Real life in Africa
For those of you who remember Focus our day guard in Dodoma, please pray for him and his family. On Monday night his 6 month old daughter Felista died of pneumonia. This comes only a few weeks after Frank's (The guy who worked with Daniel in the finance office in Dodoma)3 month old daughter also died. Also yesterday one of our staff in Juba (Sudan) had to return to Uganda because his wife had died suddenly. Life here is, for some people, very hard.
Monday also saw the medevac of the Tanzanian country director to Nairobi as he slipped and fell and did something nasty to his leg. He will have an operation today.
And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering.....
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8 23 + 26
posted by Daniel & Libby @ 7:32 am
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Hi guys just to let you know that we are alright although we have lost Joyce who died after a struggle with cancer which we thought she was winning actually and then suddenly she deteriorated rather quickly and within a week she had given up and died on the 18th June. Her funeral is on tuesday - she was 85. (she lived in Catharine House, nextdoor to the church) Otherwise alright. Daniel, rebecca and sean's second will have his dedication on Sunday followed by a church and family BBQ should be good - the weather has been lovely this last week or so and Deryck has just cut all the grass..............god bless you - thinking of you and praying for you and yours...
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