“I thought you had left!” “So, when are you leaving?” We hear variations of this multiple times a week and usually reply with a smile and something about how it’s been going slowly, but we’re getting closer and will leave as soon as we can. That we have to be fully funded before we can leave, that we see how God had been using the “slowness” of the process. All those things are true. There are pieces we don’t usually say, though. “We’re struggling with impatience.” “Yes, it gets discouraging sometimes.” “Even as we feel deeper and deeper confirmation that this is God’s will, we struggle with insecurity and frustration in this indefinite transition time.” I have been thinking this week of a song I grew up singing: “He did not bring us out this far to take us back again, He brought us out to take us into the Promised Land.” He will finish the work he began. Please pray for our hearts in this process. For patience, for hearts in tune to the Spirit’s leading, for souls restored as we follow the Shepherd.
Briefly, we had a lot of fun visiting two churches in Oregon at the beginning of February, one Friends and one Lutheran. Fred was able to attend and speak at Man Camp in Idaho this last weekend for the Friends churches over there. We thank God for the hospitality of these bodies of believers, for the encouragement of their friendship, and for the joy of connecting with old friends and family on these trips.
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The Kids
Both Alex and Jael have recently started talking about things they love. Usually, they are positive statements, as this from Jael when I was putting on her footie pajamas last night: “Feet? I WUB it!” Occasionally in the negative, as this from Alex when I grabbed him to wrestle and he wanted to be still “Mommy, I don’t yuv dat dame.” They continue to be very thankful children, and Alex has started thanking us for both of them: “Thanks for helping my sister!” Watching them play chase, alternated with fits of giggles, is a true delight! They fill our house with growls and roars, as they are often various kinds of dinosaurs.
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Prayer requests:
- For more monthly financial partners so that we can reach the nearer goal of going full-time with EFM and the slightly farther goal of getting to Croatia and starting language school.
- That God would already be drawing a people to himself in the Balkans and would strengthen the believers and workers in this region.
- For faithfulness in the little things and the big things, the study and the friendships, the prayer and the drawing near.
Fred and Jonelle Liddell
Alex and Jael
| We currently have 254 prayer partners and have a goal of raising it to 500. If you know anyone who would like to pray for our ministry, please forward this form to them.We are currently raising funds for our monthly needs. We are so grateful for those of you who have already begun supporting us financially and in prayer, but we have a ways to go. We are currently at 35% and need to be at 50% funded before we can transition to full time ministry. Please partner with us, we would love to share in this ministry with you.
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