The M. and K. L. Family | Serving in Asia
The wintertime in our home is full of so many things! It’s full of extra kids during their break from school, full of playing and laughing, full of snacks and Sunday school activities, full of hoping for snow on the ground to go skiing and sledding down the main path, full of helping neighbors get things finished before the snow comes, full of sporadic electricity, full of homeschool, full of blood pressure checks, and this last week full of preparing to go on another mandatory visa run. The last few weeks our village has been full of dedication to worshiping their idol. Every year for about a month and a half our village and the surrounding villages allow their “gods” to go into meditation, and the people subject themselves to added limitations. During this time, because of all of the extra worship, it can feel like a very dark time. This year we have come up against a lot of different trials and challenges. During this time, we have had several things stolen from us, we have had to deal with several different situations of being cheated, our car was hit by a drunk driver while parked, and things around our house just randomly kept breaking. It has been a season of frustration and discouragement; at times, we were left wondering what was going on! We’ve had to pray very hard for wisdom and discernment in knowing how to address all of these separate issues. M. has been kept exceedingly busy fixing broken things and working on figuring out paperwork as well as how to best address the issues concerning our neighbors. However, through almost all of these situations, during the moment of confrontation and after, we have seen God work in amazing ways! Most of the interactions have produced a spirit of repentance and a deepening of relationships with us and our family! We did not want 
these issues to be a hinderance for the Gospel in any way! We know that during this time, the enemy has meant to discourage us and use whatever means possible against us. We are so thankful that what Satan meant for evil, God has used for good! Additionally, we are reminded in our own lives of when we are confronted with wrong, our own shortcomings, and mistakes to immediately go to Jesus for forgiveness! We’re so thankful for God’s grace and mercy and that we are able to extend that grace and mercy and show genuine forgiveness to those around us! God has been winning the battle and using these weeks to help us rely on him deeper and showing who he is through us!
Thank you for all you do!
The M. and K. L. Family
Praise God…
- God is working in the challenging circumstances that Satan has been trying to use for evil.
- For the health in our family, even when so many around us have not been healthy.
Please Pray…
- The government here continues to crack down on Christians in the country by denying many from reentering. We have heard of many different instances where immigration has canceled visas or denied entry or re-entry while either coming or going from the country. We ask that you pray for smooth transitions for us. We had our mandatory visa run (we have to leave every six months) in the middle of February, and we ask that you pray with us that there will be no complications whatsoever.
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