March Update

G’day Praying Partners,

This is going to be a quick update with a couple of pressing prayer needs. Jackie was called in for a follow up for her procedure and our assumption was incorrect – a pre-cancerous lesion was found on her uterine lining which is requiring a complete hysterectomy. God has opened the door for her to have the surgery on March 11 – barring any emergency that might bump her surgery. Please pray that this doesn’t happen, that the surgery goes well and that she has a quick and complete recovery. We are praising the Lord that this was found because of the diligence of the specialist that she went to early on to be determined to be “extra cautious” about everything. There have been many times along the way that an “all clear” could have been legitimately given and 2 years from now when she went in for her regular check up we would have been looking at a very different situation. God is good!

Unfortunately this means that she will be recovering when we have to move – to a house we have not yet found! This is a very pressing need as we have to be out of this house by April 4. We know that God has the perfect house all lined up for us – we just need to find it! Please be in prayer that this happens soon so we can get that settled. As you can imagine, this is a bit of a stress for us.

Lastly, our Easter outreach is scheduled for March 20.  We talked about cancelling but felt the Lord leading to press on – so that is what we are doing. Obviously Jackie won’t be there – she has handed off a “to do” list to the other ladies for the organization of the day. Please pray for kids and parents to come, the gospel to be clearly shared and lives to be impacted. Mostly pray that God would be glorified through it all!

Thank you for your faithfulness to lift us up to our sovereign God. We know that He is in control of every detail of our lives. How thankful we are to have a loving God go before us!

Shining the Light Down Under,

Rob & Jackie