Uncle Bob and Aunt Syl....

G'day, friends and family! It's been a week of 'getting betters'.....the flu is passing. YEAH GOD! The "woman's curse" has FINALLY gone. YEAH GOD! And though things are busy, our home is feeling a bit more peaceful....dirty with brown hand prints on the wall from the kids and crumbs on the kitchen floor, but definitely peaceful. Thank you for your prayers!

The last few days, Tim and I have had the wonderful opportunity to hang out with our dear friends, Bob and Sylvia (we call 'em Uncle and Aunt, just cuz they're closer than just friends....). They have been strong towers in our walk with the Lord and with each other this passed year. We love them.

They wear their love for the Lord on their sleeves and it rubs off on their beautiful marriage ...it shows wherever they go. You can't help but sense the presence of God when they're around. They have allowed the Holy Spirit to move in them without fear and they've sacrificed their will to see God's will be done. Seeing Jesus in them is not only inspiring, but humbling. Their life is a love song to the Lord and a testimony of His power.

They're leaving this week....they're travelling to India to minister the love of Christ in a very tangible way...through 'living water'. The two of them in their 60s, are being empowered by the Holy Spirit to live in India for two months to build water filtration systems in remote villages while teaching sanitation and hygiene. This simple tool will save hundreds....perhaps THOUSANDS of lives in those villages! Check out www.impactnations.com if you wanna know more as to how they're doing all that!

Their lives show me how God's work in us is never "finished"...just because we get 'older' (and Bob and Syl are NOT OLD! :) just OLD-ER!) doesn't mean that God's through with us and we just wait for death...God always has some assignment for us no matter what age we are or what state our physical body is at. We have no excuse to wait for the Lord's return....we CHASE after His heart wherever He goes. I love that about Uncle Bob and Aunt Syl....they CHASE after the Father's heart and find it every time....and they don't follow behind it, sluggishly trying to catch up to it, they RUN with every fiber of their being to catch it and then they give it away.

I wanna be like that when I'm in my 60s. And I wanna run to the Philippines with the same vigor and strength that God has equipped our dear friends with. Fearless. Please pray for them as you read this, as they are totally relying on the power and guidance of God as they serve the people of India. Be blessed this week!