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September 05, 2008
Crowder's Report
1. Please pray for a financial situation regarding the support of some of our missionaries. Pray that Chris would have godly financial wisdom.
2. Praise the Lord with our friends the Faders who are building a bridge over the Yabus River – see Unity Bridge on SIM web site. They are now able to order the steel support cables from India and ship them to Sudan.
3. The secondary school we helped to start is opening its doors for English classes for prospective students. The community and the church are greatly encouraged. Thank the Lord for helping our team reach this milestone.
4. Chris’ Deputy Director and Personnel Manager are on the way to Kenya, having raised their full support. Praise the Lord!
5. Chris’ laptop has abruptly given up the ghost, requiring a warranty repair. However, praise the Lord for recent backups!
6. Some friends are giving us their car to drive for a few months. We can save money by returning our rental car.
7. Satan threw us a wrench by losing a piece of luggage being brought by Bev’s mom and sister. Losing the stuff is merely an annoyance, EXCEPT for Chris’ diploma from Baylor. It’s needed to apply for a work permit in Kenya.
8. Praise the Lord that we got a birth certificate for baby Jonathan and can now go to the US Embassy to apply for a passport.
9. Praise the Lord for baby Jonathan’s health. He’s doing great.
10. Beverly is doing great and healing incredibly rapidly from the c-section.
11. Today at the SIM office we are having a dual baby dedication for Jonathan Lee Crowder and Joshua Daniel Fader.
12. Please pray for Beverly’s ability to wrangle 2 babies in diapers with a joyful heart!
13. We’re so thankful for Rebecca Girma, the daughter of a friend, who is coming 3 days a week to help out with Thomas. Thomas calls her Auntie Rebecca and they have fun together. Beverly is so thankful for having her around to lend a helping hand. We’re really excited that she makes the Ethiopian delicacy “doro wat” on Fridays. Chris is thankful for her because she will even come spend the night when he travels to Sudan!
14. Thomas is learning to sleep all night. Bev discovered that by putting him to bed very early, he could get enough sleep. He still gets up at 5am but at least we have one child that will sleep all night.
15. Pray for vision and unity for the SIM Sudan team. We have come together from all corners of the world to serve the Lord and His people in Sudan.
16. Praise the Lord for new arrivals: Andrew, Joel, Loriann, Amy, Nate, Ginna, Liam, Tohru, and Claire
Published at September 5, 2008 12:19 PM
