Getting close!

Thanks you, everyone, for your prayers! We need them!! Most of our South Africa team has had big challenges recently.

Rupert and Karen are already in South Africa, where they are taking a break driving up from Cape Town to Durban Airport. They had an interesting journey, trying to reach Heathrow from Gloucestershire on the snowiest day of the big freeze, with many flights being cancelled (but not theirs, though it was delayed and they missed a connection).

Jane passed her first aid course but then found herself carrying a heavy burden with only 3 weeks to go, due to the sudden very sad loss of her uncle, in a bereavement of which the main practical burden fell on her, to add to her sadness.

George and Chris found themselves taking 13 young people to a houseparty in Snowdonia as the snow was falling! (Along with 6 sledges!) It was a great weekend with real spiritual mileage covered, but during it their much-loved 100-year old aunt also passed away. Since two of their children are living overseas and they leave on 15th March, only their youngest daughter may now be in the UK for the funeral, which will be be hard for her.

Brian and Jackie simply got snowed in!

Most importantly of all, Liz, who cannot go and is our prayer warrior, had successful surgery for cancer. Praise God! But she expects to need chemotherapy. We continue to lift her and her family before the throne of grace.

So... it's interesting to live in the spiritual front line (if that's where we are!). There is a certain comfort in knowing that the enemy's attention to what you are doing proves that you have come to the right place.
The right place ... in Jesus.
Love to you all. George.

[Jesus said...] "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life . . . Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." [Matt 6:25a, 33 (NIV)]