Prayer Letter August 2013

Good Afternoon! My computer crashed at Christmas and I lost a lot of data for sending out updates. Sorry you have not heard from us in a while. Updates on all of us: Dawn-loves her work as a school nurse. After 1-½ years, I feel more confident in my skills, more comfortable with immunization records, and more content in getting to know students that come in. Caleb is a 5th grader! He is responsible, resourceful, and reasonable. Sometimes with too much reasoning as he pleads his case after I say ‘no!’ He is a joy to see as he grows into a Man-Child. Levi is a 4th grader! He is passionate, purposeful, and precocious. He transitions from excited to serious in moments. Whatever he is feeling, he is feeling it deeply. Seth is 2nd grader! He is sensitive, silly, and simple. He likes hot dogs and mangoes, science and math, Noah and ripsters. He knows his own mind while remaining teachable. Chloe is a big 1st grader. Chloe is friendly, funny, and a follower. She has many friends calling her for play dates and yet she prefers to stay home with mama. She is a tom-boy, no dresses, but likes her hair braided long and wants a pirates birthday party. We continue to live, attend school, and work at Rift Valley Academy. The transition to another school, another home, and mom working full-time is intense. We are trying so very hard to thrive. Not just survive. We wish we could take the best of America and the best of Kenya and combine it into one life. Caleb would like a bridge from Kenya to MI so we could go back and forth more often. My kids are old enough to experience emotions connected with being Third Culture Kids (TCK’s). No place feels completely like home. And they need to work through how to be content with God’s will for our family. I’ve worried about my lack of communication with you. Would it affect your support and prayers for us? Or would God fill you with peace to have faith in my ministry? God’s blessed me with over 12 years of full time missions. I hope I’ve built your trust in me to keep doing what God wills. We’ve remained fully supported, God is indeed good. Rift Valley Academy is a boarding school for missionary kids run by Africa Inland Mission. It’s over 100 years old and rated as the second best school in Africa. We have graduates becoming missionaries, moving all over the world, even attending Ivy League schools. The community on campus is peaceful, safe, exciting, and challenging. The staff and the students care about each other. It’s amazing. If you are ever in the area, come and visit. I could proof read this to many times and never send get it sent! So here it goes into your mailbox. May you be deeply blessed by our Lord and Savior. Dawn Williams