Friday, May 13, 2011

African Food and Jars of Prayer

Things have been going so smoothly around here.  We were unable to schedule any churches to present our ministry in for the month of May, so it's been nice to have some time at home.  We've been working hard painting, and fixing, and getting everything ready to put our house on the market.  We're almost ready!  We listed it Tuesday, May12.  Please pray that it sells quickly.



nshima and ndiwo
It's been a while since we ate Zambian food, so the other night we had Zambian night.  I (successfully, one again) cooked nshima and ndiwo!!  It was really good!  Lorelei is a pro at eating nshima and likes it.  Warrick enjoyed playing with it, although he still refuses to eat it.  And Jorja has proclaimed that nshima is African food and she will only eat it in Africa.
Lorelei demonstrating her love for nshima

Warrick playing with nshima












For a while I've wanted to expand our prayer time at family devotions.  I saw this idea for journal prompts and thought it would be fun for prayer requests.  Each child got to write out four prayer requests on paper to put in the jar.  I wrote out the names of family and friends to add to it too.  Every night each child gets to choose two prayer requests from the jar to pray for.  It's been a lot of fun so far.  

our prayer jar

Please pray that our house sells before we head to CIT.  Also, please pray that God would provide a camper and truck for us to live in when we need it.  Jamie is finishing up a class for his master's degree right now, but he will have to stay diligent if he is going to finish before we leave for Zambia.  Pray that he is able to take the classes he needs when he's able to take them.  

Thanks so much for all your prayers and support.  We wouldn't be able to be obedient to what God has called us to if it weren't for your prayers and support.  You are a huge blessing to us.