In Oceans Deep

We have had a lot of ups and downs over the past few busy weeks.  Still it’s encouraging to see God’s faithfulness through it all. Today Jeremy spoke on the story of Ruth at our church. It was amazing to hear God talking through him to a church facing the darkness of our world with courage and integrity, much like Naomi did in the book of Ruth. Jeremy highlighted the parallel between Boaz role as Ruth’s redeemer in the story and the reality of Christ as our redeemer in the mist of life’s sometimes overwhelming trials.

We have experienced our share of trails over the last weeks with Jeremy becoming sick and too tired to function just days before BRiCC’s final football match and the preshow concert he has been organizing. Thankfully, he had recovered by the day of the match and was even able to get a local company to donate food for some of the fans. The concert also went well and Jeremy’s servant’s heart really shone as he procured and setup the band’s sound equipment and made sure they had all they needed for a successful show. 

Since then, God has given Katie the opportunity to meet with and interview about 9 of the graduates from BRiCC’s catering and cosmetology programs. After hearing about their many interpersonal and business successes, she was able to compile their stories for fundraising and press purposes. Though being involved in this process is extremely encouraging, Katie has been battling a cold and exhaustion all week. 

We had hoped that this weekend would provide us with some much needed rest, but it seems God had different plans. We were involved in a small fender bender on Saturday as Jeremy was driving a friend’s car to buy groceries. Thankfully no one was hurt and their car had very little damage, but since Jeremy was mostly at fault we do have to pay for the other car’s damage. Praise God the cost is very low for their repairs, but the accident was just one trail of many this weekend. Our computer and plumbing have also been acting up this weekend. Being unable to charge our computer due to issues with the charger and lack of electricity has been a burden for us since it is our only connection to our lives in Indiana. Please pray that God will give us patience to deal with all the little annoyances that can add up to a big burden sometimes. 

We also had a nasty little surprise this morning when we awoke to the strong smell of fuel and discovered that our generator had leaked an entire talk of fuel (during a fuel shortage in Jos) onto our garage floor. Thank God for our safety as the problem was probably happening while the generator was running also! We know that in every situation (even the unpleasant ones) God is faithful and we are continuing to trust His plan for our time in Nigeria.