Summer update 2006
Dearest Friends and Family, 6 August, 2006
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> First of all we just want to say how much we appreciate all those of
> you who have prayed for us during these last 2 months! We have been
> very busy and have been through a lot of separation but we are
> thankful for the experience we gained and the further knowledge we
> have that the Lord's grace IS sufficient!!!!
>
> I will try and recap to you what has happened although you must
> understand that a lot has happened and it will be difficult to retell all of it!
>
> Technical difficulties: Because of the problems that we are experiencing
> with our email service we are asking that everyone who receives this
> email erase the text of this message and hit reply so that we can know
> who has received this message. It has come to our knowledge that many
> of those on our list are not receiving these updates which is quite
> disturbing since we feel we are trying to write regularly yet many
> people who want to hear from us are not!!! Thank you in advance for
> helping us out by replying to this message!!!
>
> June: Joash was gone for the whole month attending a conference which
> further helped him in his area of responsibility, mainly Culture and
> Language Acquisition! He recapped to me that the most valuable
> experience he had was not so much in content in which he received but
> the experienc he gained in watching the many experienced consultants
> that were there. He was able to spend some invaluable time with Paul
> and Linda Mcllwain. They lived and worked among a people group in
> Papua New Guinea for several years. The outcome of their ministry is a very mature church among the Ata people.
> Joash was so impressed by the way they communicated with not only
> others with whom they encountered but even with each other! This was
> so good for him as we need to be effective communicators also, not
> only with each other and our co workers but also with those with whom we are reaching.
> Communication across cultural boundaries can often be down right
> impossible, so it was such a good experience for him to see this
> played out in many circumstances.
> During this month of absence I found myself very quickly
> needing to go back to the basics, dependence on the Lord! I found
> that I have been too busy for my families own good and so during the
> month of July, I backed out of a lot of things I was doing! This was
> such a great thing as the kids and I just had an enjoyable time. We
> had many up's and down's but in reflection I see that it was exactly
> what we needed to go through. I needed to be reminded how important
> my job is as a mom! Thanks for your prayers for us, they were felt!
> During this month also we celebrated 10 years of marriage, what a wonderful 10 years it has been!
>
> July: In the beginning of the month Joash returned from being gone and
> after a week I had to leave for South Africa. My mom and nephew were
> coming on the 15th of July and I needed to go and receive them and
> accompany them up to N. Mozambique. Since I was going there anyway
> and the prices are so expensive to fly we decided I would go a week
> early and do all of the medical consultations that I have needed since
> February. It was a very cold time to be visiting South Africa as it's
> almost twice as cold there as it is here in N. Moz. since we are in
> the midst of winter. The medical appointments went very well and the
> Lord blessed me with many great doctors, many of whom did not even
> charge me. All the results came out well showing the medicine I'm on for my kidney condition is working great, praise the
> Lord! I had a few other tests done which came out well also!! All in all
> things went real well.
> The visit with my mom and nephew went real well and I
> think they had a good time seeing what it's like here in Mozambique.
> I was sick with Malaria most of the time but in the midst we still had some great
> times, It was a real blessing for us to get a visit from family! During
> this time also, Chloe had an accident! She poured scalding hot soup
> on her tummy which also burned her seat area and part of her ankle.
> Had we been in the states we would have taken her to the emergency
> room but being here we couldn't do that. Immediately we put her in
> cool water for 20 minutes then laid her on our bed. I poured pure
> vitamin E on her and got to see the extent of the damages. We
> concluded she had a grade 2 burn since she had blisters on all the
> burns. About 10% of her tummy was burned and most of her bottom was
> also covered with blisters as was one of her ankles. After one hour the pain started to subside, vitamin E was the direct cause of that.
> We can only thank the Lord we had so much vitamin E on hand (I am
> prone to getting burned, so I usually am stocked!!!). If any of you
> have been burned you understand that the feeling of burning only gets
> worse, so it was such a blessing when the pain started to go away
> after so soon. It's been over a week now and the burns are healing
> nicely. The one's on her bottom are taking a bit longer to heal since
> the burns were worse and also she wants to walk around so it chafes
> more than any other area on her body. She is doing well so thank you
> for your prayers. Continue to pray that they heal completely and that she won't have scarring!
>
>
> August: The day after my mom left Joash and Ian went on a trip doing
> a survey of the possible site where, Lord willing, we may minister in
> on our return from furlough. We were all suppose to go on this trip
> but because of Chloe's burn and I'm still recovering from the Malaria,
> we decided it best for Joash to go and he decided to take Ian (Ian
> being more than thrilled to have Daddy all to himself!). They are
> still on the trip until this next Tuesday. We will do another update
> with pictures since Joash has most of the pictures on his computer.
> The end of this month will find us getting ready and
> participating in our fields first ever "field conference", I'm in
> charge of the food aspect along with my co worker Elin Henderson,
> please pray for us!!!! We are looking forward to this time and we
> hope we won't be too busy making the conference work that we won't be
> able to enjoy it. All of our teams will be coming out of the villages
> so we can all be together, it will be a very special time as we have
> not all been together for over a year, also our NTM Field Chairman
> will be flying in will be our special speaker during the conference!
>
> We are asking that you all would continue to pray for our strength
> that it would be an outpouring of God's grace in our lives as we seek
> and savor our relationship with our Savior!
>
> Seeking and Savoring Christ,
> Delia for us all
>
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