Frontline Friday – Wrapping things up in Northern Africa
Our team in Northern Africa is wrapping things up. Please read through the following update from the team leader and pray specifically through the requests at the bottom. Make Him Famous.
I have sent a couple emails, but our internet is very sketchy and most of our emails don’t make it through. I have concluded that the internet here is equal to the Bermuda Triangle. A lot of things get sent through it, but it is just by luck that they make it through.
I wanted to send a quick update about how Father has been moving in this place in the past couple weeks. We have had the great honor to share the good news multiple times to those that we have come in contact with. The hearts of the people here are very hard and not very receptive to the good news. That is not going to stop us though. Even though the work is tough and we do not see fruit of our labor, we rest in the Sovereignty of father and how he gives growth to the seeds of the good news that we sow. Whether we do not have a conversation and pr walk all day, or have a couple hour conversation about father and have no response to the news, we rejoice in knowing that father is calling every tribe, nation, and tongue for his great name. His plan is greater than ours and we rest in the shadow of his wings.
We had the incredible blessing to serve an orphanage this past week. We partnered up with some others in this area and were able to serve the children. We took them to the beach and played soccer, volleyball, picked up trash, and gave them the opportunity to surf. It was so great to serve those children in that way. Whether it be through encouraging them not to give up while trying to surf or getting embarrassed by a 7 year old who is a soccer prodigy (I may have exaggerated a little and it may be that I am just terrible at soccer), it was simply awesome to see the children smile and for a moment escape the worries and weight of the world and just be children.
A few things that you can be uplifting this week are:
– We would daily be refreshed and nourished by the word. For apart from the word, we do not have anything good (of ourselves) to speak to these people.
– As this is our last week in this town, we would be faithful in our good byes. That we would seek to share with urgency and obedience.
– As their month of fasting begins, we will be changing our sleep schedules to be able to go out with our friends when they break fast and are able to eat and drink. That we would use those moments to share.
– This weekend we will be going on our 4 day debrief trip leading up to going home. I would ask that you would uplift this time for us to have rest and really be able to debrief our time here in country. Also, that during this time we will start to plan and prepare ourselves to come home and prepare for the transition back.
