Care Package & Prayers...
Today, we received our first care package from the US! And we are very thankful to the Klostermans who put it together and shipped it all the way to Antsirabe, Madagascar!!
We have been blessed, as well, by the amazing gifts from one of our fellow missionary families here in Madagascar who have given us TONS of baby stuff!!! We are so thankful to all of our friends and family for your prayers as we continue to get settled in to life here in Madagascar! Certainly, comfort items from home help the transition (and-in the case of the shower curtains-help to keep water off the floor!). As awesome as care packages are, the prayers you lift up are most important. A passage from Ephesians 6:18-20 struck me today, I share it with you here:
"With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit, and stay alert in this, with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints. Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel...Pray that I might be bold enough in Him to speak as I should."
- Please continue to lift us up as Andy will leave Antsirabe Saturday for his flight to South Africa, which departs Antananarivo on Sunday.
- Pray for Ruth, who is nearly 39 weeks pregnant, and has been doing an awesome job caring for the kids in South Africa.
- Praise God that some awesome friends have helped Ruth to get adjusted in South Africa and have helped her when needed!
- Pray for the time of adjustment that will come, especially for Zoey & Eli, once Allie is born.
- Pray, also, for a mission team from The Mill currently serving in North Africa.
- Pray for our partnering churches to be strong in the Word and to continue to grow. Our church partners are: Anderson Mill Rd Baptist; FBC Simpsonville, FBC Simpsonville-Westside, Roebuck Baptist, and New Prospect Baptist.
