Back to Work...

You know, we completely forgot to tell about our trip to Lesedi last week in our summary of our vacation. It is a "cultural village" where you can go to see how five of the different tribes from South Africa lived (and/or live). Jake is seen here with ones of the Zulus. :)

Well, all good things must come to an end, and so did our vacation. It was back to work this week, but it was a good week as well. Tricia had some meetings regarding her job and things are starting to move forward there, which is exciting. She has been given the go-ahead to start putting together a "cross-cultural orientation" (one of the things we had to do in our missionary application process) and to hold it at our theological college here in Joburg as a first run. It's good to see things moving forward!

Jeremy was also getting back into the swing of things in the Finance department this week. He often remarks that he will never have to worry about getting bored, there is always a mountain of things to be done!

Praises and Prayer Requests

It was pointed out to us that this section has been less consistent lately, and we gratefully accept the rebuke and will make a better effort to include it in the future! We definitely appreciate those who make such an effort to pray for us that they notice when there are no requests!

We also thank God for the opportunity we had to see a little bit of South Africa during our vacation and for the smooth transition back into work. Though we were tired, it was a good week!

This week, please remember us in prayer in the following ways:

-- Tricia and I will be interviewed by a local licensing board on behalf of the Kansas City District this week to be considered for our district license. We ask that God would guide us and the board in this process.
-- Jake has been struggling lately with a bit of "separation anxiety" when going to nursery school and children's church. He now cries every time we drop him off, which is difficult for both him and his parents! Please pray that Jake would be comforted and that we would have the wisdom to deal with things in the right way.
-- Jake has been having some difficulty hearing lately, so we took him to the doctor and they think that he might have something wrong with one of his eardrums. He will need to have his ears cleaned out this week so that an ear, nose and throat specialist can see what's going on in there. Please pray that both appointments would go well and that whatever is causing the issue would be something correctable.

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by!

Until next time,

Jeremy, Tricia & Jake