This is a video clip of my youth choir singing Chris Tomlin's version of Amazing Grace. We were supposed to sing Blessed Be the Name, but at the last minute they decided they wanted to sing this song, so that is why they have the music in their hands.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Attack of the Flying Mosquitos
We finally got some measurable rain yesterday. We got close to a 1/8 of an inch! That doesn't sound like much, but it was a lot for here and much needed. It really cooled things off a lot. The kids were actually complaining about being cold yesterday morning, and for the first time I pulled the covers over me in bed.
It did not stay cold for long, but it was only in the 80's for the highs and that felt GREAT!
The big problem with the rain was that it stirred up the mosquito population big time! Last night before bed Kristen and I killed around 20+ in the house, yet we did not get them all. Hannah fared well in the arms of her mosquito net. They don't seem to like my blood, so I ended up with two bites, but Cameron and Corbin must have had "blood donor" written all over them. They woke up this morning looking like they had the measles. I think we counted over 20 some on Corbin.
Therefore, today I went and purchased two more mosquito nets and put them over their beds. Tonight should be a better night for them. We did have a praying mantis trying to help eat them last night, but even he was no match for the army that was in the house.
We also met a couple of new people this week and had them over for dinner last night. One girl is a US Peace Corp nurse working at the State Hospital and the other girl is from the UK and she is a physical therapist also working at the State Hospital. They told us how blessed they were to make new friends and were excited to come over last night. They also are looking forward to learning how to play Settlers of Catan, which is a great board game.
Anyhow, my week gets kicked in to high gear tomorrow with all my ministry work, so I am looking forward to that. Also my new youth choir will be singing their first song in Church this Sunday. I am going to record it and try to post it on the blog for you to listen to as well.
Blessings to all!
It did not stay cold for long, but it was only in the 80's for the highs and that felt GREAT!
The big problem with the rain was that it stirred up the mosquito population big time! Last night before bed Kristen and I killed around 20+ in the house, yet we did not get them all. Hannah fared well in the arms of her mosquito net. They don't seem to like my blood, so I ended up with two bites, but Cameron and Corbin must have had "blood donor" written all over them. They woke up this morning looking like they had the measles. I think we counted over 20 some on Corbin.
Therefore, today I went and purchased two more mosquito nets and put them over their beds. Tonight should be a better night for them. We did have a praying mantis trying to help eat them last night, but even he was no match for the army that was in the house.
We also met a couple of new people this week and had them over for dinner last night. One girl is a US Peace Corp nurse working at the State Hospital and the other girl is from the UK and she is a physical therapist also working at the State Hospital. They told us how blessed they were to make new friends and were excited to come over last night. They also are looking forward to learning how to play Settlers of Catan, which is a great board game.
Anyhow, my week gets kicked in to high gear tomorrow with all my ministry work, so I am looking forward to that. Also my new youth choir will be singing their first song in Church this Sunday. I am going to record it and try to post it on the blog for you to listen to as well.
Blessings to all!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Hunting Kudu
Today my Pastor took me north to bushmen land to hunt Kudu. I have not hunted in a long time, but never like this. Hunting in the woods back home is one thing, but hunting in the bush is difficult at best.
The bush is full of snakes, scorpions, thorn bushes and thorn trees. But it was a great experience. As we were out hunting we came across two giraffe grazing, a male and a female. They were not scared of us at all and let us get really close.
I had a great shot at a bull with large horns, and we tracked it after the shot for an hour and a half, tracking its path of blood and tracks. The shot must not have penetrated well, because we never found it. So just before dark, around 6:15 three more came up to a water hole, and I got my first Kudu. This meat will feed us for at least 6 months, and it is great meat!
We also ran across some wild boar as well. It was a long hard day, 12 hours to be exact, but a great experience.
Here are some pictures of the bush, the giraffe, wart hog and my kill.
The bush is full of snakes, scorpions, thorn bushes and thorn trees. But it was a great experience. As we were out hunting we came across two giraffe grazing, a male and a female. They were not scared of us at all and let us get really close.
I had a great shot at a bull with large horns, and we tracked it after the shot for an hour and a half, tracking its path of blood and tracks. The shot must not have penetrated well, because we never found it. So just before dark, around 6:15 three more came up to a water hole, and I got my first Kudu. This meat will feed us for at least 6 months, and it is great meat!
We also ran across some wild boar as well. It was a long hard day, 12 hours to be exact, but a great experience.
Here are some pictures of the bush, the giraffe, wart hog and my kill.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Bible Study at the Hostel
Today was my second youth meeting at the girls hostel. Last week was more of an introductory time. There were around 25 girls there last week. Well this week we began Bible study.
I started off with playing my guitar and we had praise and worship for around 30 minutes. Well when we started at 4pm we had about 20 girls, as the girls in the hostel outside heard the singing and worship they began to flood into our room. By the 4:10 there were over 40 girls in the room. The praise and worship was great, the voices of the girls was such a blessing to hear.
So we had a great Bible study after that for a half hour and there was great discussion as well.
Attached is a picture of the girls from today's Bible study.
I started off with playing my guitar and we had praise and worship for around 30 minutes. Well when we started at 4pm we had about 20 girls, as the girls in the hostel outside heard the singing and worship they began to flood into our room. By the 4:10 there were over 40 girls in the room. The praise and worship was great, the voices of the girls was such a blessing to hear.
So we had a great Bible study after that for a half hour and there was great discussion as well.
Attached is a picture of the girls from today's Bible study.
Monday, February 8, 2010
New Children's Church/ Youth Room
This past Saturday the kids, myself and another lady who works in the church fixed up an old garage near the church to use for Sunday School, Children's Church and Youth group meetings.
Cameron and Hannah did a great job taking out trash, moving small boxes and cleaning up some used children's chairs that we found.
The room was painted, the ceiling repaired and painted, we found some rugs to lay down and a pick nick table we cleaned up as well to use. It turned out quite nice. The added plus is that the garage doors open up, so that on the hot days we have some good airflow coming through.
We got it fixed just in time on Saturday for my first real youth meeting. It went really well. We had 18 kids show up, which I am told is good. It is normally only around 4 kids that come on Saturday's. This is because the Boarding School kids are not allowed to come to church on Saturday's, only on Sunday's. This is why we have the Wednesday Bible studies at the Boarding Schools.
Kristen and I started a children's church this Sunday as well with the 6 year old and under. We had over 25 kids in our new room. The first of the month is communion Sunday, so we showed them a video of the Easter Story and explained what communion is and why we (the church) have it every month. The kids seemed to enjoy it, and were amazed to watch a movie in our garage. I was able to purchase a portable projector a year ago and it works well here with taking it places for times like this past Sunday. I will be using it to show the youth the "Passion of Christ" in the next few weeks.
Here are some pictures of the new room!
Blessings to all!
Cameron and Hannah did a great job taking out trash, moving small boxes and cleaning up some used children's chairs that we found.
The room was painted, the ceiling repaired and painted, we found some rugs to lay down and a pick nick table we cleaned up as well to use. It turned out quite nice. The added plus is that the garage doors open up, so that on the hot days we have some good airflow coming through.
We got it fixed just in time on Saturday for my first real youth meeting. It went really well. We had 18 kids show up, which I am told is good. It is normally only around 4 kids that come on Saturday's. This is because the Boarding School kids are not allowed to come to church on Saturday's, only on Sunday's. This is why we have the Wednesday Bible studies at the Boarding Schools.
Kristen and I started a children's church this Sunday as well with the 6 year old and under. We had over 25 kids in our new room. The first of the month is communion Sunday, so we showed them a video of the Easter Story and explained what communion is and why we (the church) have it every month. The kids seemed to enjoy it, and were amazed to watch a movie in our garage. I was able to purchase a portable projector a year ago and it works well here with taking it places for times like this past Sunday. I will be using it to show the youth the "Passion of Christ" in the next few weeks.
Here are some pictures of the new room!
Blessings to all!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Work Day in Omulunga
Today Cameron and I went to do some lite construction work in Omulunga which is right out side of Grootfontein. There is a government school there and another SIM missionary feeds around 700+ kids there every day. So we were helping to repair a door, a wall and some holes in the floor of the cooking area.
The cooking is all done in three large kettle pots by boiling water with wood fires. The kids eat a substance that is like grits, made of corn meal and vitamins and minerals are added to it.
We worked a half a day and got most of the work completed. Cameron was a great worker today and the kids in the school loved watching him mix the mortar for the brick laying and for the holes we prepared in the floor. He is now a full fledged missionary. At one point some of the older kids that were watching us work called Cameron over and started asking him questions about where he was from and about his family. He was not shy at all and had a good conversation with them. I was quite proud of him today.
Yesterday I also had my first meeting with the Hostel (Boarding School) girls and it went really well. The girls get three hours of free time on Wednesday afternoons and could go in to town or do whatever, but 25 of the girls decided to spend an hour with me in Bible study learning about Christ! How cool is that! I am really looking forward to working with them each week.
Here are some pictures of our work today.
God bless!
The cooking is all done in three large kettle pots by boiling water with wood fires. The kids eat a substance that is like grits, made of corn meal and vitamins and minerals are added to it.
We worked a half a day and got most of the work completed. Cameron was a great worker today and the kids in the school loved watching him mix the mortar for the brick laying and for the holes we prepared in the floor. He is now a full fledged missionary. At one point some of the older kids that were watching us work called Cameron over and started asking him questions about where he was from and about his family. He was not shy at all and had a good conversation with them. I was quite proud of him today.
Yesterday I also had my first meeting with the Hostel (Boarding School) girls and it went really well. The girls get three hours of free time on Wednesday afternoons and could go in to town or do whatever, but 25 of the girls decided to spend an hour with me in Bible study learning about Christ! How cool is that! I am really looking forward to working with them each week.
Here are some pictures of our work today.
God bless!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Church and Sunday School
Sunday was my first day I guess on the job. This Sunday I joined the praise and worship team to assist in leading worship. It was good, and I enjoyed it a lot.
Attendance was down a bit due to it being the end of the month. Most people are paid at the end of the month here in town. So there are a lot of people that come in to town from surrounding areas to visit, and then a lot of the local people leave town to do the same.
So this weekend it was quite crowded in the streets and little stores.
At the end of the service I had a chance to address the church and youth to share about our family, share about how God called us here to serve and then to share the my vision for the youth group going forward.
One of my plans is to start a youth choir. So I had around 30 kids that expressed interest in the youth choir. So I am beginning to work on music for them, and we start practice this coming Friday afternoon.
After church one of the youth found a chameleon outside and grabbed it. You would have thought it was his pet because it was so tame. Corbin even had him on his head, although he did not cry, I am not sure he liked it on his head all that much.
Lastly we ended the day with Sunday School. Sunday school is different here. Rather than it being during church time, it is later in the afternoon at 2:30. Sunday school is only for the younger kids age 7-12. Youth and adults have small group Bible studies that meet in homes through out the week. We had 24 kids this past Sunday for Sunday school. We started taking them through a study on the ten commandments, played some games and had praise and worship. Cameron and Hannah joined us and they had fun as well. The kids were excited that they came as well.
Here are some pictures from the day.
Attendance was down a bit due to it being the end of the month. Most people are paid at the end of the month here in town. So there are a lot of people that come in to town from surrounding areas to visit, and then a lot of the local people leave town to do the same.
So this weekend it was quite crowded in the streets and little stores.
At the end of the service I had a chance to address the church and youth to share about our family, share about how God called us here to serve and then to share the my vision for the youth group going forward.
One of my plans is to start a youth choir. So I had around 30 kids that expressed interest in the youth choir. So I am beginning to work on music for them, and we start practice this coming Friday afternoon.
After church one of the youth found a chameleon outside and grabbed it. You would have thought it was his pet because it was so tame. Corbin even had him on his head, although he did not cry, I am not sure he liked it on his head all that much.
Lastly we ended the day with Sunday School. Sunday school is different here. Rather than it being during church time, it is later in the afternoon at 2:30. Sunday school is only for the younger kids age 7-12. Youth and adults have small group Bible studies that meet in homes through out the week. We had 24 kids this past Sunday for Sunday school. We started taking them through a study on the ten commandments, played some games and had praise and worship. Cameron and Hannah joined us and they had fun as well. The kids were excited that they came as well.
Here are some pictures from the day.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Family Night at Ziggies
Friday nights are family night for us. The rest of the week is full, and most of the time in the evening. So tonight we went to Ziggy's house for dinner. Ziggy is the town butcher in Grootfontein. The kids loved it. Ziggy has lots of pets at his house, the most famous one in town is his full grown male lion!
The kids really enjoyed seeing him tonight before dinner. They even got to see the helper feed him. The lions name is Mufasa, from the Lion King. The story of Mufasa is that one day when Ziggy was out hunting, he came upon a lion cub that had been left by the tribe. So he took it home and nursed it. For a while Mufasa was the house pet until one day Ziggy came home and Mufasa had killed his horse and was eating it for dinner. So now Mufasa stays behind a fence.
Ziggy also has some cheetahs, prairie dogs, wart hogs, bob cats, emu's, rabbit's and who knows what else. Below are some pictures from the night.
We also got Hannah a mozzie net tonight. This is what they call mosquito nets. Hannah is just so sweet that they can't get enough of her at night time. We told her it was a princess tent for her bed! She liked that idea better.
Tomorrow is my first youth group, so I am excited about that.
Hope everyone is getting ready for the Snow. Enjoy some for us, and we will enjoy the sunny and 95 degree weather for you! :)
To see more pictures we are taking in Africa, you can visit Brian's facebook photo album.
The kids really enjoyed seeing him tonight before dinner. They even got to see the helper feed him. The lions name is Mufasa, from the Lion King. The story of Mufasa is that one day when Ziggy was out hunting, he came upon a lion cub that had been left by the tribe. So he took it home and nursed it. For a while Mufasa was the house pet until one day Ziggy came home and Mufasa had killed his horse and was eating it for dinner. So now Mufasa stays behind a fence.
Ziggy also has some cheetahs, prairie dogs, wart hogs, bob cats, emu's, rabbit's and who knows what else. Below are some pictures from the night.
We also got Hannah a mozzie net tonight. This is what they call mosquito nets. Hannah is just so sweet that they can't get enough of her at night time. We told her it was a princess tent for her bed! She liked that idea better.
Tomorrow is my first youth group, so I am excited about that.
Hope everyone is getting ready for the Snow. Enjoy some for us, and we will enjoy the sunny and 95 degree weather for you! :)
To see more pictures we are taking in Africa, you can visit Brian's facebook photo album.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Pictures of the Day
Today was another long day in that it is around 95 degrees and Kristen and I are still suffering from a major head and chest cold, so it is not a good mix. Today I headed out to buy fans, and screen doors for the sliding doors of our house to get some air flow going. Well no where in town had either. So tomorrow I head about 2 hours south to hopefully find a desk chair, to which I could not find either, and the fans. At least the screens can be ordered.
I finished the day off with praise and worship practice at the church. It was great! Some of the songs are new to me, but that is neat to have a fresh take even on worship music. The Pastors Wife leads worship in the church, and she does a great job of it. So I will begin helping in the worship team this Sunday.
Cell phones are big over here, and cheaper to use, cheaper to buy and texting is the main line of communication for everyone here, even adults. So thanks to youth in the US, I am well trained for this function here. The youth have already started to spread my cell phone number around town and I am getting messages from all directions.
The kids had a fun day of exploring today, and they are starting to feel better. Cameron caught a frog, found a really cool grass hopper and Hannah has a pet lizard that lives on her window sill. We also enjoyed some ice cream tonight. I nice treat for the end of a hot day. Corbin enjoyed it the most!
That is all for today. Tomorrow is my one day a week off. So after I travel to get supplies for the house, we are going to a butchers house who has a restaurant at his house. He also has a pet lion, cheetahs and other wild animals. So the kids are excited about that.
Blessings to you all!
I finished the day off with praise and worship practice at the church. It was great! Some of the songs are new to me, but that is neat to have a fresh take even on worship music. The Pastors Wife leads worship in the church, and she does a great job of it. So I will begin helping in the worship team this Sunday.
Cell phones are big over here, and cheaper to use, cheaper to buy and texting is the main line of communication for everyone here, even adults. So thanks to youth in the US, I am well trained for this function here. The youth have already started to spread my cell phone number around town and I am getting messages from all directions.
The kids had a fun day of exploring today, and they are starting to feel better. Cameron caught a frog, found a really cool grass hopper and Hannah has a pet lizard that lives on her window sill. We also enjoyed some ice cream tonight. I nice treat for the end of a hot day. Corbin enjoyed it the most!
That is all for today. Tomorrow is my one day a week off. So after I travel to get supplies for the house, we are going to a butchers house who has a restaurant at his house. He also has a pet lion, cheetahs and other wild animals. So the kids are excited about that.
Blessings to you all!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Arrived in Grootfontein!!
Thanks for all the prayers! We finally made it to Grootfontein last Thursday afternoon. We are slowly getting settled in, and just received internet access tonight.
Everyone is a little sick at the moment with head and chest colds. So please pray for our improved health soon.
Things with the church are going nicely and I am very excited about working with the 140-150 kids that are currently involved with the church.
It is rather late now and I have been going through over a week of e-mails tonight, but did want to let our blog followers know that we are finally home and settling.
Here are a few pictures to share with you now, and many more to come soon! The pictures of the kids with some new friends was really neat. None of them could speak the same language, but they sure had fun every day while we were in Windhoek playing together. The language barrier did not bother them at all.
Blessings to you all!
The Bradshers!
Everyone is a little sick at the moment with head and chest colds. So please pray for our improved health soon.
Things with the church are going nicely and I am very excited about working with the 140-150 kids that are currently involved with the church.
It is rather late now and I have been going through over a week of e-mails tonight, but did want to let our blog followers know that we are finally home and settling.
Here are a few pictures to share with you now, and many more to come soon! The pictures of the kids with some new friends was really neat. None of them could speak the same language, but they sure had fun every day while we were in Windhoek playing together. The language barrier did not bother them at all.
Blessings to you all!
The Bradshers!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
We Have Arrived in Namibia!
Well three days, four flights, and 48 hours later we arrived in Windhoek, Namibia! The flights went well, our kids did great, and all 17 pieces of luggage made it with us on our last flight!
We are praising God today for his protection, and care for us during all the travel.
We got some crazy looks at RDU Monday morning with all our luggage and boxes, and many looks when we got on the air planes. But at the end of each flight people told us our kids were great! A big sigh of relief there!
The kids are enjoying Namibia so far. Learning to try new foods, we did some exploring this morning for bugs, and found a ton of 8 inch long centipedes! They look like baby snakes, they are so big!
We are now getting ready to go for our first grocery run! Should be a lot of fun!
We will report more once we get our own Internet service up and running!
Thanks to all for supporting us financially and through prayer!
We are excited that God has brought us here to serve Him in this capacity. We are also honored to be the hands and feet of each of our supporters as we each serve the Lord together to make is name famous in the land of Namibia.
God Bless!
We are praising God today for his protection, and care for us during all the travel.
We got some crazy looks at RDU Monday morning with all our luggage and boxes, and many looks when we got on the air planes. But at the end of each flight people told us our kids were great! A big sigh of relief there!
The kids are enjoying Namibia so far. Learning to try new foods, we did some exploring this morning for bugs, and found a ton of 8 inch long centipedes! They look like baby snakes, they are so big!
We are now getting ready to go for our first grocery run! Should be a lot of fun!
We will report more once we get our own Internet service up and running!
Thanks to all for supporting us financially and through prayer!
We are excited that God has brought us here to serve Him in this capacity. We are also honored to be the hands and feet of each of our supporters as we each serve the Lord together to make is name famous in the land of Namibia.
God Bless!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Made it to Frankfurt!
Well we made it to Frankfurt on time at 1:30am EST time this morning. The kids did really great! There were lots of kids on the flight, but people on the plane said that ours were the best behaved. Praise the Lord for that one!
Kristen and I did not get much rest, but we all took about a four hour nap in our hotel room today. We are getting ready to go grab a bite to eat and then head back to the airport for flight number 3 to South Africa. So please continue to pray for our last two legs of the flight.
One funny note, after the eight hour flight this morning, Corbin cried because he said he wanted to do it again! But when we told him he got to ride a bus from the plane to the airport he was happy to get off.
Cool note for Brian and Kristen, when we got into our room it had not been made, so the hotel put us in a fancy suite. We had a nice spacious room, slippers and robes in the bath room, and free food.
Thanks for all the prayers and we will keep you posted on the rest of our travels.
God Bless!
Kristen and I did not get much rest, but we all took about a four hour nap in our hotel room today. We are getting ready to go grab a bite to eat and then head back to the airport for flight number 3 to South Africa. So please continue to pray for our last two legs of the flight.
One funny note, after the eight hour flight this morning, Corbin cried because he said he wanted to do it again! But when we told him he got to ride a bus from the plane to the airport he was happy to get off.
Cool note for Brian and Kristen, when we got into our room it had not been made, so the hotel put us in a fancy suite. We had a nice spacious room, slippers and robes in the bath room, and free food.
Thanks for all the prayers and we will keep you posted on the rest of our travels.
God Bless!
Monday, January 11, 2010
The Journey has begun!
Well we left the house before 8am this morning. It took forever to get through the baggage check process. We were late for boarding, but the people working with United were great! They helped us get on the plane just in time to take off.
We are now sitting in DC waiting for our next flight. Attached are pictures of us waiting. Wish I could sleep like Corbin. I got two hours sleep last night, and am extremely exhausted, but God has been good and getting us through everything smoothly! We got lots of stares when we got out at RDU with 27 bags!!! :)
Blessings to all!
We are now sitting in DC waiting for our next flight. Attached are pictures of us waiting. Wish I could sleep like Corbin. I got two hours sleep last night, and am extremely exhausted, but God has been good and getting us through everything smoothly! We got lots of stares when we got out at RDU with 27 bags!!! :)
Blessings to all!
Where in the World are we!
Well if you want to know where the Bradsher clan is at in our journey, then you can click on the link below titled "Track Us", and you will see where we are at.
Please keep us in your prayers as we travel the next three days. We should arrive in Namibia by 7:30am Wednesday morning your time, well Eastern Standard that is.
Many Blessings to you all and we will be in contact soon!
First Flight January 11th 10:30-11:30 EST "Track Us"
Second Flight January 11th 5:50pm-1:30am EST "Track Us"
Third Flight January 12th 4:50pm-4:00am EST "Track Us"
Fourth Flight January 13th 7:30am-9:30am EST "Track Us"
Please keep us in your prayers as we travel the next three days. We should arrive in Namibia by 7:30am Wednesday morning your time, well Eastern Standard that is.
Many Blessings to you all and we will be in contact soon!
First Flight January 11th 10:30-11:30 EST "Track Us"
Second Flight January 11th 5:50pm-1:30am EST "Track Us"
Third Flight January 12th 4:50pm-4:00am EST "Track Us"
Fourth Flight January 13th 7:30am-9:30am EST "Track Us"
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Packed and Ready to Go!!!
Well, the day is finally here. This is our last full day in North Carolina for the next three years. We are all packed, and ready to go. This will be an emotional day of many sorts. Saying good by to family and friends, nervous about all the travel, anxious about the days ahead, but standing firm on the Rock for all our needs!
I will be posting one more post on the blog this evening. It will be the last until we get set up over seas. It will have a flight tracker link posted on it for anyone that may want to see where in the world the Bradsher's are at.
God Bless!
Monday, January 4, 2010
One Week To Go!
Well we are now down to the final week. Next week at this time we will be enjoying our last good old southern home cooked meal at my moms house and saying our good byes to friends and family.
The packing process continues to progress, but we are not where we had hoped to be by this point in time. But everyone has been a little under the weather this past week, Brian preached at a New Years Ever service Thursday night, we enjoyed spending time with the Callahan family on Friday, spent time with Kristen's family here in NC Friday night, and had our rescheduled Christmas gathering with my Dad's family on Saturday. So we still have quite a bit to do, and not much time left to do it in.
Luckily we have no furniture to bother with, as it is all to be left here in the missions house. So we have to finish boxing up what we have left that we can't take with us. We are still open for people that may want to come stop by and say farewell to us before we leave. Just give us a call and come on by.
Continue to pray for us to all get healthy before leaving, to stay healthy for the journey, for our families that we are leaving behind, and for God to prepare our hearts for the next step ahead.
Many Blessings to you all!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Two Weeks and Counting!
Well we are down to two weeks before we leave. Today we tried to bump things up a gear. We have a lot of packing and sorting to go, but we did make some headway. The hard part is trying to decide what you can't take even though you really wish you could take it.
The other issue is trying to think of all the little things to do before leaving home for three years. Accounts to close, bills to get paid off, handing off bills that still have to be paid while we are gone. It gets a little overwhelming at times and I have to sit back take a deep breath, and try to stay focused.
And thanks to the guy from Nigeria who tried to blow up a plane this week, things are changing a lot for security reasons. Some European airports will not let you travel with any liquids or toiletries at all in your carry on bags. Also, for international flights, the last hour of the flight you can not get up out of your seat. Tell a three year old "Honey, you will have to hold it for another hour before you can go to the potty!".
Glad we serve a great and mighty God who is in control of all these little things!
The other issue is trying to think of all the little things to do before leaving home for three years. Accounts to close, bills to get paid off, handing off bills that still have to be paid while we are gone. It gets a little overwhelming at times and I have to sit back take a deep breath, and try to stay focused.
And thanks to the guy from Nigeria who tried to blow up a plane this week, things are changing a lot for security reasons. Some European airports will not let you travel with any liquids or toiletries at all in your carry on bags. Also, for international flights, the last hour of the flight you can not get up out of your seat. Tell a three year old "Honey, you will have to hold it for another hour before you can go to the potty!".
Glad we serve a great and mighty God who is in control of all these little things!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
December Newsletter
Bradsher's To Namibia
Our New Address in Namibia:
P.O. Box 1122, Grootfontein, Namibia
God is Faithful!
December has been an emotional month for us. We are preparing to leave our family for the next three years, anxiously awaiting Kristen’s mammogram results, and the passing of her Grandmother Cibos. All of this happening within a few days of each other and during Christmas.
God has gotten us through it all! Our families are all 100% supportive of God’s call in our lives. Kristen’s mammogram came back clear and cancer free. Kristen’s Grandmother Cibos was a godly woman, solid in her faith and has been praying to be with Jesus for some years now.
So we are praising God for His unfailing faithfulness to us as we continue down our road to Namibia. He has used you all through your prayers, love and encouragement of our family!
We have Tickets!
It is finally official! We have now received our plane tickets for Namibia! We will be leaving from Raleigh/Durham airport on January 11th at 10:30am.
We have a long three day journey before we get to our new home of Namibia. We travel to Washington, D.C., Frankfurt, Germany, Johannesburg, S.A., and finally Windhoek, Namibia. We will then have a six hour drive to our home in Grootfontein, Namibia. So four plane rides, a long van ride, and three days later and we will be home.
I will be loading an air tracker program on our blog just before we leave so that you can follow our travels. The address to our website/blog is listed above under our names. Please check it often after January 11th, as we will be loading videos, pictures and daily accounts of our ministry. The kids also have a blog as well, and you can find the link to it listed on our blog to the right. This will give you an idea of a day in the life of a 5, 4, & 2 year old in Africa! Be sure to share it with your kids!
Newsletters
If you have been receiving our prayer letters by snail mail, do not fear. We have a wonderful person here in NC that will continue to help us in mailing out our newsletters. We will be sending a newsletter out every other month. But if you have a computer please be sure to follow our blog for more detailed communications weekly.
Also notice our mailing address for Namibia above!!!
Come See Us
If you would like to see us before we leave, please come on by. We would love to see anyone that would like to stop by. We live in Durham, NC. Just give us a call or shoot an e-mail so that we will know you are stopping by. Don’t think it will be a burden, as we will be gone for three years!
Prayer Requests
* for safety in travels
* for health of the family
* for open hearts to hear the gospel in Namibia
* for getting settled in to our new life
* for our families we are leaving behind
* for God to be glorified in all we do each day
Many Thanks to all for your financial support of our family!
Remit Donations to:
SIM USA
PO Box 7900, Charlotte, NC 28241
Or at www.sim.org/giveUSA
Our account: #024621
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Plane tickets in the mail!!!
It is finally official. We now have our plane tickets for Namibia purchased, and in the mail.
We leave out of Raleigh/Durham January 11th at 10:30am and we set foot on Namibian soil January 15th at 9:30am eastern standard time or 4:30pm in Namibia.
We are praising our Lord and Savior for how He has used you all in so many ways to finally get us to Namibia. God is so good and we are thankful for the calling that He has placed in our hearts and for the road that He has led us down to get us to today.
Yes, we thank Him for every good day and even for the very tough days. We know that He has used both to draw us closer to Himself, to strengthen our faith and trust in Him, as well as to prepare us for hard days to come in the field of ministry that we are soon to begin.
Many blessings to you all!
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