Sunday, March 18, 2012

Update & Prayer Needs

So - the updates are:

We have finally found and rented a house!  Our belongings will arrive via ship this coming Wednesday, March 21st!  Then it is expected to take 1-3 days for our container to be approved through customs and then delivered to our house!  PLEASE PRAY THAT CUSTOMS WILL ACCEPT IT WITH NO PROBLEMS OR DELAYS!!!!!!

So - we HOPE that our container will be delivered this coming Friday or Saturday March 23-24....that would give us the weekend to unpack....we start language school Tuesday the 20th - so we will be very busy during the week now!

My birthday is Sunday, March 25, and Brad asked me what I would like to do for it.  I exclaimed, "All I want to do is to move into my own house and have my own stuff!  It's going to be like CHRISTMAS next weekend!"  :)

We have finally started paperwork to buy our Speed the Light vehicle....and hopefully will have our own car within the next 2 weeks.  We have been blessed thus far to be able to borrow the vehicles of missionaries that are in the states itinerating right now.

OFFICIAL  language school starts for us this Tuesday, March 20th!  We are excited to start getting some language under our belts - but don't know what to really expect....  and of course we are going to be MOVING into our house at the SAME time!  Whew!

PRAYER NEEDS:

First of all we are PRAISING GOD for his ANSWERS to prayers!  Thank you for praying with us to find the right house!  We really feel so encouraged that we have found a house that we feel is a good fit for us.  We asked the landlord to come down on the rent - and they said that they would be HAPPY to come down to our asking price because they would be happy to have US as their tenants!  Wow!  Thank you God for your favor in this!  The family that owns the house has 2 boys - and they are BOTH adopted internationally!  So we have a common bond there!  So our house is great for us and within our rental limit!  Woooooo!  Thank you Jesus!

Thank you for praying for us to find the right vehicle!  After much research and visiting car dealerships - we feel like we have found the right one for us - and it also is within the range of what we have to spend!  Thank you Jesus!

1.   Now, PLEASE KEEP praying!  :)   First of all, pray for my (Glenda) health!  The diagnosis of being anemic and having gestational diabetes is not the end of the world - but it does bring more complications to my health that I am having to deal with during a very stressful time in our lives.  Pray that God will strengthen my body supernaturally, keep the sugar level in my body very low so that I and the baby can remain healthy, and that God will allow me HEALTH so that I can benefit from the next 10 weeks of language school!  The baby is due June 24th - but our doctor seems pretty confident that he will come early since Macy was born 3 weeks early.  Honestly, I will probably be happy for him to come early - b/c that means my body can begin to gain strength.... however I really want to be able to finish this semester of school feeling strong and well!

2.  Pray that God will make our minds like sponges to soak up every scrap of language that we can during these next couple of months of school!  Pray that we will have strength and stamina!  Pray that we will be able to do supernaturally more than we expect (remember we also have 2 children to care for every day too!).  Pray that we will be able to grasp the GRAMMAR, the HEARING, and the SPEAKING!

3.  We are beginning NOW to pray that the baby will be born HEALTHY and HAPPY.  This is big.  We are praying that he will not have any sickness, any colic, any troubles.  For him to be a HAPPY, HEALTHY baby will be a HUGE blessing to us!

4.  Continue to pray for Macy's schooling.  We are already seeing a HUGE improvement in her self-esteem academically.  This has been our first focus....that she be emotionally healthy and positive regarding school.  For the FIRST time EVER - she has been coming home and getting out her homework on her own and doing it HAPPILY! This has NEVER happened!  She has always come home and hated it - and never known how to do it.  We are so THANKFUL for an incredible teacher and school that has a HEART for missionary kids...and that they understand the complexities of what happens when kids switch school and curriculums numerous times.  They are working extra with her to help her catch up.  HOWEVER, there are still math concepts that she is still quite behind in - and has a big gap to cover to catch up with where the class is.  PLEASE PRAY.  We know God can do something miraculous and beautiful here.

5.  Please pray for our ministry team.  At IMM we have developed a partnership this year with one of our Arabi* ministries.  Pray that we will be able to develop, create, and deliver quality outreach pieces for reaching the Musli* people.  Pray that we can deliver with QUALITY and in a TIMELY manner.  Most people have no idea the magnitude of work that goes into creating media.  Most movies/films have HUNDREDS of people on their film/editing staff....and we only have a handful of missionaries here at IMM.  Our work is cut out for us.  We NEED the anointing and blessing of God to pull off the mission He has called us to!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So happy to hear that you have found a home. I have been praying that God would send you the right one and it sounds like that is just what he did. He never falls! I'm praying for all the needs on your list. God is faithful. Hope you have a wonderful birthday.

Love you all,
Diane Lumpkin

Tris said...

No good thing will He withhold from you because you walk uprightly! You shall lack nothing, all your needs shall be supplied in Jesus name! Have a happy birthday, love & prayers, Tris Thompson
Russellville First Assembly