Now That We're Home

Just a quick update to let you all know that we are back in the swing of things at home. We are putting together a newsletter/report of our trip that will be mailed ASAP. In the mean time, we wanted you to be aware of what is happening right now.

Easter Sunday

The church is meeting on the 26th of April to have a congregational vote about having us back to fulfill the ministry position there. They are having (have had 1) prayer meetings to ask God's blessing and guidance on the situation. Here is a short letter I received from one of the men of the church just a couple days ago:

"I just thought I would write and let you know how our Q and A and prayer time went last night. It has been storming pretty bad here...lots of rain and wind...and last night it was pretty bad but we had a good core group of people that came. The discussion was good...all thoughts were positive and practical. There was some discussion about how the Church would support you guys spiritually, physically, and financially and we prayed about that. We also talked about the finances more specifically as it has to do with the weekly giving..and prayed about that....with faith believing that He would provide new young families to make up the gap. We also talked about a complete approach to ministry making sure the older folks were thought of in regards to ministry...not that you would have to do that yourself but address that as a leadership. Overall I thought it was great and the people are one step closer. We have another hour of prayer on the 25th and then the meeting on the 26th...
Love and hugs... you guys were truly prayed for last night...about 40 minutes...for you, josiah, baby and all
Love ya
Rob and Lynne"

In the coming months, 3 main things will be happening - 1. the church will first apply for it's ability to sponsor our visa followed by our own visa application, 2. Cynthia will give birth to our baby girl the first week of September, and 3. God willing, we will be packing up and moving back to Australia for our first full term of service shortly after that.
As always, your prayers about these things would be much appreciated and we look forward to speaking with many of you over the next few months before we leave.
God bless you all - and thank you for all the encouragement and support.

Jesse

When we told him, Josiah was pretty excited to hear that "baby" was going to be "baby sister."