Pray for: My Family Abroad

     I mentioned in my post a few days ago that through all of this I have gained a family. When Africa was first on the radar, something I really desired was to be in a family setting. I have a five-star family here in the states and I wanted more than anything to be in a similar environment while serving in Africa. While I am in Ethiopia, I will be living with a family of four: Jon and Jess and their two kiddo's. I was blessed to get to meet them mid-February and have felt like they were my family ever since. I have spent a week with their siblings while training in Mississippi: LOVED them! Over the past two weeks I have spent some time with their parents: LOVED them, too! How great is our God that He would meet my desire to have a family abroad so abundantly.

       Today, as my family in Ethiopia is nearing the city where they will pick me up, please be in prayer specifically for them! What a joy it has been to get to know them over the past seven months, and my prayer is that the next twelve or so are as much of a blessing as the first few.

       Pray specifically for:

• Transition as a family: we are all excited about what this will mean for each of us, but still pray that the transition goes smoothly.
• For the kids: that we will grow together and have great adventures along the way, but that as they adjust to a new adult in their family that it would be a natural and fun transition.
• Our service: pray that God would provide opportunities for each of us to serve independently and as a family, and that in those opportunities we would know how to best support and build up one another.  
• Praise God for bringing me to this family, and for their willingness to serve not only the people of Ethiopia but me in my time there. Pray that God would bless them abundantly as they continue to give of themselves in order to further the kingdom of God.