Last week at FPO training

Greetings from Virginia!

We are starting our last week here at FPO, and most of the days this week will be spent with those of us here that are headed to sub-saharan Africa all in a room together doing conference calls with our "affinity" leaders who are located in Nairobi, Kenya. We'll learn about our leadership's  vision for the SSA affinity. The more leadership and partners we get to know, the more excited we are to be a part of this affinity. The ultimate goal, send African missionaries from African churches as missionaries into all the world. What an exciting vision!

Our time at FPO has been tiring and stressful in many ways, but also very encouraging and we are eager to move through the next step of this season of our lives. We are scheduled to fly home at the end of this week, and will begin the suitcase tetris in preparation for our flight to Kenya.

Thank you for partnering with us in prayer during our time here. You continue to be an encouragement to us. Here are a few requests we have for the upcoming weeks:

1. To finish FPO well and preparation for our flight to Kenya (no dates for that yet)

2. For the transition to Kenya- language school for us, international school for the 4 older boys, and full time nanny/daycare for Zeke (and for my heart, to be content with this season of being separated from the the boys all day)

3. Tanzania visas!! Other team members have been having difficulty getting visas or work permits for Tanzania. We pray our teams would be allowed to enter the country quickly and without government interference. Please pray specifically NOW for our teammates in Kenya, who are waiting on their appeal to be approved.

Josh and Rebekah

Photos:

-The IMB President, Paul Chitwood, visited the campus and brought donuts, which the boys appreciated!

-We've had enough time outside to build a stick fort in the woods on the campus, and we've enjoyed upgrading it!

-Game night with some of our fellow laborers going to SubSaharan Africa(including Richard and Karen Lee who have been on the field in TZ for 19 years).