“Finishing” well

It is starting to be a reality that, at least for now, our time here in Kenya will soon be over. We will head back to the States and be so glad to see and spend time with family and friends. But we will also leave behind new friends, unfinished work and ministry, and a country that we’ve grown used to and even learned to love in many ways these past 6 months. It is hard to know how to bring things like this to a close. We would appreciate your prayers for wisdom in how to help the Kenyan families we’ve become close with. Prayers for how to spend our time in these last 3 weeks. Prayer for Tom to be at peace even though he knows there is much to do at the hospital (There is now a nurses strike in Kenya, and it is really affecting Tenwek. Please pray for quick resolution of that!). And how to minister to those the Lord has put on this journey with us. We appreciate prayer also for our upcoming transition, from this to that…from 3rd world to 1st world…from what we do here to what we’ll do there. We want to serve God faithfully wherever we are. We don’t know the exact path He will take us on this next year of our lives, but we do know that we can trust our God to be faithful, constant, and loving. We trust that He knows the future. 

So we ask for your prayers. We thank you for your prayers. And we’ll see some of you very soon!