Its been awhile since my last posting. Being new to the world of Blogging I am not sure if anyone reads these postings. My motivation in updating the blog is to keep everyone informed with the latest news about our ministry. Writing is not one of my favorite past times but I am sure that it matters to those who read this blog. With all of that said, I need your help! Is there any way for me to track the number of hits that this blog gets? Any help would be appreciated!
On to the latest news,
I was also scheduled in Feb to lead a Pastors conference for our Sudanese pastors. This was to be a time of reflecting on their past ministry, current ministries and where we are going in the future. Due to a conflict in their schedule, I was asked to reschedule our conference. This has now been rescheduled for late June.
A couple of weeks ago I was asked by one of my teammates to join him for a training on the island of Zanzibar. He was to do a pastoral training and I was to bring an introduction to Community Health Evangelism. This training was also cancelled and will be rescheduled.
Holly continues to travel into the bush to train the Maasai women in the CHE Women's Cycle of Life lessons. This helps the Maasai women understand how they and their bodies were designed by God to serve a Godly purpose here on this earth and that they are highly valued. Most Maasai women have been raised to believe that their value is less than the value of their cows.
Please pray for our team:
As of now our team is made up of three families and all of them are under spiritual attack!
Holly has been dealing with severe shoulder pain in both shoulders. This began about three months ago and at times can be debilitating. It has required her to fly to South Africa twice for treatment. She has received two injections of cortisone in one of her shoulder joints. Once it has proven successful they will inject the other shoulder.
Wife of teammate #2 has had allot of random debilitating medical issues that is requiring their family to return to the US for treatment. Their son has also had serious stomach issues that the doctors here cant seem to resolve.
Wife of teammate #3 has just returned from South Africa after a 3 day stay in the hospital. It has been determined that she has a form of rheumatoid arthritis and other medical issues that have kept her in bed for a good part of the past month. She is still in bed until the medicine that she will now have to take indefinitely begins to work.
As you can see, there are many issues plaguing our team. There are too many to be a coincidence which is why we are all convinced that these attacks are spiritual in nature. Please pray with us that these attacks will stop!
We continue pressing forward because we know that God has called us here to work among the African people. Sometimes it is discouraging and uncomfortable but we know that our God is bigger than any trials that come our way.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11 28-30
Tony Holly Lauren and Devin
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