Hello friends and family,

Merry Christmas! We hope that you are enjoying this time of family get-togethers and gift-giving. Most of all, we pray that this time finds you thankful for the greatest gift of all: Jesus! As our family reflects on this, we yearn daily for our approaching opportunity to give the gift of Jesus to people of Congo. Every day is a struggle between our desire to go and the realization that we need to patiently wait on the Lord’s time for our departure. In case you’re wondering about the house, we’re still waiting there as well. The couple that was expected to put in an offer last Thursday still hasn’t made a decision. They are a young couple, and his grandmother has offered to help them get a house. As it turns out, there are strings attached to her helping them. Grandma will help, if they get the house she chooses for them. They both really want our house, but Grandma already has a place picked out for them… and it’s not this one. From what we can tell, they are trying to figure out how badly they want her help. They may still put in an offer, but it’s all still up in the air. Please keep praying, it’s not over yet. Maybe it’s not God’s time for the house to sell yet, but maybe this is a spiritual battle that we need to get past. If that’s the case, we really need all the prayer we can get!

We would like to thank all of you for your continued prayers and support. The Lord is preparing the way for us to get to Congo, a little each day. We know that the progress we’ve made would not be possible without the financial investment and (most of all) prayers of His people. Thank you for sharing in the vision that He has put on our hearts; we can hardly wait for the time we can share the fruits of our labors with you! God bless and keep all of you. Merry Christmas!