I cannot believe that Sarah and I leave for orientation 3 weeks from today. To be honest, I cannot wait. I am ready for all the preparations to be finished and get this started. The application process started in September and have spent so much time preparing in these last few months, so now I feel just ready to get there. Of course there is still so much to wrap up. I finished work about 3 weeks ago and have been going non stop ever since. I made a quick trip to Uganda with Children's Heart Project, a ministry of Samaritan's Purse, and then to Kiawah Island with my family and head this afternoon to Kids Across America Kamps (a division of Kanakuk Kamps) to work as a nurse for the next 8 days. Sarah finished school a week and a half ago and now she is catching up on life and doing a little relaxing.
So a little update on everything. First off, please be praying for our visa's and residency permits. We do not have these yet, so please cover them in prayer to come in on time. Also pray for my nursing license to be approved when I get to Tanzania. We are gathering supplies and starting the packing process. Heather, our short term coordinator in Tanzania, has given us a good list to work with. Pray for us as we pack to use discernment in what we bring. Two fifty pound suitcases each for a year is not much. We do not need much as far as clothing goes as we will get it sewn there. We will wear traditional clothing. Can't wait to show you pictures. I have never been much of a skirt person as many of you know. If you would like to help with supplies, gift cards to Walmart would be great. There is so much we will be buying there. Swahili is coming along with Rosetta Stone. Of course it could always be better. Learning Swahili is critical to our ministry. And the most important preparation is spiritually. Pray that we can clearly hear how the Lord is directing us in this ministry.
I promise it will not be this long in between updates. Just an incredibly busy May. Can't wait to report on our progress!
Hugs,
Emily
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Thanks for tuning in. We are two friends (a nurse and a teacher) on a journey to serve a people group in rural northern Tanzania. Enjoy reading a bit about what we are doing!
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- We are both blessed to have serveral good friendships. Join us in prayer as we dive deeper with our friends to share about our faith.
- Our time is coming to an end. We leave the village the end of June which is hard to think about since we have loved the people and our work here. Pray as we wrap things up, especially since we have assumed many responsibilities and as of yet, we do not have replacements to continue our work.
- We received word this week that our school cannot be registered until we have enough bathrooms built. Pray funding comes in and we can get these built to finish the registration process. Our school is really making an impact in this community and it needs to be registered with the Tanzanian government.
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