Hello!!
It’s been a LONG time! I have lots of exciting things to share from the last few months in Botswana, but I will do that in later posts. Right now I’m now in Minnesota, USA on my furlough (home assignment). Every 2-3 years, Youth for Christ missionaries spend a few months on home assignment as part of their job description. We are to visit churches and supporters, visit with family & friends, and make sure I have enough prayer and financial support for the next 2-3 year term. So I arrived home to Michigan in late May and just drove to Minnesota to be here for a month.
Here in Minnesota, I’ll visit with friends and supporters, speak in churches, and get medical check-ups. I already got my jaw appliance adjusted yesterday. Please pray that it works this time and I can taper off of wearing it.
For those in Minnesota, I know it’s late notice, but I will be giving a presentation this Sunday June 10 at Messiah Church, 1631 Ford Parkway, in Highland, St. Paul. It will be in the Adult Education hour starting around 10am. This is between the 8:30 and 11:00am services. You are most welcome to just come to the presentation at 10, or to join in one of the services as well.
I’ll head back to Michigan in early July and back to Botswana on August 6th. I hope to visit as many supporters and other friends as possible while I’m in the U.S.
As I mentioned above, a LOT of awesome things are happening in Botswana right now! My lack of communication lately hasn’t been because of a lack of things to share, but rather the opposite—so much going on that it was hard to find the time to sit down and write about it or figure out where to start. So…over the next couple months, while I’m Stateside, I hope to update you with the stories bit by bit to get you caught up! Hope you are doing well!
Blessings!
~Em
P.S. A heads-up for those in Michigan: I will be speaking in the Adult Sunday School at Croswell Wesleyan Church at 9:30ish on Sunday July 8th. Then July 9-20, I will be attending a “Growth and Renewal Retreat” at a retreat center in western Michigan, designed specifically for missionaries and pastors. Then on July 29, I will be speaking during the sermon time in the 9:30 and 11am services at Grace Ministry Center (in the Outlet Mall off of Range Road). I will also possibly speak at a couple more churches. I will keep you posted.
