Just want to get you up to date on Kathmandu and help you
know how to be praying for the missionaries there and the team as we continue
to prepare. First, let me share with you that we have 43 women sponsored as of
this writing with only 7 more to go. Praise God again for His faithfulness and
your obedience as you journey with us. Thank you for all the churches and
individuals who have contributed financially, given gifts, and helped to send
someone from your church to be a part of the team. With all that being said we
have some a major prayer request…
- There continues to be a major fuel shortage in the country of Nepal. This past week we gained information that even some of the restaurants are closing down because they do not have the gas they need to cook food and food services are jeopardized because the trucks cannot get fuel to run routes.
- Pray for us as we keep good communication with our resources on the field so that we can make wise decisions.
- Pray for the women to have gas resources to get to the retreat.
- Pray for us as we continue to finalize details. Pray for us to have trunk space we need without having to carry an extra trunk with us.
I apologize for the gap in communication with all of you
this past week and a half. We had an unexpected death in our immediate family
and it has been a time of family, decisions, details, etc. Many of you know exactly
what I’m talking about. It is amazing to me how God uses death to remind us of
life here in the present and in eternity.
I also want to encourage you, my friends near and far, share
the gospel. Share it with your family, share it with your friends, and share it
with the world. Some day you won’t have the opportunity to share it. Share it
before that day comes … ”It will be well with your soul to know you did.”
Love you all,
His,
Vickie
The Short Life of Man
When the gospel was first preached to the Saxons of Northumbria
by Paulinus, and King Edwin sat in council with his chiefs and wise men to
consult whether they should give up their idols and believe the Lord Jesus
Christ, one of the councilors arose and spoke the following words: "In
winter, O king, when thou art sitting in thy hall at supper, with a great fire,
and thy nobles and commanders around thee, sometimes a little bird flies
through the hall, in at one window and out at another. The moment of his
passage is sweet to him, for he feels neither cold nor tempest; but it is
short, and from the dark winter he vanishes into the dark winter again. Such, O
King, seems to me the short life of man; for we know not whence we came or
whither we go. If therefore this new doctrine can teach us anything certain,
let us embrace it." And so Edwin and his people came out of the dark
winter of paganism into the glorious light of the gospel, and became
Christians.
From Bible
Illustrations Book 3 by Albrecht Dürer
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