Hello Friends,
After experiencing the highest temperatures to hit Kenya in 20 years, we are more than ready to be back in Chad… BUT the adoption process for our son Zachary is going slower than we had anticipated. We need a miracle because even after the adoption is finalized, we still have to work on travel documents for Zachary. Our plan is that Moses will travel back to Chad immediately after the adoption hearing and Jo and the boys will travel after Zachary’s passport is finished. Watch this space – we’ll keep you updated.
In Chad our DTS (Discipleship Training School) started on the Feb 27th 2005. It is difficult for us not to be there yet it’s a great opportunity for our staff to function and grow without us. Our priority has been and continues to be facilitating and releasing leaders into the mission field. Apart from Chad, we have Cameroon, Switzerland, Nigeria, US, Kenya and Central Africa represented in this school. A major challenge for us running schools in Chad has been getting speakers to come teach, as Chad is a very expensive destination besides being difficult to connect to. Things have improved a lot but we still need to see a breakthrough as we don’t pay our speakers and they need to raise their own traveling expenses. Please pray with us that our speakers will receive everything they need financially and otherwise, to come and be a blessing to the school.
As we had mentioned in our last newsletter, we were hoping to be able to buy an apartment of our own while here in Kenya. We have looked around quite a bit. After the first place we had decided on fell through due to a problem with the title deed, we found another one which we liked. However, the owners keep raising the price, and the exchange rate for the dollar keeps falling (meaning we would need to pay more in dollars) and since we’ve been praying all along that God would shut the door if it’s not His timing, we’ve decided not to pursue it further at this time. We know God will give us the right place in His timing.
Zachary is growing very fast - we celebrated his first birthday on Feb. 26th. He has 3 teeth and the 4th one is about to break through. He belly crawls so fast that if we don’t keep an eye on him, he is outside or in the yard in seconds. He walks around holding onto things and yes, he communicates though he doesn’t talk yet. He has a great sense of humor and makes faces until we laugh. He is such a blessing and we are forever grateful for the privilege of having him. His big brother Joshua certainly doesn’t let him have all the attention – he’s become a very talkative little boy and enjoys “entertaining” visitors with lots of stories about his friends and favorite toys. We covet your prayers as we finish the adoption process and prepare to go back to Chad. Thank you for your friendship and support. – Moses, Jo, Joshua & Zachary
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