Busy and Blessed

Busy and blessed.

Life here has settled into a somewhat predictable rhythm.   Each week is a little different depending on what is on the schedule.  Most weeks involve a trip to the airport or a couple of days traveling.  Occasionally we have a week where we are home the whole week.  

Sometimes we are with teams for a week or two at a time.  In mid September we were with a team from Upstate New York.  The team was a Jesus Film Team, so the focus was on showing the Jesus Film and on training the leaders on the District on how to use the Jesus Film Equipment.  We had a wonderful time with the team and getting to know the pastor and church members and surrounding community better.  Peter was a big hit wherever we went and he made a lot of friends. 

Peter is doing great and is now 5.5 kilos/over 12 pounds.  He is only waking up once during the night now.  He is cooing and “talking” with us now.  He hasn’t yet figured out that he can control his arms and legs but he is definitely moving them more and more.  We are very blessed that he is a good traveler and handles our ever-changing schedule with ease.  We pray that continues as he gets older but we will adjust if it doesn’t. 

This week we are home most of the week and were able to spend some time in the office getting things prepared for the upcoming District Assemblies.  On Friday we will travel to a District about 4 hours away to attend their adult camp and encourage people to join up with the Work and Witness team we will be bringing to their district in December.   On Sunday we will join a family from our church for lunch and fellowship.  Then we will have one of the couples who are volunteers in Swaziland in our home for a few days.  We will be in the office again for a few days and then on October 16^th we head out for a little over a week for 6 different assemblies throughout our field.  Four of the assemblies are in Swaziland, so Peter will get to decorate his passport. 

We feel very blessed to be a part of what God is doing here.  We are feeling more and more connected with the leaders on our field.  And count the various District Superintendents we work with as friends.  We have a wonderful missionary community around us.  We have a loving church family that is happy to see us whenever we are not traveling.  We have family and friends around the world who love, support and pray for us.  We are blessed and try to be a blessing to others around us. 

Pray with us for the upcoming assemblies and rallies that will be help throughout our field. 

Pray for the upcoming Work and Witness Teams.  Two of the teams are from South Africa and one is from Brazil. 

Pray for our family as we travel, minister and live life together. 

How can we pray for you?  What is going on in your life?  Drop us an email heaths.missions@gmail.com and let us know.   We love hearing from you. 

Until next time: Remember, the keys to the office don’t help you get into the office if you leave them at home.    Just in case you were wondering (but most likely figured out) that was Beth who did that.  On a day that Joe was staying home with Peter.  Thankfully the Africa Regional Office is in the same building as our Field office so I just borrowed a desk space from them.