Well, it has been an interesting day today. We are in the middle of our “winter” and it is a cool cloudy day. Fortunately….(??) we spent 3 hours this morning sitting in our car and were nice and toasty warm…. We are now back in our chilly house enjoying a hot cup of coffee!
BEING SQUEEZED?
Malawi is having some major economic problems lately which is affecting the amount of fuel that is allowed to come into the country. We found a fuel station this a.m. that was going to get diesel “shortly” so we got into cue. We started out at # 10th car in line. Three hours later and about 25 cars later, we finally were able to get our car filled. J Times like this squeeze us and we must be so careful not to let our human nature take over! We are thankful that God allowed us to get the fuel today and we didn’t have to be in cue any longer! Some folks stay in line for hours and just when they drive up to the pump, the tanks are finished and they cannot get their fuel! Our car is full now and should last us for several weeks- depending on what travels we need to make. Besides the fuel shortages, there has been a lot of power “outages” often 6-12 hours a day.
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| Thomas Trail enjoying a book by lantern light! |
This is just a taste of "a day in our life" and many others who live and work in the Zambezi Cluster. In spite of some of the "inconviences" we face from time to time, we are so very thankful that God allows us to serve him in this part of Africa. Please pray for us to let Jesus love through us when we feel squeezed. Pray that we would recognize the opportunities to share Christ’s love when we are in the long “cues”. Pray for us to continue to recognize and be thankful for the many blessings and good things that He has given us for our comfort and not allow a complaining spirit to take over!
WEDDING!
David and I leave for the USA in just a few days. We are going for 3 weeks, specifically to attend our daughter, Anna Lee’s wedding! We are excited and are praying that this time with our kids, friends and extended family be a blessing and time of encouragement to all. It has been such a blessing to me how others have been so helpful in various aspects of this wedding. I look forward to seeing how it all will come together! I think it is going to be a fun sweet day! Would you please pray specifically that God be honored in all that will be said and done on July 23rd, the wedding day? We really are hoping for a sunny day as both the ceremony and reception will be outside.
GOOD NEWS!
One last bit of news we would like to share with you is something we just heard the other day! Several years ago when we visited in many of your churches we were asking your prayers regarding the need for a Bible to be written in the Yao language. The Yao have gone all these years without the “written Word” in their language. There have been scripture portions that we used along with the Portuguese Bible. Well, we got word the other day that the Ciyawo New Testament has been completed and is ready for printing! (Yes, we are still lacking the Old Testament – but we do have some portions that we are able to use, ie, Genesis and Exodus.) Thanks for your continued prayers for the Yao in Mozambique, Malawi and Tanzania. They continue to be at the top of our unreached list of peoples in this part of Africa.
With love and prayers, Janet
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