TIMES & SEASONS
Hello Again, Friends -
After about 2 1/2 years here in this beautiful home near Edon, OH, we will soon be moving on. It's a mixed blessing: we had hoped not to have to move until THE MOVE to Africa (thinking it would be soon-ish). But as things turned out, the church next door has need of the house, and we realize that this is also a good opportunity for us to start seriously "weeding out" what will go with us to TZ, what we can do while we're still here in the states, what will eventually be stored during the 2 years (or more) that we're away overseas, and what is just plain expendable. Now I'm a bonna-fide pack rat, and have a very tough time throwing away things; "you never know when _____ might come in handy!" But I'm having to Force myself to throw a lot of "just things" away, hard as it is. And perhaps hardest of all: what beloved BOOKS can I part with? What might I need in Africa? I'm a hands-on reader, rather than a computer-screen student. But books, especially Bibles and Study books get real heavy, real fast! "Pray Brethren, PRAY!!!"
The new landlords have given us much freedom to paint and decorate the new house as we think best, and it will be in their best interests for us to make it as lovely as possible. We want to be a good witness in EVERYTHING that we do: there IS no difference between thing considered "secular" vs. "spiritual" . . . ALL of Life is a spritual matter! {DLM - you may quote me : ) } So while we fix up the new house, we can bit by bit move things over from the old one. Praise God for lack of pressing timetables, in this regard. It needs to be Done, but not in a huge hurry.
May the Lord bless all of you, and we ask that He continue to provide toward this precious Missions Vision as He sees fit. This is HIS vision for us, and HIS people to whom we will be going. May it all come together...in HIS time! DL
After about 2 1/2 years here in this beautiful home near Edon, OH, we will soon be moving on. It's a mixed blessing: we had hoped not to have to move until THE MOVE to Africa (thinking it would be soon-ish). But as things turned out, the church next door has need of the house, and we realize that this is also a good opportunity for us to start seriously "weeding out" what will go with us to TZ, what we can do while we're still here in the states, what will eventually be stored during the 2 years (or more) that we're away overseas, and what is just plain expendable. Now I'm a bonna-fide pack rat, and have a very tough time throwing away things; "you never know when _____ might come in handy!" But I'm having to Force myself to throw a lot of "just things" away, hard as it is. And perhaps hardest of all: what beloved BOOKS can I part with? What might I need in Africa? I'm a hands-on reader, rather than a computer-screen student. But books, especially Bibles and Study books get real heavy, real fast! "Pray Brethren, PRAY!!!"
The new landlords have given us much freedom to paint and decorate the new house as we think best, and it will be in their best interests for us to make it as lovely as possible. We want to be a good witness in EVERYTHING that we do: there IS no difference between thing considered "secular" vs. "spiritual" . . . ALL of Life is a spritual matter! {DLM - you may quote me : ) } So while we fix up the new house, we can bit by bit move things over from the old one. Praise God for lack of pressing timetables, in this regard. It needs to be Done, but not in a huge hurry.
May the Lord bless all of you, and we ask that He continue to provide toward this precious Missions Vision as He sees fit. This is HIS vision for us, and HIS people to whom we will be going. May it all come together...in HIS time! DL
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