Home

 I finally made it home last Saturday. Due to the mask mandates still being in place, I had a cousin get me from Indiana, and I spent two days with her. Then my uncle came from NY and picked me up. My parents met me in NY. It was a tiring trip, but I'm glad I'm home.

We are in the process of trying to find a home. The house we were living in is in limbo, and we don't even know who owns it anymore. Please pray that if it is God's will, the house, my parents are getting paperwork done for, will remain available and at a price range my parents can afford and a good percentage rate. The housing market here is outrageous. Gas is now $4.21. Since my parents moved into this house three years ago, their power bill has jumped four times. Please pray that some of these costs change for the better.

I am still working out whether I will be able to travel for missions helps soon. One judge has ruled the mandates illegal, and another rules they are legal. Please pray that the Supreme Court will keep them illegal and make it impossible for anything like this to happen again. 

Please pray as I get involved in our church ministries again. There are several needs that we have. We need a youth pastor. We need a building which doesn't cost so much to maintain and with enough space for our kids ministry to be able to continue even during the winter. We have 20 regular kids attending, and we have 4 more lines up for Sunday. We also need a larger bus. Right now it takes 4 trips on a 12 passenger van to get the adults and kids. Please pray that our people will get a vision to bring in more people. We had a lot of visitors on Easter Sunday.

Please continue to pray for my sister's baby Joel. He is doing well overall, but his next heart surgery will be coming in a couple of months. Please pray for my sister Janna and her family as they continually battle health issues. Pray for sister Jacqueline with health issues and her husband Phil who was burned by gas spraying on him. Pray for my sister Joy and her family and my brother Josh's family in unspoken ways. Pray for my brother Justin as he continues to work with horses. He has had several injuries lately. I don't usually list out all my siblings, but they all seem to have a lot of needs right now.  

Heading Slowly Home

 I left my sister's house last Friday. Baby Joel is doing very well. Although there has been a little growth to his left ventricle in his heart, the doctors do not think he will have enough growth to function properly. He is expected to have surgery sometime this summer to repair this as well as few other issues in the heart. 

I am staying with my sister in Indiana for a few weeks. Please pray that the FTMM will be lifted so I can fly home instead of needing to drive with various family... It took two years, but finally the states and Congress are taking a stand against the unConstituional procedures the president allowed the CDC to implement. Please pray for those fighting these battles.

Continue to pray for Ukraine. I am in touch with missionaries who are taking in refugees, and the stories they have to tell are sad. Pray for those in Russia who have been warned to leave that God will give them peace in their decisions of whether to stay or go.

Please pray that I can begin planning trips to the places I had promised to be in the summer of 2020. Pray also for my parents as their housing situation is about to change again. Pray for their health.