Yes, hi, hello – we’re still around and kicking! The last couple of weeks have really kicked my butt, and I only just now feel like I can catch up on life. Just in time for classes to resume tomorrow! 😅
We’ve finished up the first half of our last semester! We covered materials covering taking a church plant from Evangelism to Phase Out, Literacy, Spiritual Disciplines, and Doctrinal Differences. There was a Ladies Conference in there somewhere that was super fun and also exhausting. I was sick twice. We had spring break, where we took a quick trip to Pennsylvania to see some good friends and speak at their sweet church! It was such a joy, even though I wasn’t feeling 100% – we were definitely loved on well.
After dealing with some ear-equalization problems (from flying with a cold – ouch!), I finally am feeling almost normal again and ready for classes to begin again this week. This final half of the semester is jam-slam-packed full of sooooo many things, so we’ll definitely just be taking it one week at a time! But the highlights include: final membership interviews, graduation, simple living, and finishing classes! Just about 2 months left of our time here in Missouri.
Pray for us that we will finish well, and not get too caught up in the “next” thing. Pray for me to stay healthy! Josh and Lucy Mae haven’t had as much trouble as I have, thankfully! Pray that we will be faithful with appointments and meetings, trusting the Lord to raise our support level. Pray for us all as we enter this next phase of transitions – we will definitely miss the friends we and Lucy Mae have made here!
Erin Verdonck 