Forever Goodbye

As missionaries we have the great priviledge of hosting people in our country for ministry. The month of April we were busy with teams from America. They brought great blessings to our churches in building and ministry.

Our Florida group of women left today. We had a great time with them. They ministered in two conferences for women in two locations in Moldova. It was incredible how blessed the MOldovan women were. One woman commented that she'd been praying for over a year that the four churches in her city would have a time that the women could all come together for services. This was her answer to prayer!

The joy in meeting new faces at the airport is balanced by the fact that then a week or so later, we must again say goodbye. We are forever saying goodbye to loved ones and friends, both old and new. We have the joy of getting to know new friends and then a sadness when those new friends must again leave. But we know that we are the ones blessed and we are touched in a greater way because we have again met another new brother or sister in Christ. Today I felt a sense of sadness when the group left. A few of the ladies were my age and I knew that if I lived in their area of the country, we'd be good friends! This is forever the pull a missionary feels.

Thanks for your prayers this past month.

Please pray that now as we begin to seriously pack our house and prepare to transition to the USA for a year, things will go smoothly.