November News

Rest & Renewal

The last few months have been filled with a busy calendar and many miles of travel. Meeting with so many of you who share the vision of reaching the Awa (and the world!) has been a great encouragement to our hearts. We find it truly amazing that so many of you pray for the Awa, know many of the believers by name, and actually read these long, rambling prayer letters we write. May God richly bless you!! :-)

The month of November began with a gentle and refreshing time of ‘rest’ as we attended a SonScape retreat in Colorado. During the week-long retreat there were times of encouraging teaching, good fellowship in worship and meals together with our hosts, as well as many quiet hours for prayer and reflection. We felt the heavy burdens, losses, and worries of this last term fading as we were able to focus on the One who calls to us: “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

(Matthew 11:28 NIV) In our September letter we had mentioned our prayer that God would show us how to find a heart-rest for the burden of ministry we have struggled under. We are incredibly thankful for how God is teaching our hearts to “Be still and know that I am God!” right in the midst of stormy seas, crumbling mountains, and raging nations. (see Psalm 46) We also see His provision as He renews a passion in us for ‘God-worship’ among the Awa people.

November also finds us settled here in New Hampshire, where we are blessed to be able to stay in my parents’ house while they head out to spend the winter in Florida. This week we saw the first few snowflakes of the season floating down, making us thankful for the boxes of winter clothes we found in the attic! This month includes eye-clinic, chiropractor, and doctor visits for us, as well as the joy of being more involved at our home church here in Spofford, NH.

As the Thanksgiving season comes upon us, we are thankful for..

• safety in many miles of travel in our Righteous Rides van.
• our daughter Keilah doing well after the snakebite; your prayers and concern have been so greatly appreciated!
• the strikes and riots in Ecuador calming down.
• God’s provision of strength for the Shaubs as they minister to the Awa children, youth, and adults.
• the blessing of attending the SonScape retreat.
• our God who made us, knows us, and sees our hearts (as David said in Psalm 139).

 

We wish you a blessed Thanksgiving! 

May you, along with us, be thankful that as His children we are….

...in His grip, Kevin & Kathy