It is hard to believe another month has passed by. We have been very busy this month with many activities both as a family and in the ministry.
We have spent a lot of time this month preparing for our trip to the Midwest. We have several stops to make on the way so we are working to coordinate all of the details. We will start the trip by dropping off several hundred dresses with a ministry in northern FL that is filling a container for Haiti. And on another part of the trip, we will be sending diapers to West Virginia to be loaded in a container for another ministry. The best part of these partnerships is that they take the items and ship them for free for us. These are amazing partnerships from God and we are blessed to be in a relationship with these organizations.
We are very excited that we will be picking up close to 2000 items for the mission during the trip. Sewing groups in Iowa and Illinois have been waiting for us to come and receive these items. We are really looking forward to meeting these hard working groups and thanking them in person.
We also look forward to meeting with our support team. We have many pictures and stories from Haiti to share with all of you. We hope you will make the effort to come see us in Iowa City for an open house or call us so we can get together in either Green Bay or Clear Lake.
Between packing and planning, we have been busy preparing a dress sizing guide. During our trip in April, we realized that we had a very inadequate method of sizing the dresses. When we were in the field trying to distribute the dresses, it was hard to organize the dresses and distribute them efficiently, so we have developed a much simpler method of sizing. We hope this will make the distribution easier for the missionaries and for ourselves when we are back in Haiti.
As a family, we have been busy as well. We all took part in Vacation Bible School at our church. Grace and Hope did an amazing job as worship leaders. They had a blast singing and dancing. It is a joy to see them in their “zone” praising God. Lance served as our “back up” man who was there to fill in the gaps. I (Lynn) helped in the leadership of the week. As a way to motivate the kids to learn their Bible verses, I allowed the kids who memorized all 5 verses to throw water balloons at me on the last day. They took it very seriously and I got soaked. It was a very fun and eventful week. Praise God!
We have also been busy enjoying summer vacation from school. It is quite an adjustment having the whole family here in our office/home. We are very grateful that our girls understand the mission and embrace it. We enjoy having them work by our sides.
Praise God for the response to the need for backpacks. We have 2 groups already started on the project.
Praise the Lord for His provision. He is always providing for us. We are constantly amazed at His ways.
Please pray for us as we travel this month. We will be working on raising funds and developing new sewing groups. Pray for open doors and hearts to respond to God’s call.
Please pray for our sewing groups. Join us as we pray for the blessings of the Lord to be poured out in their lives for all the work they do for the children.
We are grateful for all those who faithfully pray for our ministry. We hope to many of you soon in the Midwest. Thank you for partnering with us.
Living victoriously in Christ, The Andersons
I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 NLT
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