Dear Loved Ones,
We woke up to some rain this morning! Strange...and its been a cold weekend. Our attendance was down today but still blessings along the way. We continue to watch new believers coming and growing and experiencing the blessing of being in a family. We had youth today but for the first time we were way down. There were only three girls today. We had a fun time together, talked about the greatness of God.
Steve’s sermon today challenged them to think past the temporal things of life to the eternal. So they have a lot to meditate on as they read the word this week.
We would like you to pray this week for an opportunity we have to host on our campus a lady by the name of Pam Stenzel. She is an abstinence speaker and author of the book Sex Has a Price Tag. We have used her videos in our youth group in previous years but she will be here in Botswana and we have the privilege of having her speak Wednesday. We have invited our church youth and their parents. Also we are encouraging a parent from every family in the school to be represented and in order to be sure the students make it for the meeting, we are having a cookout and a movie after school for them on Wednesday. Please pray with us that as she comes, her message will not only be timely but culturally accepted.Thank you for your continued prayers for our family.
This week I heard Charles Stanley via podcast. In the sermon he said, “the greatest asset someone can have is someone praying for them” I immediately thought of each of you who pray for Botswana and God’s work here. Thank you for praying for strength and creativity for Steve and I.
Thank you for praying for our children, Amanda, Derek and Devin, who are really no longer children but still need the prayers of God’s people every day.
Continue to pray for the Southern African region. You may have seen on CNN the violence in South Africa towards foreigners, Zimbabweans in particular. We pray the South African government will make a stand against this sort of behavior.
Please continue to pray with us for wisdom and stamina to do the work that is before us each day.
Reaching the Unreached,Steve, Pam, Amanda, Derek and Devin
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