thankful for friends

 

What a huge blessing to have Kim (seated at a table with us, not in photo) and Ethan come for a few days. We loved every minute of their visit!! Thank you for coming to see us! We love you both and are grateful to God for you!! 

Mvua!

 

Thank you so much for praying for rain....can you see the rain dripping off the metal sheet roofing? It isn't raining everyday but we are getting good rains every so often, as are many parts of the country where we live. Thank God with us for answering our cry for rain! May it continue and the drought subside!

His glory

While visiting Madylanne at her school the Lord showed me something in the Word I had never really paid attention to before.

 

You remember how Moses told the elders of the Israelites that the Lord was going to bring them out of slavery, and the Bible says the people believed, and they bowed their heads and worshiped Him (Exodus 4:31). And then…Pharaoh won’t let them go and their lives get HARDER because now they have to gather their own straw and still make the same amount of bricks as they did before. They are worn out, tired, and confused. Wasn’t God supposed to rescue them? What happened? Moses tries to encourage them again with the promises of God, truth for their weary hearts. But in Exodus 6:9 it says they did not listen to Moses because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.

 

Wow. So at first they received the good news with belief and worship. And then life got even harder than it already was. And they were too exhausted physically, emotionally, spiritually, to be able to listen. Their hearts were broken. Their bodies were broken.

 

Have you ever been in a place where you hoped and thought things would get better but then you were disappointed…it seemed like God had walked away or maybe He just wasn’t hearing you….but really He was still working and you couldn’t see it because you were so TIRED, EXHAUSTED, WORRIED, OVERCOME, FRUSTRATED….

 

God sees you, hears you, knows you, and hasn’t walked away. I pray that whatever you are in the middle of right now, that you can find rest in Jesus…because His Words are Truth, His yoke is light, He is your Redeemer. 

 

Things may get harder before you see what God is doing.

 

And He is still there through it all. He is with you. Speaking Words of Truth. Fighting for you. Fighting for His glory in your life.

 

 

Emanuel Baptist Church

Thank you all for your prayers for Emanuel Baptist Church as the new location for their church has been under construction. Can you believe how fast it is going up? We attended church here yesterday and it was shady and cool and so easy to hear the sermon compared to their previous location. 

What seemed like a huge stressor is indeed a blessing. 

Please pray God will continue growing this church 

and will use this body and meeting place 

to bless this community and be a light for Jesus!

 This is the Sunday school room for now. 

Rat a tat tat

 Madylanne has the blessing of being able to use her school's drum set when she wants to practice. 

It was wonderful to see and hear her play when I went to visit her.

fun in the big city

 Where in the world are the Wint kids?

(all 3 of them are in this picture!)

We had a great time in our capital city doing big city kind of stuff...

jumping at a trampoline park 

and playing glow in the dark put put. 

This was a first for our family. So much fun!

Matthew is 12

 HaPpY bIrThDaY Matthew!! 

You were super happy and surprised to see your sister on your birthday! Such a fun gift! 

Glad you had a fun day....and so very glad God created you!! 

You are a blessing to us and we thank God for you.