Hey blogger friends
Hey blogger friends,
Sorry about not updating, things have been pretty crazy but it looks like they are starting to settle down a little bit. As many of you know, Stacey’s friend Nancy lost her son to cancer a few days ago. It has been really difficult not being there, both for Stacey and for Nancy’s sake. But it is amazing to watch Stacey minister to people, some she hasn’t talked to in several years – and most of this is being done by internet. I can remember thinking email is going to revolutionize the way we do mission work. It truly has.
We are also trying to buy a car. We made it over a year on foot, taking busses and taxis. It is now time to join the modern world. As you might expect, trying to do business in a foreign country can be difficult. Doing it here has proved to be slightly insane. We are thankful our neighbor has taken us under his wing and helped us cut through the bureaucracy. We are hopeful that tomorrow we might be able to take delivery.
One other thing happening…LST. Let’s Start Talking has arrived and is in full swing. We were really worried. Many things happened to set back this ministry activity – delayed and canceled flights, low numbers of people signing up and general skepticism, but God is good and LST is now really going.
When the LST people arrived we had 23 people signed up-but had room for 40 more. After a week of doing their thing, word got out that this is really legitimate and we now have well over 50 readers and 35 people coming to a first time (marginal English skills) class. We are really excited. We are now planning our follow up.
Gotta go.
Tchau for now
Sorry about not updating, things have been pretty crazy but it looks like they are starting to settle down a little bit. As many of you know, Stacey’s friend Nancy lost her son to cancer a few days ago. It has been really difficult not being there, both for Stacey and for Nancy’s sake. But it is amazing to watch Stacey minister to people, some she hasn’t talked to in several years – and most of this is being done by internet. I can remember thinking email is going to revolutionize the way we do mission work. It truly has.
We are also trying to buy a car. We made it over a year on foot, taking busses and taxis. It is now time to join the modern world. As you might expect, trying to do business in a foreign country can be difficult. Doing it here has proved to be slightly insane. We are thankful our neighbor has taken us under his wing and helped us cut through the bureaucracy. We are hopeful that tomorrow we might be able to take delivery.
One other thing happening…LST. Let’s Start Talking has arrived and is in full swing. We were really worried. Many things happened to set back this ministry activity – delayed and canceled flights, low numbers of people signing up and general skepticism, but God is good and LST is now really going.
When the LST people arrived we had 23 people signed up-but had room for 40 more. After a week of doing their thing, word got out that this is really legitimate and we now have well over 50 readers and 35 people coming to a first time (marginal English skills) class. We are really excited. We are now planning our follow up.
Gotta go.
Tchau for now
posted by Keith Parker at
7/17/2006 07:36:00 PM
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