Preparing and Trusting: Quick Update from Jon and Joyce

     We have good news to share and quite a lot to pray about. 

Benaiah the Brave being Benaiah the Cool!

On January 28th our visas arrived in the mail! This opens the door for us to shop for flights and we are now looking to buy our airfare. We have enough funds for three tickets and asking God to provide for the fourth. We hope to leave by the 11th or 12th of February, as the time on our three month visas are already running. Please pray as we desire to book the airfare in the next couple of days.

    There are still several things we need to purchase to bring along with us. We also need provision for travel and living in Africa expenses. It is quite overwhelming to think of all that needs to fall into place. We are asking the Lord to give us the Grace to do the next thing in front of us and Trust He will bring this trip to fruition. If I am learning anything in this time it is that no matter how much I try to do to prepare my family for our travels, God is the only one who can bring it to pass. The Lord Jesus is in total control of the timing for this trip.

Our rental home, where we will be hosting Joyce's parent's
so they can come out of the refugee camp.

Please pray for:

-Provision for a 4th airfare ticket so we can book our flights. Hoping to leave before Valentines Day.

-We still have some important items we need to purchase, to use on our trip and will need to do some local shopping in the next week.

-The provision to travel and the living expenses we will accrue while we are in Nimule for two months.

-We still strongly desire to begin the restoration of Joyce's family's home in Loa, South Sudan. Pray that God will give us all we need to be a blessing to Joyce's family and to work alongside them in reestablishing their home in South Sudan. 

-Above all, that God would be glorified in our lives to others and that the Gospel of Jesus Christ would be seen in all we do.

After a foot of snow, Joyce is ready for the Equator!

Thank you for your prayers and we look forward to sharing the praise report of what God does in this time!

Rubanga kolu nyito (God be with you)!

~Jonathan and Joyce Lueken 

Phone #: 774-203-8308

 

PayPal jonlueken@gmail.com  

 

Mail checks PAYABLE to Jonathan Lueken   

PO Box 1611 Stockbridge, MA, 01262

Temporary GoFundMe link for those who don't have Paypal:

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