update

Hello Everyone…

Week two, I think, yes, from Bamenda. We have spent the last week working in the hospital, taking assessments nearly every night and of course preparing for our nearing holidays. It has not been an easy transition here. As I shared last week, we really feel like Go*d has something incredible for us if we are facing so much difficulty.

During inter*cession this week, we spent some time “warming our engines”. We received a picture of lubricating an engine, de-icing a car, waiting before we hit the freeway for our team. As we pra*yed into this, I understood more. We cannot just begin spending full days at the hospital. I will not immediately understand how things work at the base and what I can help out with or immediately be in great relationship with the staff. Someone described this time as “plowing the fields”. This time is imperative and will play into the harvesting. I need to be flexible and working hard at observing, asking questions and observing some more. I am so anxious to dive right into it all, but I think that would be a recipe for disaster, like the Booklets Baking Boo-Boo.

A couple of the team experienced what is happening this week in the spiritual realms during birth. A woman and her baby were rushed through an augmented labour and the baby was hardly breathing when he was born. Immediately our staff lead out in resuscitating the wee-one. The hospital had no equipment except for a bulb suction. We carry stuff with us in case these things happen. After 45 minutes of fighting in pra*yer and action, the baby was taking 8 breathes per minute, not ideal, but they were able to transfer him somewhere that they could give him oxygen. I do wonder what would have happened to the child if we had not been there to fight for him. Some of the staff shared that sometimes the midwives haven’t seen someone fight for a baby in pra*yer and that is something we can bring.

This next week will include two times at the hospital and then our Christmas break. Yay! This will be our first break since we arrived in Perth . I don’t know what I will do with myself!

Bless you all. I hope you are all enjoying the snow! I can’t imagine what it looks like! Merry Christmas everyone!

i am in cameroon!

Hello everyone! My team is alive and together in Cameroon. I am SO happy to share this with you. After the weeks of trials and testing, we have found deep encouragement in words from family and friends praying over us. We know that the enemy would love to keep us out this place where we are going to impact the spirits of darkness.

Just yesterday, our team had our first two deliveries. What a beautiful day it was...

We are staying with a Y-base here and they are an amazing family a staff, primarily from South America, what a nice twist!

This is quite short, but it will take me about ten minutes to upload it, so I need to save time for that! Thank you for all your prayers. I am asking that you continue to lift up our team's unity and we face a staff transition in the next couple weeks. Thank you guys!

from Kenya

Hi friends. The past week has not been smooth travel at all. Hahaha. I laugh at the adventure that we have had. One night in the airport here, one washed passport there, one asthma attack here, another cancelled flight there. We are almost to Cameroon and I cannot wait. We are however, separated from some people on our team. Three girls stayed back in Hong Kong because one of the students has bronchitis. It is a great need to be reunited and we know that as soon as she is healthy enough and cleared to travel she will come. A week of traveling is rapidly coming to a close and we continue to see God's provision in it and we will continue to guard ourselves with the Armour of God. Thank you for all your prayers, may they continue for the remainder of our travel time (which will end on Friday...we hope).