Your prayers and encouragment are so wonderful!!!

I want to thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for all your prayers and love. God's presence surrounds me over here and I can honestly feel the power of your prayers! Prayer, as I will always say, is so so powerful! and much needed. So THANK YOU!!

Right now, I am here in Niamey with my entire team until in the morning for some rest and time together from the bush. Life in the bush is difficult but let me say that I do love it! My cling to verse the first few weeks here has been Isaiah 58:10-11
"Feed the hungry,
and help those in trouble.
Then your light will shine out from the darkness,
and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.
The Lord will guide you continually,
giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength.
You will be like a well watered garden,
like an ever flowing spring!"

Here in Africa it is a dark place. I cannot describe in words how feels to be amongst a people who have never once heard the name of Jesus before. There is so much darkness, but in this darkness where we have come to share and tell about Jesus, the light and love of Christ from within us glows ever so brightly!

Ways to pray for me over the next few weeks:
1. language, language, language! Its been a tough challenge, but I've learned so much more in the bush. I study everyday and I know God is helping me each step of the way.
2. Papa- is a young African guy whom I was able to share my testimony with the second afternoon I was in the bush. Pray that the seed that was planted will be watered and for his heart to continue to soften to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior of his life.
3. Nili- is a girl around my age who is hard to love. She has an attitude and it has been difficult to be nice too. Pray that Dani and I will have wisdom in knowing how to talk to her and to keep loving her with the love of Christ, and for us to have patience in working with her. She comes to our house almost everyday.
4. the compounds that we go to share Jesus with every morning. Please pray that Dani and I will have the wisdom to know which compounds to go to in our village and that the presence of God will just overflow from around us even though we may not be understood or understand them.

I go back to the bush (our home) in the morning. I will be back in Niamey again around the 4th of July, so until then just keep your prayers coming. I love you all and miss you bunches. I wish a had more time to write more of what has been going on here but I'm journaling when I have the time so stories and pictures will come when I get back. :-)