Aug-Sept 2017 Newsletter & Extra from Joshua

Aug-Sept 2017 Newsletter is above, and an Extra that Joshua has added a little more information on our goings on below.


a) Praise the Lord for the missions home in West Virginia--God gave us a blessed respite in the West Virginia mountains, time and space to organize for homeschooling on the road, and much encouragement from God's people.

b) A second hurricane did impact the northern side of the Dominican Republic --so please pray for our missionary friends, Chad Papes and his family as they minister to those who suffered loss from the hurricane.

c) We were reminded in September of the joy of missions at our deputation home. God introduced us to a missionary family from Togo, Africa. Brother Emmanuel met the Lord when a missionary knocked on his door and loved him and invited him to Christ. Emmanuel and his wife, both, were the very first ones in their family to be saved out of voodoo worship and God called them to His service. Because of Christ, I can pray with Emmanuel as my brother even though he grew up 5,500 miles away. What a joy for our families to be able to fellowship together around the joy of Jesus Christ and how much He has done for us! Praise the Lord for Emmanuel's wife who spent many hours teaching my wife to cook some amazing African meals. God is good. Oh the joy of missions--and what a blessing to see God using Emmanuel himself as a missionary to his own people. Hallelujah.

d) Seth and Nathan were able to help load resources (120 32 pks. of water) and prepare the vehicles to transport those items to Texas. Praise God for our boys ministering to those in need.

e) While waiting on Honda to troubleshoot an electrical problem, God allowed me to meet a certain technician in Savannah, Georgia. Pray for Austin--he knows Jesus, but hasn't been in church for 6 years. God used a testimony of Jesus to encourage him in the Lord and challenge him to faithfully serve God.

f) Keep praying for our vans to keep running until early 2018. We are ready to start finding the specifications for the next vehicle we'll use on deputation and bring with us to the field--Lord willing.

Thanks,
Joshua

Change in plans

Hello from Alaska!!!
  September has been amazing! God has been so good to us and I just can't praise Him enough!
What a blessing to be a part of what God is doing to reach people with the gospel and encourage believers to serve the Lord with their ALL! I am also so thankful for the churches that have welcomed us and just blessed our socks off! It means the world to Joshua and I as well as our boys!
September found us on the Georgia/Alabama border and then Quitman, Valdosta, and Lakeland area. We were also very excited to be with our Mission support church for their mission conference! God blessed our time with the church family and with the other missionaries. It was such a sweet time.


This will be a short update as I'm attempting to type it on my phone. On the way to Anchorage,AK, we had a little adventure with our luggage...long story short, the airline made us check our carry on bags at the gate right before getting on the plane. We were in a rush and somehow the attendants put someone else's name and destination on my computer bag; which because of said rush I neglected to take my laptop out of. It ended up in California and was finally delivered to us in the middle of the night a couple days later....minus my laptop and cord. We've had an interesting week trying to secure passwords and such and talking with the airline and police all while preparing and ministering at the mission conference we were a part of...not to mention adjusting to the 4hr. time change.

  I look forward to blogging about our time here in Alaska next month, Lord willing. Thank you so much for your prayer and support! Please pray for us as we travel and that God will have His will and way in our meetings and work in hearts.