Acts 20:24
Meditating on this verse this past month has caused us to reflect on our lives to see if we can truly proclaim this along with the Apostle Paul. As a family, if we are transparent, we honestly are not there on most days. In fact this month has been difficult in many ways as Elliot has continued to deal with a severe chest infection, fever, etc. It has caused us to reflect on God having us to respond to being in S. Asia at this time in our life, but Elliot really had no choice.
In God's sovereignty we are here as a family and He is using all three of us in many ways. We thank you all for your encouragement and lifting him up to the Father. Although we are trusting God and seeing how he wants to be glorified in every situation, we also feel as if the enemy has been attacking us where we are the weakest, our son.
Elliot posing for the camera
This month has also been profitable for the work in many ways. Matthew has continued to have gospel-centered conversations with the construction worker next door and believes he is on the verge of following. Matthew has also led three vision casting meetings in his focus area, which have all opened many doors.
These meetings have allowed him to build stronger relationships with national leaders and start to train some of their people. There is also a specific language group that he has been targeting and just in the past two weeks he has come in contact with twelve mother tongue speakers of this language. This will allow Matt to form an intense discipleship group in the coming month to help equip these guys better to be sent out to reproduce and advance the Kingdom.
Vision Casting
Andrea had the privilege of attending a women's conference with other women in similar life situations over here. This allowed her to open up and share her own experience and also to learn from many other ladies. She came back encouraged and ready to try some new techniques with her ministry to ladies in our city. She also continues to meet with a lady she met at the mall who is a follower, but has never been discipled.
Neighborhood Friend
We have mentioned many times the struggle it is to learn a language in our city where there are easily four languages spoken and no Hindi teachers. We have recently been blessed with the language learning tool of Rosetta Stone. And since it is best to learn a language within its host culture, we feel that Rosetta Stone will give us the framework we need in learning language and the culture will offer us the practice we need in thriving in it.
As a family we are excited to be planning our first real vacation in over a year. We will be taking a long trip to Argentina, where Andrea is from, and visiting with her family and friends. We are looking forward to getting some time away and hope to be able to share some of our experiences, mobilize some Latinos, and come back refreshed.
So as your summers come to a close would you please take time to remember us in these ways:
- Elliot's complete healing and ongoing health.
- Andrea's ministry and discipleship to local ladies.
- Matt's upcoming meetings/trainings with nationals.
- God would draw the construction worker to himself.
- Preparing for travel and logistics to Argentina.
