First Snow

We are currently in Erie, PA for a missions conference in a church that has stood faithfully with us during our first term. It is cold and rainy and we are feeling it. Tonight, we looked at the Internet news after church and learned that there is snow on the mountain top where we are headquartered in North Carolina! Only three inches, but it is only November 5 and this is the first snow of the season in the States! On our Mountain????? Ann and I just looked at each other speechless. Snow, already? Do we even remember how to drive in it? Can I just pretend like it is Mozambican mud? But I did have 4-wheel drive in the mud....Would all you snow skiiers please stop praying for snow! ;-) Those 110 degree days in Mozambique are looking awfully good right now!

We left our new friends today in Eastern PA, who treated us so lovingly and hosted us for a couple of weeks as we traveled here and there, even letting us bury our old but beloved dog in their garden. We will miss them much as our hearts connected at some level that is hard to understand, but such a part of the family of God. The same kind of thing happened tonight when a dear lady came into the church that we knew from our visit four years ago and Ann and her just ran to each other - there is a connection that one just can't quite explain. That is a part of the joy of doing what we do - the sweet wonderful relationships through a precious Lord. It surpasses understanding....

We especially enjoyed special time with our oldest daughter and her husband, getting to visit her work place and really just spend time together. We also had a super special treat to spend a morning with a cousin and her husband actually from the West Coast who happened to be very close to where we were staying. That was a special time and I especially enjoyed meeting her husband - one of those people that I found myself liking instantly. A very special time for us and a time to catch up on the last 28 or so years!

We will be here in Erie the next couple of days. We are debating a trip into Canada, watching the weather before we head back to Pittsburgh for next weekend.

I should be receiving our newest information on the church planting work in Mozambique in the next couple of days. I am really looking forward to seeing what God has done. We did get word that a recent storm blew some of the roofing metal off our Mocuba Training Center. I'm waiting on a full assessment of what we will need to get that repaired.

Blessings.

Dave & Ann

"May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, o Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer." Psalm 19:14