Dear
Friends and Family,
Thank you so much to
those of you who have been praying for us as we have seen our lives
change dramatically these past several months. It seems hard
to believe that just back in May we were living in Venezuela.
Now we are experiencing a completely different type of life in
eastern Washington state where we have settled for the first part of
our home assignment. We are bracing ourselves for a cold,
northwestern winter, unlike the 95 degree Christmas times we have
experienced in Venezuela. But we have really enjoyed being
able to be close to Shilo's family during this time, especially for
the birth of our second son, Samuel. We have seen God bless us
in many ways in providing affordable housing, a vehicle, and the
company of family and friends. God has also provided the
unexpected opportunity for Brad to teach in a local Christian school
for part of the year. We are trusting that God will use his
time there to encourage some of the students to consider missions as
a viable and much needed career/ministry path.
Many
of you have been praying with us as we have sought the Lord's
direction as to where He would have us serve Him next now that we
have had to leave Venezuela. Thanks so much for your prayers.
We are happy to report that at this time we feel God is leading us
to pursue Paraguay as our next field of service. The NTM field
of Paraguay is looking to open up 8 new tribal works in the coming
years, and is trusting God to provide the necessary church planting
missionaries to meet that goal. With such a potential influx
of new missionaries, New Tribes Mission in Paraguay has recently
started a new school for MK's called Chaco Christian Academy.
The school is only in its second year, and has a critical need for
more teachers in order to meet the educational needs of all the MK's
on the field. So we feel privileged to have a part both in
meeting this need, and in facilitating these 8 new tribal church
plants through the educational ministry of the school.
We
will send out more information in our forthcoming newsletter, which
we hope to get out shortly. But for now we wanted to at least
thank you for praying, and update you on our plans for this coming
school year 2009. The first picture below is one that we took
while we were visiting Paraguay this past spring. Brad got the
opportunity to help out with an Education Camp put on by the school,
as well as get a first hand look at what the school ministry was
like in Paraguay. The second picture is a map of Paraguay so
you can see which part of the world we are heading to. The school is
located in Filadelfia.
In
Christ,
Brad, Shilo, Gabriel,
and Samuel Cain