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Monday, March 21, 2011

March 21, 2011

Please keep Lyle in your prayers, he and Mishack left today to visit several church plants in the Lukanga Swamp area. They will be away all week and have no phone coverage out there. Thanks for your prayers!

Family News March 2011

Greetings All

A short report from us here in Zambia. First of all want to say thank you to all of you who have asked about my parents who are living in Japan, 16 years now as pastors. They are fine for they live in the southern part of Japan. It has saddened my heart to see the tragedies that continue there in Japan, please remember to pray for this nation. They are in national struggles. And of course you have seen the news of all the other stuff happening here in Africa, in the north. This is what makes it hard to completely settle down in Africa, there is always a sense of risk and insecurity. We live all the time with an extra eye open, you have to and that in itself takes a lot of energy. Zambia is safe on a national level and this we are thankful for. Liberia was the most secure country in Africa for years, but most of you know the history there in the last 30 years.
All of this to say, let us continue to pray for nations around the world, study the atlas, love the world, for God did and he sent his only son..... what will I/you send?

January and February is rainy season here, so things are wet and green, and muddy. Our yard is most beautiful this time of year but we know that the rains are on their way out and until December things will be getting drier and dustier.

TTN (To the Nations), the group that we are working with, we take off these two months of rains and this is the time to spend planting the fields, fix up broken equipment, time with the family, and also take classes of some sort to build up self. Some of the guys are taking computer classes, others finishing up with their high school degrees at 34 years old. I am going through different leadership books with the guys two mornings a week.

Jette is getting more and more involved with the deaf group in the church that we attend. A lot of abuse happens to the deaf, it is true for any handicapped person out here really. The church has begun to set up a safe haven for some of the deaf, a place where they can learn life skills etc. I have been teaching in their cell group and most of them believe that they are cursed or punished, this is their mind set. How is that for a world view?

Mishack and I go into Lukanga Swamps Monday the 21st for a week to visit several church plants to encourage them in the Lord. There are several islands in the swamps and it is here that Mishack has planted churches. Several of these islands are floating islands. Years of reeds have been entangled together and small villages live on these grass islands year round. I look forward to this trip, I do not look forward to the mosquitoes, though; there are many...

Some good news, at least for us... we will be flying into Seattle WA. April 22nd so we are expecting a big party at the airport... It has been 4 years since we have been to the States and Denmark and we know that it is time to take a small break and visit churches, family and friends. Our time is only really two months then we are off to Denmark for a few months as well. We will be in the Seattle area, Portland OR area and Colorado Springs area, and hopefully Michigan, so if you are in these areas and would like to get together, let us plan ahead and we would love to see as many as possible, then we will rest when we get back to Zambia....

Ok this is all from us at this time.