Even though many of the participants were tired, to our surprise
we saw participants smiling, raising their heads, looking up at the reader.
Occasionally you could see some of them nodding and laughing. We saw that
reading the text in the Nyiha language changed the mood of the people
completely. After closing the session, I approached our host pastor and asked
him about his feelings. He said, "I cannot tell you what kind of joy I
have after hearing the word of God read in my own language. I'm so happy!"
Then he continued laughing. by Joey M.
It is a great joy to able to
share with you one of the more recent stories of how God is working in the heart language of
the people and the impact that brings to people in East Africa and around the
world. We also want to update you on a
few things that have been going on with our family recently.
It is with great excitement that we
can tell you that Craig is finishing up his first year school for a Masters
in International Development from Eastern University. He will start his second
year in June 2014, and with the Lord’s will, he will be in residency there (in
St. Davids, PA) for most of July. God
has been so gracious to allow Craig to work on a full time Masters program and
continue to serve the Director of Africa area.
Also, there is a possible
opportunity to travel to Rwanda in the fall to discuss literacy and scripture
use with church and government officials. Please join us in prayer for this
possible trip and all the logistics that need to fall into place to make that
happen, and for the doors to be open and for Craig and his director to be used
mightily.
On the home front, we are also
wrapping up another (home)school year.
Carolyn feels so blessed to be able to serve our family this way. We also continue to have our foster child as
part of our family. It’s such a joy to
see her grow and change…its seems almost daily!
The girls are preparing for their first performances with a local
Christian theatre group, and we can’t wait to see them in the Wizard of Oz-more
on that to come!
