November 21, 2008
Posted by Jennifer Beil on Sunday, June 6, 2010
November 21, 2008
My new goal for this site is to update it every Tuesday so that when I do update it I do not have 100 things to choose to write about.
Here are some major points of interest that have happened over the last 2 months.
1. Our new Sunday school class has officially started. It is named the Together Forever married adult class. On our first week we had 40 people in attendance. Amen and Amen. Brett and I really enjoy our class. At first we though we were not qualified to teach a married couples class; although, we do have the best marriage ever. But a wise man, dad Beil, told us it is not the experience that matters it is the TRUTH that matters. Brett still preaches for the primary church hour and I have nursery at that time.
2. Many of you have already heard about the school blitz set up by Charles Osgood. Overall 29 teams of our church members preached in 289 different school services to 103,918 students and 94,341 of them got saved. Praise the Lord! Brett had the privilege to preach in 11 of those services to 3,920 students and 3,644 of them got saved!
What a truly amazing and humbling experience! We will surely remember that week for the rest of our lives. Amen and Amen.
3. The Stubblefield family has returned to America for a two month vacation leaving Brett in charge of immigration work for the team. It has not been a particularly fun experience to deal with Ghanaians that have the power to kick you out of the country. Needless to say they are not the most helpful or polite people here in Ghana. Our visa price went from $100 a year to $300 a year. I am sure you can see how this adds up when you are dealing over 50 people. This has also been a lesson in patience for Brett. He has compared it to a DMV only about 100 times worse. But I must say he is doing a fabulous job – no one has been kicked out yet. =)
4. Our team had a harvest day get together where we all dressed up. The winner for our family was Jackson by far. He just seemed to have all the right facial expressions for his “bad boy” look.
5. Please pray for the health of our team. It seems we have dodged the bullet for the last year and a half, but now we are being shot by a machine gun. In the past 2 months 6 team members (including myself) have contracted malaria. Michael and Brooke Williams are both having health problems and had to return to the states to have tests preformed. We just heard today that Mrs. Virginia Carter will also be returning to America for health tests. Heather Close is concerned she has neurological problems because of her symptoms and family history. Please pray! It is hard to tell whether God is testing us or if the Devil is fighting us. We have had some major victories as far as the school blitz and the purchasing of land is concerned. All we can ask for is to pray for our health, strength and perseverance.
6. Our family is doing GREAT! Jackson has shown a noticeable difference in his behavior since we have been listening to Pastor and Mrs. Goddard’s child rearing tapes! (Thank you to the Ruth and Esther Sunday school class for purchasing them for us =)) I do not know how he will react when he finally gets to see the Goddard’s again because I think he has associated their voices with spankings. Hahaha.
Judson is moving around like crazy. He is really an active child – always wants to move and talk and play. It is just amazing to me how different our two boys are.
Rachel Smith cut my hair a few days ago. You can not really see the whole cut from this picture but I think she did a really good jo
I am still convinced that God loves me the most. He has given me the most wonderful Husband whom I do not deserve, the most handsome and best children and the most awesome opportunity to serve in Ghana!
We love you and miss you so much. Thank you all for your words of encouragement. AND – if you are going to be in the Princeton Area on November 23rd you are invited to my Dad’s Church for thank you Sunday!!! Clarion Palmer Inn, 3499 Route 1 South, Princeton, NJ 08540.
My new goal for this site is to update it every Tuesday so that when I do update it I do not have 100 things to choose to write about.
Here are some major points of interest that have happened over the last 2 months.
1. Our new Sunday school class has officially started. It is named the Together Forever married adult class. On our first week we had 40 people in attendance. Amen and Amen. Brett and I really enjoy our class. At first we though we were not qualified to teach a married couples class; although, we do have the best marriage ever. But a wise man, dad Beil, told us it is not the experience that matters it is the TRUTH that matters. Brett still preaches for the primary church hour and I have nursery at that time.
2. Many of you have already heard about the school blitz set up by Charles Osgood. Overall 29 teams of our church members preached in 289 different school services to 103,918 students and 94,341 of them got saved. Praise the Lord! Brett had the privilege to preach in 11 of those services to 3,920 students and 3,644 of them got saved!
What a truly amazing and humbling experience! We will surely remember that week for the rest of our lives. Amen and Amen.
3. The Stubblefield family has returned to America for a two month vacation leaving Brett in charge of immigration work for the team. It has not been a particularly fun experience to deal with Ghanaians that have the power to kick you out of the country. Needless to say they are not the most helpful or polite people here in Ghana. Our visa price went from $100 a year to $300 a year. I am sure you can see how this adds up when you are dealing over 50 people. This has also been a lesson in patience for Brett. He has compared it to a DMV only about 100 times worse. But I must say he is doing a fabulous job – no one has been kicked out yet. =)
4. Our team had a harvest day get together where we all dressed up. The winner for our family was Jackson by far. He just seemed to have all the right facial expressions for his “bad boy” look.
5. Please pray for the health of our team. It seems we have dodged the bullet for the last year and a half, but now we are being shot by a machine gun. In the past 2 months 6 team members (including myself) have contracted malaria. Michael and Brooke Williams are both having health problems and had to return to the states to have tests preformed. We just heard today that Mrs. Virginia Carter will also be returning to America for health tests. Heather Close is concerned she has neurological problems because of her symptoms and family history. Please pray! It is hard to tell whether God is testing us or if the Devil is fighting us. We have had some major victories as far as the school blitz and the purchasing of land is concerned. All we can ask for is to pray for our health, strength and perseverance.
6. Our family is doing GREAT! Jackson has shown a noticeable difference in his behavior since we have been listening to Pastor and Mrs. Goddard’s child rearing tapes! (Thank you to the Ruth and Esther Sunday school class for purchasing them for us =)) I do not know how he will react when he finally gets to see the Goddard’s again because I think he has associated their voices with spankings. Hahaha.
Judson is moving around like crazy. He is really an active child – always wants to move and talk and play. It is just amazing to me how different our two boys are.
Rachel Smith cut my hair a few days ago. You can not really see the whole cut from this picture but I think she did a really good jo
I am still convinced that God loves me the most. He has given me the most wonderful Husband whom I do not deserve, the most handsome and best children and the most awesome opportunity to serve in Ghana!
We love you and miss you so much. Thank you all for your words of encouragement. AND – if you are going to be in the Princeton Area on November 23rd you are invited to my Dad’s Church for thank you Sunday!!! Clarion Palmer Inn, 3499 Route 1 South, Princeton, NJ 08540.