Update - August 4, 2007
Praise God:
- That Ryan Coleman's health is pretty much back to normal. The doctors are thinking he had Japanese Encephalitis on top of the viral meningitis (can you imagine?), and we are just so grateful that the Lord healed him. Their time in Canada is drawing to a close and later this month they will head to Florida (Ryan's home) in order to get Joseph's ears looked at by a specialist.
- That our 3 month evaluation of our language and culture study was a success. Our fellow missionary consultant said that we are doing a good job and are right on track for where we should be. Adam and I were very encouraged to hear that, to say the least!
- That our time with my parents was just great! Their stay in the bush with us was certainly memorable (more photos and stories about that at a later time on our website) and we also enjoyed our time with them in Australia immensely. It was wonderful to reconnect with them!
- That we would have a smooth transition back to bush life on Tuesday, August 7th. With our co-workers the Colemans still gone we will be in the bush by ourselves for another few months, and we would greatly appreciate your prayers for that.
- That our Akolet language and culture study would continue going well. We have been blessed with many willing people to help us learn, but still it can be a huge challenge to absorb the huge amounts of information that we're getting each day!
- That we would have daily wisdom in our relationships with the Akolet people. Pray that we would know how to love them and build relationships now that will gain us an audience with them when it comes time down the road to share the truth of God's Word with them.
