In Lane, IL

Lane Christian Church

We had a wonderful Sunday with Lane Christian Church in Illinois yesterday! Everyone was friendly and welcoming. This was our visit there and we felt blessed to share what God is doing through JM2Z with a new group of people. From what we saw, they are very missions minded. Yolanda was given the entire Sunday school hour to speak and then the pastor gave up his sermon time so that Yolanda could speak for a half hour in the main service. The church took up a love offering for JM2Z, which was very generous.

Afterward, there was a good turnout of people visiting at our display table and also purchasing items made by women in our groups and fair trade items.

The pastor and his wife took us out to lunch with a couple other church members.

Next week, Yolanda and I will be at Barrington Community Church in upstate New York. We would appreciate prayer as we will be driving the 650 miles this time around.

Lincoln

Lane is only 30 miles from Lincoln, where Yolanda went to grad school (Lincoln Christian University). We still have friends there, so we are taking a couple days to visit with them. Lincoln is where we had our first apartment together after getting married. We took a picture with the street sign where the apartment is located. It was only five years ago, but so much has happened since then, that it seems like much longer ago.

Chinhoyi

Janeece arrived at our house in Chinhoyi last week and is getting reacclimated with the surroundings. There was a 6 week gap from when Yolanda and I left Zimbabwe to when Janeece arrived. The women in both the Tuesday and Wednesday groups have continued meeting on their own. We are in a messaging group with them and we've been reading how much they have been enjoying their times together. They have been meeting in a different woman's home each week, studying a Psalm, continuing in their beading, and just fellowshipping together.

Once Janeece gets settled, she will begin leading the groups, picking up where Yolanda left off. What a blessing it is that we can have someone on the ground, continuing the work while we are gone!

Bags, ear-warmers, fingerless gloves, boot cuffs, and messy bun beanies, all made by women in our groups