Quick update

This is just a quick update on what we have been up to.

In September we had our Zimbabwe New Frontiers Conference called Megavision, which is held annually at the church we attend. There were almost 1000 people there, and the speakers included people from Ghana and the States. Sean was videoing the whole thing so we spent much of our time behind cameras, but we will get to relive the whole thing many times once Sean starts editing, so we don’t feel like we missed out too much.

Sean was in Zambia for a few days at the beginning of November. He went with two other guys from church to visit church leaders there. He says it was a challenging time but he learnt a lot!

After that we attended a friends wedding that was being held in a place called Hippo Pools, which is in the middle of a National Park. Everyone was camping there for the weekend, but as we don’t have a tent we slept on the back of someone’s pick-up truck under a mosquito net. It was very hot so sleeping in the open was probably the best option anyway. It was great to be out in the middle of the bush and we heard the hippo’s munching grass all night a few feet from where we were sleeping!

We heard recently that the owner of the house we are renting is hoping to sell it soon, so we are making plans at the moment to either get a mortgage from the UK, or look for somewhere else to rent. Buying a house would be the best thing for us in the long term, as we feel Zimbabwe is where we feel we should be for the next 10 years at least.

I can’t remember if we had heard about my visa before we sent out our last newsletter, but in case we hadn’t. I was granted a further 3 years residency!! We had spent many hours sitting in immigration while they looked for my lost file on several occasions. But when we returned the last time we were directed straight to a different office, and my file was sitting on the lady’s desk! At the time I thought she was just giving me another 30 days extension as they had done the previous 3 times, because they hadn’t processed my application yet. Then when we left the building and checked the passport we saw it was 3 years!!!

Finally, we would like to thank you all very much for your support both financially and in prayer. If you have supported us financially by standing orders through Oasis, we trust you have received a letter from them a few weeks ago. As we are now working full time for Operation Joseph and CEDAR, Oasis UK will no longer be forwarding your support on to us, but have requested that you cancel your standing order, and set up a new one with Stewardship Services. (A form should have been enclosed in your letter). At the moment your support is going towards the general work of Oasis, so you will need to cancel your standing order through Oasis if you would like to continue supporting us and transfer your support to Stewardship Services. Or, if you would prefer to continue supporting the work of Oasis, but specifically the work in Zimbabwe, you will need to inform Oasis UK by sending them a letter or e-mail informing them of your wishes. Hope this all makes sense!