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<\/p>\nTuesday, May 6, 2014<\/p>\n
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Well, it\u2019s that time again.\u00a0 We are finding ourselves closing yet another chapter of our lives, and walking fully by faith into what the next chapter holds.\u00a0 We have been spending our last 2 \u00bd weeks in Gemena, packing our house, finalizing parts of the construction project, sending our truck back to Kinshasa and saying goodbye, well more like, \u201csee you soon\u201d, to so many of the friends we have made in the last year + in Gemena.<\/p>\n
Blake and I were talking yesterday, and he asked, \u201cIn a few years down the road, what are we going to remember Gemena being like?\u201d\u00a0 For now, I\u2019d have to say, that although with this assignment, we have lived in the most challenging of circumstances; no power for our first 6 months, no running water, no refrigeration, cooking entirely by charcoal, it has been my favorite assignment thus far.\u00a0 And I can say that with complete honesty.<\/p>\n
I have grown so much in the last year, and have gained insight into myself I never had before.\u00a0 I have learned things about myself that I wasn\u2019t prepared to find, but yet, I also learned things about myself I was pleased to find.\u00a0 As a couple, we had this perfect peace about each day.\u00a0 Living in sync, and experiencing Christ in our relationship in new ways.\u00a0 Blake was in a position that allowed him to thrive as a man of God, as a husband, as a missionary and most of all as himself.\u00a0 I was in a position that allowed me to thrive right along side him, as his support, encourager, ministry partner and wife.<\/p>\n
The Lord placed us under his protection and care through it all.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t have any major sickness, no accidents or injuries (even though motorcycle taxis was my main mode of transport), and no emergencies.\u00a0 We are not anywhere near good medical care, and with a physically demanding assignment like Blake had, all the long road trips, travels on roads with less than ideal conditions, and with my pregnancy we could have had different results, but the Lord is faithful in His call and promise.\u00a0 Joshua 1:9 says \u201cHave I not commanded you?\u00a0 Be strong and courageous.\u00a0 Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Now as we close this chapter of our lives, we are walking by faith, knowing the Lord\u2019s promise is going to lead us into the next chapter.<\/p>\n I fly to Cameroon on Tuesday, where I will wait there until the delivery of Baby Berry.\u00a0 By the time we make it back to DRC, we will be facing drastic changes in a very short amount of time.\u00a0 We will be taking on our new assignment as Program Manager for ALL of DRC, living in a new city and having to learn our way around, not to mention learning to adjust to life as new parents and a family of 3.\u00a0 We know the Lord is going before us to prepare our way, but pray for us as we transition into the next chapter of lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Well, it\u2019s that time again.\u00a0 We are finding ourselves closing yet another chapter of our lives, and walking fully by faith into what the next chapter holds.\u00a0 We have been spending our last 2 \u00bd weeks in Gemena, packing our house, finalizing parts of the construction project, sending our truck back to Kinshasa and saying goodbye,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,9,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drc","category-gemena","category-kinshasa","category-missionary","category-wycliffe-associates"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358,"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions\/358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.berry1.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}