Hey folks – thought I’d send you a video from one of Steve teammates on the World Race. It shows where they have been living for the last few weeks. Click on the following link to watch it! http://www.vimeo.com/728836/ If you watch closely, you can even see Steve in this video (during the kitchen footage). In another video (from one of his teammates) there was a HUGE spider that they killed on the boat (they hung it up from a HOOK). That would about do it for me!!
Steve wrote us that while the rest of the team is going back to Iquitos for a week, he (and one of his teammates) is staying behind with some of the local pastors in Nauta to help train them in Bible Study Methods. They really wanted more help in that. He’s excited for this opportunity! I know he’ll do a great job. It’s neat to see him able to use his gifts in different areas.
Some of you heard that Steve’s computer, camera, Bible and other items in his backpack were stolen recently (in transition from Lima, Peru to Iquitos). He was pretty bummed about it. We checked with our insurance company (we bought renter’s insurance for the parsonage), and they said that they would reimburse him for it – even the Bible! I was really surprised and pleased. We just got a check for almost $2,000 to buy the stuff for him! We found out that there is a pastor in Michigan who is going to meet with Steve’s team in Bolivia in three weeks, so if we can get it ready, he can even take it down to him. That’s amazing.
Please continue to pray for Steve as he transitions to the next country – Bolivia. The team will be there for the month of March. Then the team will travel to Africa (around April 17th). Interestingly, Steve and Anna will both be in Africa at the same time! Steve said that if he is near Anna (she’ll be in Guinnea working with New Tribes Mission), then he’ll be able to go and see her! That’s pretty neat.
Just to give you an update on our kid’s missions adventures…Phillip will be going to Alaska this summer to work with a missionary pilot for an internship; Anna will be leaving in June for a month to help missionaries with New Tribes Mission in Guinnea, Africa; Mark will be going to Haiti for ten days in August with a group from our church to help with a mission hospital there; and Steve will be continuing his World Race adventure. We are so happy for them!
Folks, it doesn’t get any more exciting than this! As we give our kids to God, He takes them around the world! While it’s a bit scary to think of what can (and does) happen to them physically, we know that they are safer where God leads them, then where we might lead them. And besides – they’re not really our kids – they’re His!
Please pray that all the finances will come in for them! We are especially trusting God for that part.
See you tomorrow!
PB
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