Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Stories from the Bush

We will share animal stories, adventures and other amazing ways of how God is working in the midst of the enemy’s territory at the following venues.  Join us!  RSVPs are nice (so we can figure how much food to have on hand) but not required.

1.       Jeff and Julie’s home, 2875 W. Bryant Place, Littleton, CO  Monday night,  April 23rd – 6:30 pm Dessert provided! 
2.       Bob and Julie Schmitz home, 5748 W. Ken Caryl Place, Littleton, CO Saturday night, April 28th – 6:30pm  Dessert and snacks provided!
3.     Deer Creek Church, 8131 S. Pierce St., Littleton, CO, Sunday, April 29th -- 11:30am following services, downstairs fellowship room -- Lunch provided! Membership not required! :)
RSVP if you can to julie.vigil@sim.org
Not in the Littleton area?  Still want to hear?  Let us know (email above) and we'll see if we can get to your area before going back to Kenya!

Seriously tardy

Really???  My last post was in June of 2011???  OK, so everyone who was following us has now grown old and died.  Pathetic!  Well, on the flip side, that leaves a whole new generation open to experience the wonders of living for God in Kenya through our sporadic, but really heart-felt, blogs!  :)  Gotta look at the positive side.

OK, so quick catch up since June 2011....
  • Jeff spent much of the last 6 months of our term doing drought relief and food distribution in northern Kenya.  The drought has opened up doors to people groups that have been really resistant to the Gospel.  That's what God does, tho-- turns bad situations to His Glory!
  • Julie spent most of the last 6 months at work, catching up Sudan's books after their reconciliations were cleaned up by a super-cleaner from SIM.
  • We got to attend a real Kenyan wedding and a real Kenyan funeral.  Both were awesome experiences in which we saw God celebrated Kenyan-style.
  • We took a short vacation in London on our way back to the USA and arrived here right before Christmas. 
  • After a short time with Gammy and Papo, we got down to settling down..as much as we could with a partially furnished home.  Our awesome sisters at church and their equally awesome husbands moved our stuff out of storage and into our home.  Renters had moved out in November so it we were able to come right back where we left!
  • February took us to Texas where we visited with friends and family.
  • The first part of March our home church had their missions emphasis during which we did a workshop on Praying for the Front Lines and got an opportunity to share during service time.
  • The end of March took us to North Carolina via Kansas and Indiana for our home assignment retreat and debrief.  Early April took us back to Colorado through Tennessee, Missouri and back to Kansas.  We loved seeing family and catching up with friends also home from the field.  We equally enjoyed meeting new friends along the route.
Great!  Now you are caught up.  You can always check out our newsletters for more detail.  Not on our newsletter list?  Click the link on the right to be added.  Stay tuned here, as I will be posting more pictures and will keep you posted on an amazing miracle God has planned!