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| Patience takes a spin! |
Greetings from the Berkshires, where the effects of winter are beginning to be felt and we have seen a few flurries and a bigger snow in the last week. Joyce isn't thrilled about the onset of the cold weather, but is making the best of it and is adapting through wearing many layers and staying near the heat. She helped me throw some snow in our last storm!
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| Bundle up! |
I promised I would be sharing about God's provision for our housing and I am praising the Lord that I can do it in this blog post!
After getting back from our trip we spent two and a half weeks staying with friends and family, praying and looking for housing in the Berkshires. A couple weeks ago, we came back to Western MA and found our accommodations with friends had fallen through, leaving us without a place to stay for the night! I called a couple whom we had met a week earlier and they introduced us to good friends of theirs and shared our situation with them.
After asking some questions and consulting together in prayer, this dear Christian couple took my family and my parents in on the spot, not only for the night, but as long as we needed a place to stay! They offered us two very large rooms and a shared kitchen space in a large 1700's farm house that we are renting. Solid Rock Farm is a place dedicated for the Lord's service and their heart is "educating members in life, farming, and creative art skills, acknowledging God as our provider." I am able to do work at their farm in exchange for rent and it is situated in the beautiful town of Stockbridge, MA. Joyce is enjoying cooking up a storm here and is keeping busy cleaning and chasing Patience around, who is now running!
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| Our new residence. |
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| The sitting area of our room. |
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| Elegant and comfortable living quarters. |
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| Patience and Dada touring the farm. |
Joyce and I do hope to eventually find an apartment or place that is our own space and there is potential for that in the future, on the farm property. We are so blessed by this timely provision and meeting a brother and sister in the Lord who are quickly becoming like family!
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| Running and wrestling! |
I have started riding with a local ambulance service as I build up medical experience for our return to Africa. I am prayerfully considering opportunities for theological training that would better enable me to interpret God's word and clearly communicate the Gospel.
I want to send a big thank you for those who sent birthday wishes and cards to Joyce for her 26th birthday on October 26th. I didn't do an official blog post, but Joyce was so blessed by the kind thoughts and words sent her way. She never has experienced a birthday like that before.
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| A little birthday gathering with family |
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| A wall of birthday cards! |
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| Patience enjoyed wearing the packaging. |
I can't thank you enough for your prayers in this time of waiting. Joyce and I are still facing some major transitions ahead of us as we wait to go back to S. Sudan next year, but are thankful for a place to rest our head. We will keep you informed as it all becomes more clear in the Lord's perfect timing.
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| Picnicking in warmer climates |
Please Pray for:
~Joyce's mother in Uganda who is suffering from a chronic and debilitating ailment.
~God's direction for Joyce and I as we look for wisdom in the face of transition and for the preparation He has for us as we wait to go back to Africa.
~Our friends Katherine and Tombe Isaac in South Sudan, as they struggle through a grueling visa process in order to come visit family in the USA. Pray that the Lord opens the doors and removes the road blocks, giving them patience as they wait on God's timing.
~The South Sudanese, that they might all come to know Jesus as their true Lord and Savior. It is only through the pulling down of hatred in men's hearts through the Gospel that will enable them to build a true peace and Godly stability in their nation.
We are very grateful for the thoughts and prayers you have been sending our way and that encouragement lifts up our hands and hearts!
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| Patience first time as a wedding guest. |
Jonathan, Joyce, and Patience
Phone #: 774-203-8308
