Hi all,
We have been thanking the Lord for a really good month for answered prayer, including our prayers for the India elections. When the moderate Congress Party won 5 years ago it opened a 5 year window for the Gospel to be preached in India, but it seemed like that window was coming to an end with the closing in of the national elections. However we serve an awesome God, and we know that the powers that be are ordained by God, so we prayed accordingly despite the odds and lo and behold our God, the God of heaven and earth answered. Congress won the election and opened the door for another five years for labourers to be sent into the harvest, so please “pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest” (Matthew 9:38). Here is a link to more info about the election.
We are continuing to pray for Sri Lanka, and our people there who will be ministering to refugees who have lost loved ones, homes and don’t have adequate food or shelter, and who will be asking “what will we do, where will go?”. Read a bit more on Sri Lanka here.
Highlights from my last few weeks in the office included en envelope delivery:-
…having the whole Thrasher family in the office to do name data entry:-
…God answering prayer and bringing a veritable army of volunteers for a day:-
In regards to homelife I have already managed to annoy my neighbours by playing my guitar too loud too late at night, keeping a 9 year old boy from his sleep. I am hoping that a small Lego set will serve as a suitable peace offering. It was fun going to a toy shop again! Though it wasn’t quite the same as when I was younger, all the toys are different and expensive.
I really thought that I was a big eater, but I have really found my match in my housemate and landlord James Belham! Check out his daily breakfast:-
We now have living room windows! Two guys came and fitted them and did a great job:-
We have also been breaking up concrete in our back garden and I had the job of taking it – about 2 tons – to the local tip, much to the dismay of my car’s suspension!
Without a cooker I have been experimenting with the slow-cooker and I have become quite smitten with it! It’s quite handy and versatile, and because you can set it going one night and eat from it the next evening it kind of feels like someone else is cooking for you.
Oh by the way this is Elijah Kirik, Brian and Mindy’s well behaved 10 year old:-
Thanks for reading, please keep praying for us as we serve as unprofitable servants doing our duty, while marvelling that the God of the universe would call us friends.
JP
We have been thanking the Lord for a really good month for answered prayer, including our prayers for the India elections. When the moderate Congress Party won 5 years ago it opened a 5 year window for the Gospel to be preached in India, but it seemed like that window was coming to an end with the closing in of the national elections. However we serve an awesome God, and we know that the powers that be are ordained by God, so we prayed accordingly despite the odds and lo and behold our God, the God of heaven and earth answered. Congress won the election and opened the door for another five years for labourers to be sent into the harvest, so please “pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest” (Matthew 9:38). Here is a link to more info about the election.
We are continuing to pray for Sri Lanka, and our people there who will be ministering to refugees who have lost loved ones, homes and don’t have adequate food or shelter, and who will be asking “what will we do, where will go?”. Read a bit more on Sri Lanka here.
Highlights from my last few weeks in the office included en envelope delivery:-
…having the whole Thrasher family in the office to do name data entry:-
…God answering prayer and bringing a veritable army of volunteers for a day:-
In regards to homelife I have already managed to annoy my neighbours by playing my guitar too loud too late at night, keeping a 9 year old boy from his sleep. I am hoping that a small Lego set will serve as a suitable peace offering. It was fun going to a toy shop again! Though it wasn’t quite the same as when I was younger, all the toys are different and expensive.
I really thought that I was a big eater, but I have really found my match in my housemate and landlord James Belham! Check out his daily breakfast:-
We now have living room windows! Two guys came and fitted them and did a great job:-
We have also been breaking up concrete in our back garden and I had the job of taking it – about 2 tons – to the local tip, much to the dismay of my car’s suspension!
Without a cooker I have been experimenting with the slow-cooker and I have become quite smitten with it! It’s quite handy and versatile, and because you can set it going one night and eat from it the next evening it kind of feels like someone else is cooking for you.
Oh by the way this is Elijah Kirik, Brian and Mindy’s well behaved 10 year old:-
Thanks for reading, please keep praying for us as we serve as unprofitable servants doing our duty, while marvelling that the God of the universe would call us friends.
JP
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