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We are loving all the colours of
a North Carolina fall! |
Puddles of ice are outside our window this morning and we slept through a bit of a snow flurry last night, which makes us very thankful for the heat flowing into our hotel room this morning! Thanks for praying for us as we helped 'man' the International Mission Board at the North Carolina Baptist State Convention which ended last night. It was a great time of visiting with old friends and making new friends. For me (Bert), this included meeting many people who have become good friends and prayer partners for our work and all the work among Sub-Saharan African Peoples via Facebook and the internet!
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| And we are definitely enjoying highways without potholes! |
Adjustments are continuing: Even though we are truly appreciating the warmth of indoor heating, our bodies are having to adjust and a huge bottle of intensive moisturising body lotion is on our to-buy list! Toilets that flush without warning are also a bit unsettling as we are more accustomed to toilets with no running water when travelling away from home! But no adjustments are needed to enjoying HOT doughnuts at Krispy Kreme, although we're still looking for a cup of coffee as good as Kenyan coffee!
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| Rosalind and Ralph Harrell |
One of the joys of working at the NC Baptist convention was sharing lunch last Monday with the North Carolina IMB Emeritus group. The luncheon speaker, a co-worker from South America, talked of the giant guiding footprints left by the workers before us on the mission field. His thanks to them was very sincere, but was more so for Jack and me.
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| Zeb and Evelyn Moss |
Among the group were two couples from North Carolina, who not only made our early transition to life and work in Kenya easy, but Ralph and Rosalind Harrell and Zeb and Evelyn Moss were active parts of the work Jack and I have the joy of continuing today at the college, in media and even in our church family.
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One special joy of life on STAS: Water pressure! A load is washed
and ready to dry at our mission house in half the time it takes to
fill the machine for the wash cycle in Nairobi! |
Do continue praying for us as we adjust to life on Stateside Assignment. Pray that we will connect with the people and churches who truly desire to learn about God's work among Sub-Saharan African Peoples and how they can join in His work. BERT
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During our STAS, I will continue adding daily
Nudges to Action for Sub-Saharan African Peoples, which can be viewed at
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sub-Saharan-African-Peoples/100173880060607, which included guidance shared on Monday of on how you can pray and donate towards the
Typhoon Haiyan disaster in the Philippines.
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