Faye and I had hoped that we would be able to make the trip to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Home) for Christmas, wanting of course to spend time with family and friends as well as share the blesing of our son, Joshua Eric..
Faye and I serve as missionaries with Christ's Hope International and are in Namibia on the acceptance by the Namibian Government that we are playing a role in the fight against HIV/Aids. We have been blessed with 2years in Namibia and thankful to God for this wonderful country that we are growing to love very much. We have submitted applications to renew our permits but as yet have not received notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs as to the status of our application. As a result of this we have decided that we will not be travelling out of Namibia until the work permit situation is finalised.
Whilst this development has caused us a measure of sadness, we are also quite excited at the prospect of spending our first Christmas in Namibia. In addition to this we have also determined that we will endeavour to bring blessing to our volunteers and other staff who will be away from their families this Christmas..
In the time we have been in Namibia we have established friendships with quite a few families who have shown us love and acceptance without which our adjustment to Namibia. One of the families we have drawn close to and with whom have had wonderful times of fellowship has now asked me to conduct the wedding ceremony of their son. The wedding is scheduled for 22 December and I have confirmed may availability. What a privilege to be asked to have a role in the life of this young couple whom we have only known for a few short months..
You can expect some more updates in the next few weeks as we head towards this joyous time of Christmas..
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