Celebrating our anniversary in Chicago Since our last blog, we have continued to meet with and update supporters. In the last couple weeks of April, we met with ones in the Chicago/Wheaton area. We were also blessed to be invited to a family's house one evening and do a JM2Z presentation to a brand new group of people. It was great to meet people who were interested in missions in Zimbabwe. This week, we have been in Wyoming (driving through a snowstorm from the airport), where we have several supporters. Yolanda got to speak for a few minutes in the church service on Sunday, where she invited people to a home JM2Z presentation and fairtrade gathering. We enjoyed seeing friends and familiar faces, as well as some new ones. We had a good time updating those who attended and were blessed with over $1,300 of donations from fairtrade items.
We will be in Boise this coming week for Boise Bible College's Spring Conference. Yolanda will be leading a workshop and we will have a JM2Z booth set up in the display area. This will also give us time to meet with other friends and supporters in the area throughout the week.
The rest of our stateside schedule includes updating Santa Clara Church in Eugene, OR on May 15 and presenting at a new church in northern California on May 22. We fly out of Chicago on May 30 to visit Yolanda's mother and brother in London before landing back in Zim on June 6.
The rest of our stateside schedule includes updating Santa Clara Church in Eugene, OR on May 15 and presenting at a new church in northern California on May 22. We fly out of Chicago on May 30 to visit Yolanda's mother and brother in London before landing back in Zim on June 6.
Blanket Auction
There are less than 2 weeks left for our blanket auction. We have had several bids and it's currently up to $70. Go to our Facebook page, by clicking here if you would like to make a bid. The auction will end on May 20 at noon (Central Time). Please help support the women we work with by making a bid today!
Continued Uncertainty
Zimbabwe is continuing to experience problems. The drought that we wrote about awhile back is still going on. The devastation is continuing to spread, with many affected. The other recent news involves Zimbabwe's use of the U.S. Dollar, which is in short supply. People aren't trusting banks to put money into and cash has not been available at times at ATM's. Restrictions have come into place limiting the amount of cash withdrawn. In some cases, people have received South African Rands in place of U.S. dollars. The most recent news, which you never really know is true until it happens, but we believe this to be accurate, is that with dollars in short supply, Zimbabwe is in process of printing what they call a "local U.S. dollar." They will come in $2, $5, $10, and $20 bills and have "the same value as U.S. dollars." They did this with coins at the end of 2014 because they didn't have any change, but now they are doing this with paper money. I'm not exactly sure how they can do this, but the consequences are yet to be seen. We pray and hope that there won't be another inflation problem like they had several years ago. We will see.
We know that God is in control and all we can do is follow His will as best we can. Please continue to pray for the people of Zimbabwe, that they would experience God's love in a time when they are dealing with lots of adversity. Please also pray for our continued safety in travel, as we complete our trek around the U.S. in the next few weeks. We are so thankful for our visits and meetings with friends and partners of JM2Z the last couple months and are looking forward to the ones to come.
We know that God is in control and all we can do is follow His will as best we can. Please continue to pray for the people of Zimbabwe, that they would experience God's love in a time when they are dealing with lots of adversity. Please also pray for our continued safety in travel, as we complete our trek around the U.S. in the next few weeks. We are so thankful for our visits and meetings with friends and partners of JM2Z the last couple months and are looking forward to the ones to come.
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