Praise God this Christmas for providing us with a perfect Lamb who died for us so that He could take away our sin!
This year is almost finished and we
have seen God’s grace overflow in every way as we adjusted to a new home (with
beaches around us – not mountains) and a new season in the ministry.
Jubab finished Yr 10 last week with
honours and he is now off on a six week missions trip to Hungary and we await
the new year of 2015 with anticipation of all that the Lord has planned for
us: welcoming our son back home from
Hungary on Jan 24th(!!!!!!!!!!), growing spiritually and in His Word,
a trip back to the Philippines in April, huge progress (we pray for) on the
translation of the Tala-Andig New Testament, Jubab doing Year 11…….and many
other adventures in the faith and in life that God has in store for us!
We are thankful this year for the
opportunity to share Jesus with our new friend Olivier from France and to see
him trust Jesus……and we are thankful for the many times God has refreshed us in
His Word and allowed us to sit under teaching rather than be the teachers. We
have loved this and it has refreshed our souls!
We are also thankful that we have
gotten to be with our families and have seen almost all of our family – even
extended family. It is so precious to sit and talk with parents, brothers and
sisters, nephews and nieces……
It has also been a blessing to cover
a lot of miles here in Australia and catch up with friends and partners in the
work of the Gospel who are so dear, many who have been part of our missionary
journey since the very first step we took. We can’t describe how special the
times have been as we’ve sat at meal tables, around coffees, in meetings, in
prayer……..God has blessed us far beyond what we could even have imagined.
So now we are going into 2015!!!!!!!
May God be near to us, may we walk with Him and hope in Him and always be
THANKFUL…especially for JESUS!
