10:02

Luke 10:2 says: He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." I just set my alarm on my phone for 10:02. Each day as the alarm goes off I will be reminded to pray and ask God to send out workers into His Harvest Field. Would you join me?

Time with our Daughter

For the last month we have been in Kenya for a couple of different meetings. Throughout the month we got to see Hannah a few times which was a great bonus!  Here are just a few pics of our time together. 

 We were able to go to the Ark and see lots of animals.

 We got to watch the movie "Woodlawn" which Zach had helped with.  It was so cool to see his name in the credits.

 It was just fun to hang out together!

 We got to order Domino's pizza which was delivered by the way.  That was a treat!

 

 I can't even remember how many times we ate at Java House.  That is a special place we like to go to when we are in Nairobi.  We were there on Valentines Day.  Can you tell?

 Hannah got her ears pierced again.  It makes me happy that she still likes to hold my hand....

19 more days and she will be back home on her break!!!

Enthralled

 It was so fun to spend time with Hannah this past weekend for her mid-term break.

We traveled about 3 hours North of Nairobi to see lots of animals at a very unique place.

 We went to this place called "The Ark."  We have been wanting to go there for years so this was a very special treat for us.

 We drove to one lodge and then took a bus from there out to the ark. We arrived up the hill a bit and had to walk on this bridge which led us to the ark.

 our room

 At the end of each level of the ark were places where you could view the animals which came to the watering hole.  We got to see lots of animals!

 We also got to see lots of birds, storks, and ducks.

 We were most excited about seeing this leopard!  It only came up behind the bushes for a short time before disappearing again. 

 

We saw lots of elephants.

 

 The Ark

 We went out on the bridge to see the birds and even saw lots of squirrels.  

 At the entrance

 

The definition of "Enthralled" means to be filled with wonder and delight.  

After spending the afternoon and evening being thrilled by God at His creation I awoke to a beautiful sky overlooking Mt. Kenya.  As I had my QT out on the balcony being enthralled by His creativity and beauty I read this verse:

The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord. Psalm 45:11

While I was enthralled with Him I read that He was enthralled with me!  That was such a special reminder to me!

 As was very fitting it even rained late in the afternoon for a while.  As the rain was beginning to slow down the sun came out and you guessed it so did a beautiful rainbow!

 leaving the Ark

 As we left on the bus right before we got to the exit we saw these Buffalo sitting beside the road.  The one in the middle even looks like it is talking.  I think it was saying in a NC accent, "ya'll come back now."

 We even saw some beautiful flowers.

We are so thankful that God has allowed us to live in Africa for so many years and be able to experience so many cool things and see so much of His Creation.  

I am enthralled by Him!

School Children

For the last several months each Friday me and Julie go to Ng'ombe compound and help some of the children who are struggling in school with their reading and math skills.  Today's group was smaller than normal because the school had received some new books so several of the older kids were helping organize that.  So this time we were in a class that already had a class of about 50 students in the other half of the room.  It was quite loud at times so that is why these kids are leaning in so close to me.  Ha!  Our youngest kids that we are helping are in 4th grade and do not know how to read hardly at all.  It makes me sad that they got this far and can't read well.  But as you can see if the classes are so large(50+) that makes it hard for  a single teacher.  

Please pray for these students to do well and continue to grow in their knowledge.  Pray we will be an encouragement to them as well and that we might inspire them to love learning.

Trip to another part of Zambia

 Last weekend we drove 10 hours to the Northwestern province to visit our friends Nicholas and Alyssa Peveto.  We also took our friend Julie with us. We enjoyed getting to visit them in their home.  This is their first term on the field and have been doing so well learning language and now getting in to ministry.  They are expecting their first child in March.  So we are all very excited about that!

 We just happened to be there on Alyssa's birthday.  We had a good lunch out at a place overlooking this waterfall.  We enjoyed playing games while waiting for our food.

 There was a bridge which crossed the water but it looked a little sketchy to me.  These women crossed it with no problems though.

 Some boys enjoying fishing

 Saturday morning, women representing 4 different churches in Solwezi came to learn all about giving out BGR buckets.

On our way home from Church on Sunday we stopped at one of the many termite hills to take a picture.  They can get really big!

Me, Julie, and Alyssa

On our way to Solwezi we stopped in Kitwe and had lunch with Daniel and Grace Kim.  It is always such an encouragement to spend time with them even if it is for such a short time.

Happy Days!

Since the Voluntary Retirement Incentive has been going on over the last several months we have seen many friends leave the mission field.  It's has been so hard to see so many leave.  Today, however, was a happy day as we welcomed the Barnes family to Malawi.  Also, in Mozambique the Montanher family arrived in Maputo.  We are thankful for these two families who arrived to serve in the Zambezi Cluster.

 The kids making a welcome sign.

 waiting at the airport

 The Barnes

The Barnes family, welcomed by the Nalls, Rodgers, and part of the Kizziah family.