The Guys are Coming Home!
Cecil and Enrique will be back in Mesquite on Wednesday! Let us pray that they have safe travels and will be able to get their bearings quickly upon their return! Sheri will be staying in Africa for another few months at least.
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| The guys packing on Saturday |
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| Sunday afternoon when we finally found a ride to Beira to drop guys off at airport |
Africa Prayer Calendar: Week 8
Excerpts are taken
from Neal Pirolo’s book “Serving As Senders Today.”
“…unto all patience and longsuffering
with joyfullness.”
Yvonne
and I, and three of our children, were ready to leave Brazil. Because we had
stayed several months over the two-year visa issued, the federal government in
Brasilia had provided us with a letter assuring us that all was in order for us
to leave. However, at the time of departure, we had to present that letter and
our passports (which did show an expired visa) to the state official. He looked
at me and said, “You are in our country illegally! That will be a $500 fine!”
We spent three days returning to that official trying to convince him (speaking
through a translator, or course) to let us go. Finally, finding a way to let
him “save face”, he came up with an idea and he stamped our exit visa.
Missionaries
are more than familiar with bank lines, gas lines, food lines and delays in
mail deliveries, material deliveries and baby deliveries! Patience and
long suffering are critical!
But
there is another phrase: “with joyfulness.” Yes, your worker might in stoicism
realize he has no alternative than to wait. The issue is, can he brush off the
cobwebs of delay with joyfulness? Can the joy of the Lord be his strength as
after a two-hour wait in line he steps up to the bank teller’s window and is
told, “Sorry, we are going on strike right now!”
One
day another friend went to his bank. He saw that they were going to do some
construction. He thought – this is great. They are going to put in another
teller window. However, on his next visit, they had enlarged the waiting area!
Yes,
your prayers as vials of sweet incense intercede for him before the Father day
and night, meting out to him the measure of grace sufficient for any trial.
Prayer is where the action is!
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