Three out of five in the Cox household have had malaria in the last few weeks and four out of five have had some type of viral infection. Miriam had the worst of it as she had malaria and the viral infection at the same time. While it has been no fun being sick, we are thankful that the malaria cases and viral infections have been relatively mild. Praise God with us that no one has been really sick and ask God for complete healing of those with lingering maladies.
In general, I perceive myself to have above average intelligence. However, in the past few weeks there was a noteworthy problem due to my very own management stupidity; no one else to blame but myself for inadequate procedures for an important process. God was very gracious to the work of TWR to keep this problem from being too damaging: Praise be to His name. Pray with us for wisdom in ensuring all our processes have simple but adequate procedures that are followed.
Nehemiah and Micah Joy have been home from boarding school so it has been great to have the whole family together and we praise God for the good times and memories. On Wednesday the Cox family leaves for Cotonou and onto various destinations. All the kids will be headed to Kenya and boarding school at Rift Valley Academy (RVA). This will be Miriam’s first semester at RVA so please keep her in your prayers as she adjusts to life in boarding school. Nehemiah will be starting high school and Micah Joy will be starting middle school so pray for them as they adjust to these changes. Donna will be traveling with the kids to RVA for the mandatory new parent/student orientation with Miriam. After which, she will head to the USA to be with her father, whose health is frail, for a few weeks where her time will be focused on her parents.