It has been great to reconnect face-to-face with many friends and family. In May, we enjoyed warmer weather, sorting through “stuff,” feeding the college young men as they concentrated on finals, and taking care of a few household projects. Then Josiah graduated from Ambassador Baptist College and went to Côte d’Ivoire to help Nathan and Hannah until the beginning of July. This has been a sweet time with all those graduation activities.
On May 25 the church plant in Petit Pedro officially became an autonomous church when they voted on their members and leaders. That is what we are always working toward. Then in June, a section of the main wall around our church property in Lac collapsed during an exceptionally hard rain storm. Please pray for the funds and the effort necessary to rebuild.
We also celebrated Isaiah’s birthday in May, and then Dan was able to participate in Matthew Schrock’s ordination. We are proud that he is our son-in-law and that they are almost ready to go to Côte d’Ivoire as full-time missionaries. Joseph is working as a pastoral intern at a church in Pennsylvania, getting a lot of great life ministry experiences.
In June, Esther and Gideon attended Servant’s Heart Camp in Pennsylvania; they had a great time participating in American teen activities and facing spiritual challenges. My nephew Gabriel Timblin was married in VA the end of May, and another nephew, David Messer, was married in Winston-Salem, NC in June followed by a “Watkins” family reunion. It was also a time of recognizing my mom, who will be 90 in October. We had a great time with 66 of us at the family reunion. Again, it is great to see friends and family face-to-face that we have not seen in years; my personal siblings have not been together for 15 years.
And now we are taking to the roads, heading north to Pennsylvania and on to Michigan—more church families and friends await, AND another wedding and therefore another family reunion. Dan’s mom is 95 this year; we will see her as well.
Thank you for your prayers. We are here to report the many blessings of the Lord on the ministry in Côte d’Ivoire.
In His grip,
Dan and Joan, Esther and Gideon
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