We are in Yemen

You may be wondering how I am doing. What else can I say but it’s going well. HE is really protecting us and providing for us. A praise item… We went out on this trip with a $3700 US shortfall but believing that HE had called us to these places. Through our whole time so far we have never been short of food, we have always had good places to sleep (sometimes even hotels, as in China) and we have always been able to get where we needed to go. We are now at a $700 US deficit for the team and have no doubts that we are going to make it to the end of this trip without any difficulties. Praise HIS name and thanks be to HIM.

Our time in Oman was a greatly needed time of rest after a hard schedule in India. We had an amazing time in India but we all suffered from sickness at one point or another (some of us through the whole time there). We were able to meet with many of the ex-pat community in Oman and we had a wonderful time. It was hard at times but we were staying with an amazing family that really took care of us and showed us around to some amazing places. I even got to go sailing and sea kayaking! I had no idea that Oman was such a wonderful place to visit and explore, I would really recommend it to anyone interested in traveling in this area.

We are now in Yemen and teaching English at the Swedish centre. It is another great time because we get to really experience the local culture by meeting with Yemini’s in small groups to practice English speaking skills. Yemen is quite a poor country financially but the people here are very welcoming and wonderful. It is also filled with some amazing sites. We visited a tree that is around 1400 yrs old and we stayed one night in the oldest continually inhabited city in the world (the old city part of Sana’a). It is really amazing how the farmers here manage to grow crops on the side of very steep mountains. Thankfully Yemen is much cooler than Muscat during this time of year so we are finding that to be a welcome relief.

Please pray for continued health and physical protection for all of us. As well as strength and drive to finish this trip with the same energy that we started. As for myself I would appreciate prayers concerning my emotional state, I am having struggles accepting where HE has placed me in life right now and what the future may hold. A bit of a desert time. I need to really truly trust that HE has the best for me and I very rarely understand. Sometimes I can be like such a little kid, thinking that I know best. Trust and obey…