God's Promises...and not forgetting these promises...

The past month has been hard...we've been sick, we've been overwhelmed, we've been discouraged.

But why?

Today I was encouraged by a reminder of the promise we have in Scripture. The story of humanity is one of separation from God. The Good News found in scripture is that God has promised to redeem us to Him. Since Abraham this has been His promise to us. He fulfilled His promise to us through Christ. But then he calls us to serve Him. He calls us to go and He does the work.

There is a very encouraging and empowering theme in the way God fulfills His promises.

The promise to Abraham was all about what God would do. All Abraham had to do was go to where the Lord God commanded him to go. This call was definitely about what He wanted Abraham to do...but it was so much more. It was about the salvation of generations...the fulfillment of a Holy promise. (I might be simplifying a bit. Maybe not, though).

It's been way too easy for us to get caught up in all the things we need to do in the coming months. Especially as we deal with illness. But God is working...preparing a way for us. This new challenge seems daunting when we consider our inabilities and weaknesses. But these past couple of days have been a reminder to me how powerfully He works on our behalf.

A lot is happening. There will be more posts and updates in the coming days.

Praise God...and stay tuned!

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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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