Our new house...and kitten!

We have a new house! Thank you for your prayers and encouragement for this! We are still unpacking our things, but it is starting to feel like a home! Our house is nice, but a lot of work had to go into it before we moved in. As we hired painters, electricians, phone installers and even a plumber, we found ourselves improving in our language ability as were challenged with many new words. Our house is on a very busy street and in the middle of Nampula which has its good and bad points, but for the most part we are liking it. We are just happy that we can finally get settled again!

Other great news…we have an addition to our family! Yep, we got a new little kitten. His name is Lucky. He is keeping us on our toes. He loves to play, eat, sleep, chew on feet, and poop on Corey’s shoes. He is so cute! We are glad that we have him.

We had dinner with an American doctor/missionary last week and he gave us some great insight on medical ministries here in Mozambique. The government is pretty strict with foreigners practicing medicine so we have a lot of challenges ahead of us. We will be meeting with the Director of Health this week so please be praying for this. We will also be meeting with other organizations to see other possibilities. We are still on the search, but we know that it is not in vain! At our dinner, the doctor reminded us of the story of Hagar. As Hagar was in the desert, she cried because there was no water left for her and her baby Ishmael and she didn’t want to see him die. However, she didn’t see the well of water until God opened her eyes. (Genesis 21:14-19) So it is the same for us. Whether it be ministry or any other situation, our eyes must be opened by God. We tend to always see the problem, but God sees the solutions and we must wait for Him to open our eyes in His timing. So we are learning more patience as we wait on the Lord to see “our well” of ministry opportunities in Mozambique!

We are excited to announce that Jenni’s parents will be coming March 9-29. This is quite a huge step for them to do overseas travel. Please pray that it will be a great experience for them and that they will have peace of mind, safe travel, little culture shock, little jet lag, good health, and lots of wonderful memories. We can hardly wait!!! Thank you again for your prayers for our housing situation, language acquisition, and protection from Malaria. God is so good and He is faithfully answering them! Please continue to pray for us to wait with patient hearts for the Lord’s direction and clarity. Please pray for Corey as he will be starting a sports ministry next week. He will be seeking out places to play basketball and soccer. We are very excited about this! Also, please pray for continued protection against malaria. Thanks again and we love you!!