As our time draws near to leave, we are once again encouraged by the Lord in knowing we are not on this journey alone, in knowing that it is not just our journey with the Lord, but like Moses in battle in Exodus 17, we have a great multitude of witness and encouragers to lift up our hands when we grow weary. The battle is not ours but the Lords! Those of you who have come alongside us and supported us in every aspect of being able to go, we humbly thank you for your sacrificial giving of your time, prayer and resources.
Six weeks today we will be on African soil! it is quite surreal to imagine it, and some days we just wake up thinking, what are we doing!! is this really happening, then the Lord gently leads us to verses like:
Isaiah 9:2b-4 Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them. You shall multiply the nation, You shall increase their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. For You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian.
...and we are once again encouraged knowing we are not on this journey alone, but that the Lord will uphold us with His righteous right hand, as we go onward into battle.
The end of the year is coming up and Christmas is almost upon us, and we know many needs abound this time of year, we have been so blessed with much to go on this journey, but we still need to fulfill the rest of our support need to cover the rest of our expenses while away. If you have prayerfully considered a financial gift towards our trip, we would greatly appreciate anything you are able to give. All donations are tax deductible for 2011 if given before the end of December.
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We also would like to thank all of those who have given so generously towards a lot of the supplies we have needed for our trip, our basement looks like an explosion of loveliness!! It is so exciting packing and anticipating the sweet people we will be spending time with and being able to bless them with all your generosity!
We love you all, and ask for your continuing prayer for our family as we go out, that the Lord will fulfill the rest of our financial need as He sees fit, that we will have all our preparations done in a timely manner, that our family will be shown favor and travelling mercies as we go about our journey for the months we are gone. And for our time with Autumn next week, as we have an early Christmas with her, that the Lord will give her a supernatural peace and understanding about what we are doing, and that our time with her will be peaceful and fruitful in the Lords realm.
Much love in the Lord
David, Jackie, Daniel, Timothy and Abigail
P.S. we have also posted an updated list on our blog of the few items we still need, if you are able to help with any of them (it the previous post to this www.graylifematters.blogspot.com)
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