Gillham's May Prayer Update

Dear Friends and supporters,

Thank you again for your prayers over the last month, we have been very aware of God's good answers to them.

Answered Prayers
Maddie's School
Madelon has started in her new school and already likes it a whole lot better than the first one. We feel very blessed by God at the positive turn around. She and Noah have just had a three week holiday and will start back at school next week. Please continue to pray for them as the form friendships.

Family trip to the north
Last month we asked for prayer too for our trip tot he north. We covered a couple of thousand kilometres driving and were kept safe with only a few scares. We travelled in areas affected by cholera and malaria and were kept healthy. We met many people from different cultural backgrounds ... learned much and feel greatly enriched. The trip gave us lots of time to fellowship with the Greeff family, to enjoy their company and to celebrate our partnership in the gospel with them.

Praise God for all these things that have come in answer to our prayers and yours!

April happenings
Our big news for April was the 10 days we spent in the north of the country with the Greeff family, (CMS Australia family working in the north of Namibia with the NETS Distance Education Department). Simon travelled with David to the north east corner of Namibia and Margie, Maddie and Noah stayed with Alisan, Etienne and Caris in the central north. We then all travelled together to the north west and spent time in Himba village before returning home.

Prayer Points
* Pray for Simon as he is now writing material to teach in an Old Testament course for next semester. This will be the first full academic course that he has written and taught
* Pray for Simon and a team of people from NETS who are planning to run a two day Bible Teachers conference ('Word Alive') in August. Nothing like this has happened in Windhoek in recent memory.
* Pray for Margie as she sorts though the myriad possibilities for ministry that have been laid before her, that she will choose wisely and find a ministry that she can pour her heart and energy into.
* Pray for Maddie and Noah as they go back to school, that they would make good friends and thrive in that environment.


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