2 1/2 weeks in

Hello, all! Time to play catch up! Our radio silence is a good indicator of how busy we’ve been. We started language school and homeschool with the boys last week, and it was a REALLY rough week for many many reason. You can find longer journal type entries here. The most recent one will be at the top and “jet lag” is from our first week here. They were both just published, as it took me some time to work through all the details.

Here are some ways you can be praying with and for us:
1. continued energy for language training and retention of the info we are being given.
2. opportunities to get off the compound and share the gospel
3. for work visas (student visas for us since we will still be doing language virtually) for the members of our team that are located here in Kenya right now - we cannot move forward to relocating to TZ until our visas are approved, and there’s already been several denials.
4. safe travels for team members from the States to TZ. They are hoping to be returning soon, after an unexpected year long stay in the States.

Extol the name of the Lord with us for these:
1. George, a fellow “M” to Africa, has been battling Covid and Covid related infections since early January. He was intubated right before we left Omaha for FPO in late January and despite the Dr.’s best efforts for months, lifting the sedation to see if he could breath on his own was continuously unsuccessful. His brain activity showed no improvement and his prognosis was grim. Our SSA affinity was called to fast and pray for him a few times over the past couple of months and last week a group of newly converted believers in a high risk security area were called to fast and pray for him. After this day, George began to show rapid signs of improvement and within days has gone from completely unresponsive to sitting upright in a chair, breathing on his own, moving his mouth to form words and interacting with his wife and other people he knows by smiling and following them with his eyes. We are all truly astounded at the progress and know it is nothing short of a miracle! We had the honor of meeting his wife a few days ago, as she is staying on the same compound as us, as were teary eyed as we listened to her recount his progress. What a merciful and powerful God we serve! May His glory be known in that hospital for the miracle he’s performed in George’s life.
2. Last week I was experiencing a vast array of very unpleasant physical symptoms, including being mostly deaf for two solid days. This was an overwhelming experience for me as I’ve battled Meniere’s disease of the left ear for 11 years and thought perhaps I was developing symptoms in my right ear as well. We are so thankful for the Lord’s mercy in clearing my ears. Thank you for praying with us for this!
3. Josh and I feel encouraged about our progress in learning Kiswahili. While it is more intellectually taxing than either of us thought it would be, we are finding that we are retaining vocabulary and are encouraged with the recall we have when working with each other, on homework assignments or in conversation with our instructor.

Thank you, as always, for partnering with us in prayer.

To God be the glory!