Warriors,

What a month. In the last update I told you about our prayer retreat and our Sectional meeting – as well as requesting some other intercessions. Lots of good news in this one…..

1. The Lewis house is now on site in Riwoto (outside of Kapoeta)!!! The foundations are going in and we have a great Kenyan contractor there helping them with the myriad of other tasks that go into setting up a compound to live on in the bush. What a huge praise to God for this happening. We still have a couple more containers to get in and out to the site so please be praying for these to get there fast, before the roads get washed out. There was a communications snafu (once again) and the paperwork for the other containers didn’t get where they needed to be – but they are now. PTL

2. Our family had an incredible time together on a sailboat in the Mediterranean. We all met up in Istanbul, with no flight glitches and only one delayed piece of luggage, and spent a few days with some dear friends. Then a week sailing around some of God’s most beautiful creations with a small, but great group of people. This is one of those times that will be indelibly inscribed in each of our minds and hearts. Everyone is now back in our respective homes and back to serving the King in those places. Thanks for praying us though this holiday – it was wonderful being together.

3. We have a very good possibility looming on the horizon. A new couple are looking at one of our key job requests and are moving along in the process to come out as our Youth Work Directors. Please be praying for Michael and Rachael as they travel through this new season of life. Pray that all the communications between the field and Richmond will be clear and that this assignment will be filled by this family (they have a young daughter, Esther). We are over-the-top about this good news.

4. All of our journeymen are now back together in Sudan and everyone is healthy! That in itself is reason for great rejoicing as the past few months were pretty rough on the team. Cathy and I travel in tomorrow morning (Saturday) to join up with them. The HIV/AIDS team have a volunteer team coming in later this month so be praying for them. You can probably read more about this team on our sudansouth.org web site (maybe on the “CAPS” site on the home page). Continue to be praying for the other programs they are involved in with the youth in Rumbek – read all about them on their blogs from the sudansouth website.

5. Remember to keep praying for the Lewis family as they settle into their assignment in Taposa land. They are now busy with language and culture acquisition while at the same time watching their home being built in the bush. Their young boys have adapted quite well so far. The first week we were with them you wouldn’t have known that they hadn’t lived there for a year already – trapping birds, hunting snakes, playing with the local kids, constructing all manner of local “crafts” and pretty much enjoying bush life.

My oh my, God is so good….all the time. We on the Sudan team feel so blessed to have a great team of prayer warriors like you who intercede for us, and who praise the King along side of us.

To God be the glory,

mk