Thank you for your prayers. There are three distinct praises: One, God provided my wife and I tremendous peace and assurance as I left two sick girls. (See my wife’s A Journey of Joy blog “What Does One do?” for more on this.) Two, God opened my eyes to the busyness and confidence in my own abilities that has crept into my life and He has called me to desperation for Him. While I praise God for this revelation it has not been an easy revelation and your prayers are requested as I make needed changes. Three, Dr. Emmanuel Mbennah provided renewed vision and renewed direction for the ministry of TWR in the Africa region.
Over the next few months the Africa region of TWR will be developing a strategic ministry plan. This strategic ministry plan will then drive our decisions, structures and budgets. I have been asked to join the team that is putting together this ministry plan and will return to J’burg two more times before the end of the year.
Hence, I am writing from the airport at Nairobi on my way back to Benin. Once it became clear that I would need to return to J’burg this year. I felt it critical to skip a conference and some training in order to have adequate time with the Benin team before leaving again, not to mention time with a beautiful wife and two wonderful girls. I’ll spend a couple of days with my awesome son when I come back through Nairobi in a few weeks.
Please praise God with me for what he has done and continue with me in prayers for the continent of Africa.
Grace & Peace — Paul