Prayer Requests

Our family attends The Falls Church Anglican here in Virginia, and we enjoy it very much.  The teaching is strong, the preaching makes us think and the worship strengthens us.  We walked into this church on our first Sunday in Virginia, making the decision not to "church shop" but simply to stick the first decent place we stopped.  Happily, God placed us in a very convenient place and we've been attending nearly every Sunday since.

At the end of the service this morning, the worship team began singing one of my favorite songs.  It made me sad to realize that we won't have this community, this worship, these sermons in our lives for the next few years.  But sadness just couldn't get a good grasp this morning, because the words of the song made me think of how God's provided an amazing community for us each placed we have lived.  How can I but believe that He has another one prepared for us in Venezuela?

It humbles me to know that people from all of our past communities are following us and praying for us at this time.  Thank-you!  As this move continues to ramp up, our family covets your prayers.  Here are our specific prayer requests:

•  Dave takes his Spanish test on Dec. 12th.  If he fails, all motions toward Venezuela will freeze and we will remain in Virginia for another few months.  This would be fine, but certainly not preferable; at least because we have no confidence that the landlord would allow us to stay!  Please pray for calm and peace while Dave studies, and that God's will prevail during the exam.
• Lilly feels very sad to leave her school and her friends.  Please pray for a smooth transition for each of the girls.  We pray that God is preparing a perfect place for each of them, with a wonderful new teacher and classroom and some fabulous new friends.
• We are sad to leave our church.  We pray that God provides us a strong Christian community in Venezuela, where we can make good friends and continue to grow.
• We have a lot to do over the next few weeks.  Simple prayers for peace, patience and extra energy will get us through smoothly!
• We will drive to the Midwest and back again in a very short span of time, and then fly on to Miami and then Caracas.  Prayers for safe and smooth travel will carry us all the way.
• And lastly, feel free to begin praying now for our safety while we live in Venezuela.  Caracas has an extremely high crime rate, with gunned robberies commonplace and kidnappings all too real a part of life.  Uncle Sam will control our lives in many ways, in attempts to keep us safe - and for that we are grateful.  But adjusting to the safety conditions and the controls around us will be difficult, and keeping all of the members of our family from harm will require constant vigilance.