bali on 17 april. then she has an ap exam for european history on the 8th of may, then she is playing the role of amy in little women on the 15th of May and then finals begin a week later. in the midst of all that are projects and life. :-)
please pray that grace will place her trust in the Lord to provide energy and ability. please pray that grace will learn to discipline herself in His strength and not her own.
pray for safety on the trip to bali.emma is also going to bali to swim for BAIS at the tournament. she also has major projects and final exams coming. she is doing quite well with school this year. her health, however, has not been good this semester. we are still trying to find out what is causing all these major allergic reactions.
please pray for healing and wisdom regarding allergies and also praise Him with us that emma is really seeing God in her life throughout her allergies. she expresses no complaints and just takes it day by day. there is not one ounce of resentment in her heart about what she can and cannot do or what she can and cannot eat. she has been an example to us all of how to seek the Lord’s peace.
please pray for her stress level during the end of May and first of June as these are very overwhelming times for her. (finals and projects)jeff is really struggling in school this semester. we are praying that we find an answer soon to his difficulties in math. he is trying to maintain a good attitude but feels defeated so much of the time. he has enjoyed playing soccer and basketball this year. he has been voted twice as the most encouraging player on both teams. that makes his parents smile BIG TIME.
please pray for jeff that he will continue to have a heart that longs for God. that he will trust all his days to the One who made him just the way he is. abi has had a wonderful year. she and our neighbor’s daughter amber have become the best of friends. they are virtually inseparable. abi loves school and cries during holidays because there is no school. (the other kids do not get that at all :-))
please pray for abi because amber will be moving to another island in indonesia and they will not see each other again for a long time. please pray that abi learns to say goodbye in a healthy manner. pray that she trusts the Lord to protect her heart so that she does not begin to shut down of friends who might be leaving.we survive our best through your prayers. please do not cease to pray for us. the enemy is at work here in this place. he seeks to steal our joy day after day. sometimes he does this through conflicts at work or personal conflicts. sometimes he is more stealth like and does it through our health. other times there is just a sense of discouragement and darkness that just drains us and causes us to stumble under fears
that are not based on the Light.
please pray for all of us that we will abide in Him daily, that we will become “biblically saturated” and “spirit-led”.
so many times we make the mistake of trying to move forward on our own strength or our own wisdom and we fall and it hurts. we are trying to focus ourselves in the Word and through good preaching of the truth (thanks so much jim for your sermons) we also listen to and read a lot of John Piper. he has been so convicting in his love for the Scriptures and his desire to be biblically saturated. he been an amazing example to us. grace loves to listen to him too. we are excited to see our kids grow in the Word.
We are planning to return home to Texas around the 11th of June. we are going to be traveling a lot. we will send a better schedule out soon.
thanks so much to all of you for all that you have done for us and all that you are doing. we do NOT take you all for granted and are so honored and blessed to count you as friends and partners in what He has called us to do.
