Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Update on Allen Family

Sanibonani! (hello in siSwati!) We pray everyone is doing well.

We have had a wild, crazy and fun week but we are looking forward to getting onto some kind of a routine soon. Our newest missionaries, Todd and Deborah Hoskins, arrived in Swaziland last Thursday. It has been wonderful getting to spend time with them and introducing them to life in Swaziland. They just left for Johannesburg to catch a flight tomorrow (Wednesday) to Ethopia and then onwards to Burkina Faso for our company's bush camp training. They will return to Swaziland next month. Pray for safe travels and a great opportunity to learn more about Africa and all God wants to teach them. When I hugged them good-bye this morning, they said it was nice to know these good-byes were not going to be quite so long. Changes and transitions...always happening in our lives.

Our Baptist Swazi women's camp was last Thursday - Saturday and it all went very well. What a joy to worship with these ladies and sisters in Christ! Some shared the challenges of living for Christ in their homes and communites and all of them were challenged in their prayer lives as Barbara Myers taught them several sessions on prayer. The camp was given some bread for their meals and also many clothes and other items to share with the women. They were very grateful for the unexpected blessing from others. It was wonderful to see them receiving clothes, toiletry items and scarves they did not know would be coming their way. God is so good as the body of Christ works together!

While the women's camp was going on, our team leaders and friends, Wayne and Barbara Myers, came to stay with our family for those few days. It was a fun time for our team to be together. We have a team meeting (our first one in a long time!) on November 2 as we have much business to discuss. Pray for team unity as we make decisions for the remainder of 2010 and looking into 2011.

Our family has been contacted by several folks that are interested in coming to serve with us in 2011. Pray for us as we find accommodations for these volunteer teams and individuals and that we would have their itinerary to be exactly in the areas where God wants them to be serving. It is hard to think about 2011 but it will be here soon!If you have not heard by now, Lacie did get into Sifundzani Primary School and will be starting grade 1 in late January. She is now finishing up her grade 0/kindergarten year at Little Brown Hen Preschool and will graduate on 1 December. Pray for Lacie as she is adjusting to be back home, school, church, and friends. She is sad her preschool class will be dividing between different schools for grade 1 and also adjusting to being in siSwati speaking churches on Sunday. We know she is missing her Sunday School classes in the USA.

As always, we are very thankful for your prayers and support. Let us know of ways we can be praying for you, too. Check out our family blog for stories and further prayers updates:www.allensinafrica.blogspot.com

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