Thursday, May 7, 2015

All the Current Hapenings

 Time for a general, “What have we been up to?”, blog. Enjoy!

Current Work
Theresa has settled in to teaching kindergarten here at Rift Valley Academy (RVA). She teaches M-F, 8am-12pm. Nine children get the privilege of being taught by the best teacher I know. She has enjoyed being back in the classroom, but, in all honesty her heart is still very much with the marginalized children and teachers in Mundri.

I, Will, have been teaching PE to 1st-6th graders at RVA. I haven’t played dodge ball yet but that will change next week when some of my classes double in size due to a special week at RVA. While teaching is not my passion (nor what I studied) it has been good to get to know kids and be a productive.

I’ve also been able to connect with Care of Creation, a sustainable agriculture ministry based near RVA. I’m going to help them reach out to past farmers who have been through there training and find which farmers would like to have further training. I’m grateful to have things outside of RVA to keep me busy!

We both are also assimilating to a new Serge team in Kijabe, a new culture in Kenya and a new culture at a Christian boarding school… all good things, but a lot of transition.

Current Thoughts
Life can be really hard sometimes. When you think everything is up in the air something else happens to make you realize there were still some things anchored to the ground, but they’re not anymore.

Without going in to all the current happenings of the past few months Theresa and I both have realized on a deeper level the need of our anchor being in Christ and not the things or circumstances of life.

Also, we look forward with eager expectation to the day when death and dying (whether it is of babies, teams or dreams) are no more. We’ve had enough of it for now.

Current Plan
Warning: Everything you are about to read can (and probably will) change.

We have a plan for returning to Mundri!

In September, Theresa, Justin and I, will head back in to Mundri with two other “newish” teammates. We will be there through November to see if (1) if a team of 5 is a viable size team in such a remote place, (2) what it would take to make it viable and (3) for individuals in that group to spend time praying if this is where the Lord is leading them longer term.

There are a lot of details in the midst of this plan that could make or break our ability to do it. Mainly, the state of the country at that time and our ability (via Mission Aviation Fellowship) to get in and out of Mundri safely will determine if we can return.

A couple questions you might be thinking…

What about after November?
Tough question…

Remember earlier when I said a lot of things are up in the air…this is one of them.

We are talking, praying and discerning what would be best. Our time in Mundri this fall will help determine some things, but probably won’t provide complete clarity. That said, Theresa and I (and Serge as a whole) are fully committed to being in Mundri and figuring out a way to make that happen.


What if you can’t go in September?
Seriously, cut it out with the hard questions! I mean, who else has any idea what they will be doing or where they will be living in September?

Honestly, we don’t know.

Again, we’re committed to going back to Mundri and still very much feel called there. Not going back in September doesn’t change that, but it does create more questions than it does answers. Details of how are very much up in the air, but our desire is not.


If you have any questions about our current happenings or the plan above please feel free to contact us!

Finally, please continue to pray for the people of Mundri and South Sudan. Pray also that our team would be able to return in September.




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