Continued encouragement...

Last night we had the opportunity to share our call with the missions committee from Apple Valley Baptist Church (the church where we are members). It was a very encouraging experience to be able to share with members of our home church. Hopefully, we will soon be able to share with the entire church family.

We also had the opportunity to meet another family who will be serving God abroad. Jay and Jackie will be heading to North Africa in June, and it was very encouraging to have a chance to speak with a couple who is a bit farther on the path of support raising.

It was also amazing to see how God prepares individuals; through specific life experiences, gifts, and talents, to perform a specific role. This was not only encouraging to me as we learned about their calling into the mission field, but it was reassuring that our calling did not need to conform to what other people are doing. God is calling US to Vienna; He has given us a passion for the people and mission of VCS, He has provided opportunities in our lives to be professionally prepared for this call, and he has opened doors in a way that provide a smooth transition into the mission field. It is very exciting to see God working in the lives of so many people in different ways.

Please keep Jay and Jackie in your prayers as they continue to raise their support for their work in North Africa.

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and baby makes four...

that's right...our little family will soon become a foursome. We have found out that Rebecca is 6 weeks pregnant! There is definitely "something in the water" as all the families that live within our block have recently had a baby or are currently pregnant. Our baby will be the 6th baby born to ICSV staff in a span of less than a year (first one was born in early November and we will be welcoming our new addition in September). So, kind of unexpected, but a pleasant surprise nonetheless!

Fly on the wall and shipping possibilities

We left Gjakova yesterd to go to Pristina for the night before our flight back to Vienna today (Thursday)...but before we left, Berat invited us to join him at the Bethany Christian Services Community Center for an event as part of the USAid celebration of 15 year anniversary of providing development assistance in Kosovo. We helped Berat do some last minute set up stuff, but mostly, we just sat around waiting for the show to start. Maples and Faisal spent a lot of time with some of the young men and women who were waiting to present their vision to the USAid Executive Director. Soon, the delegation from USAid arrived and took a short tour of the center, in the middle of the tour, Berat took some time to introduce the Baseball camp to them...and then graciously introduced me. The delegation was surprised and excited to hear that there were some baseball opportunities. We spoke for a short while and it turns out that the Executive Director used to oversee the Denton Prog...

Who are these kids at ICSV...

Hi everyone... The first week and a half of school has been absolutely amazing! We have had some great opportunities to begin building lasting relationships with the students that God has brought to Vienna to be educated at the International Christian School of Vienna. Rebecca has been adjusting well to her role as secondary secretary. She is learning quickly the many demands of her new role and is doing quite well in supporting us teachers and the rest of the staff. Rebecca hard at work I have been really enjoying my classes. I have a total of 43 students spread out over 4 periods. The students I have represent 14 different home nations, with many of the students who are "Austrian" are first generation, so they are of other nationalities as well. I have also had the opportunity to begin working with the soccer team...again, many nationalities are represented on the field, truly an international squad. Here are some pictures of the team training at the local club...

Johnstein!

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