NTM

Here are some changes that occured in our lives this semester…

First, Lesley is pregnant! She is due the end of March. Her and the baby are doing well, as we are thankful for each day. Breaking our "tradition", we are waiting to find out the gender of the baby (this wasn’t Lesley’s idea). We appreciate your prayers for the rest of the pregnacy, as many of you know our past complications. We praise God each day for this gift. We have really come to believe more that is what children are…. an undeserving,  purposeful gift from our heavenly Father.

Do you see a smile??

Second (for those of you who didn’t know), we were on our way to go to Oklahoma to study the Cherokee language and culture for our Practicum, but there were some concerns with Lesley’s pregnancy, so we ended up staying here the whole time we would have been gone. We studied the Portuguese language and Brazilian culture instead. Lesley was on bedrest for most of that time. Thankfully, this was temporary…as she is getting around now. The practicum was very helpful in not only "experiencing" NTM’s method of "aquiring" the language and culture, but learning a lot about ourselves aswell. Through this (and other factors), Lesley decided not to pursue the Linguistics training that we were planning on staying for after we complete the training here. So, after graduation we will be done with training (here).

Lastly, on that graduation note… we will be graduating nine weeks earlier than what was previously scheduled: March 14, 2008. This isn’t because we’re really good or smart missionaries or something, but due to the Missionary Training Ctr condensing it’s training program. We are very excited to be able to graduate this much earlier (especially with the baby due that mth).

So, all this to say, we will be completed with our training in March, we are expecting our new little one at the end of March, and we hope to be home again in April, to start our Partnership Development.

We hope you are resting in Jesus in this time of celebrating His birth, God’s gift - the Hope of Life Eternal in Him!

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