Seeking God's Peace in Africa

Dear Friends, Family, and fellow spammers,

We have been receiving two kinds of emails recently—those asking if we have a computer virus, and those asking us if we are still in the US….  Let me start with the first question….

Let me begin with giving my heartfelt apologies if you received one, or a dozen, email(s) offering excellent deals on electronics (or “electornics”).  While we do raise support for our ministry, this is not one of our tactics (yet. J)  It seems that somehow our MSN account was compromised, which held email addresses of many of you.  The good news is that it seems our main email account was not compromised, our computer still works, and that we hopefully have the situation under control.  

So, we apologize, although we have been humored and touched by the emails we have received in reply; some said that they spotted it as fake because of the inferior spelling (thank you—now I have added pressure to use spell check), some assumed it was from entrepreneurial African friends—and replied wishing them the best, and one dear lady found the products “nice, and inexpensive”.  

Hopefully she hasn’t lost her credit card information to a teenager sitting in his mom’s basement, and hopefully you all still trust us enough to open our emails.  Again, sorry.

The second question, are we still “here?”  Yes.  We are.  But we have some answers!!!  Finally!  Unfortunately, our answer is not a simple trip to Congo.  Due to Congo’s ongoing conflict and the current needs of ELI’s Congo ministry, we are waiting to see how things resolve before we head in.  What that means is a 4 month delay, working in Kenya, with time to monitor the situation and reevaluate our timeline.

So, in nine days (Dec. 7^th) we head out to Africa, just not Bukavu.  Our time in Kenya will be used to continue our preparation for going to Congo--keeping in contact with ELI Congo, and providing what support we can—possibly with trips to Bukavu or hosting the Director of ELI Congo in Kenya.  Our second priority is working with ELI’s programs giving support and direction as needed—but the details are still being worked out with Kenyan and International leadership.

That’s where we are….  We are a little let down that we are not in Congo, but we are pleased to be on our way back to service in Africa.

Sorry this email has been so much about us….   War continues in Congo with glimmers of hope and shadows of despair.  

I hope you are all well, and well-fed; that your thanksgiving time was blessed with family, and that your Christmas time will center around redemption more than Walmart!  (a challenge in American society.)

God Bless,

Davis and Jen and the girls.