One Family: an answered prayer

Praise the Lord!
Some of you may have been aware, but during Global Briefing in August my team had discussed the possibility of splitting in two. The national staff in Pretoria wanted us to be working on the university campus in Johannesburg as well as in Pretoria. Depending on how much time the nationals wanted us in Johannesburg, the idea was thrown out there that our team would split into two groups. Half of us would live in Johannesburg doing full time ministry in that city while the other half of us lived in Pretoria. This was a huge concern for our team as you can imagine our hesitations to split up. For one, we already feel like a family. We did not want to split up the unity of our group and split our ministry in two. Our vision and hope was to go into South Africa as a team, as one family, and serve that country together. Secondly, safety was a huge concern for many of us women as well. Johannesburg has an extremely high crime rate and to have our team split with less people working in that city, let alone living in that city, was a huge concern for many of us. As we discussed our thoughts as a team, it was encouraging to see the attitude of every member reflect that of honesty yet complete surrender. "My heart says stick together, but God's will be done, not ours."

All praise to the Father who aligned our hearts with His and whose will was to have us stay as one team. I just received news that we will not be splitting into two groups and we will live as a family in Pretoria for the year. We will be doing ministry in Johannesburg, but will not be living there and will have control of commuting in and out of the city.

Praise God for His provision and His faithfulness. And thank you to everyone who has been praying on our behalf. Your prayers have been answered, and an overwhelming sense of peace now rests upon our team. Thank you.