God's Blessing

This waterfall, which is about 150 - 200 ft high, is the centerpiece of one of the national botanical gardens here in South Africa. This garden, which is the one for the Joburg area, is only about an 8 minute drive from our house and was the site of our outing last weekend (more pictures from that trip to follow). It was just another reminder of the beauty that God has blessed this world with.

Jake had a blast seeing a few assorted animals, the various trees and flowers, and of course, his favorite... sticks. He found a few really good ones that he and Daddy carried around during the walk!

Jake is not feeling the best today, he has gotten his first little bug since attending nursery school (sure didn't take long!). He was feeling much better this evening though, so we're hoping he's through it. However, please keep him in your prayers.

This week was the Africa Region Nazarene Compassionate Ministries conference, which attracted missionaries and church leaders from all over Africa. We got to see Donna Lovett, who worked in the registrar's office while we were at Olivet (and her husband Russ, was both Jeremy's and Tricia's academic advisor), and who is now a missionary in Rwanda. It was great to see her again, and a blessing to be able to meet everyone else that was here for the conference.

Another wonderful thing that happened this week is that we finally received our shipment of our household items from the U.S.! You never want to feel to dependent on material things, but it was so nice to see useful and familiar things that can make our life easier here and also remind us of home. It was like Christmas for Jake to get some of his toys back as well!

Well, our primary prayer need this week centers around Jake's health. Things just don't feel right when he's not running all over the house, getting into things and making us laugh. So please pray for him, and also for these other things as well:

-- That the effects of the NCM conference would positively impact the way that the Church of the Nazarene ministers in Africa
-- Safe travels home for all of those who attended the conference
-- Continued wisdom and blessing for Eugenio Duarte, our new Regional Director, and his family

Thanks for stopping by, please check back again next week!

Until next time,

Jeremy, Tricia & Jake