(Okay, that title was a stretch…but I tried. heh)

Today we had our final worship service with the beautiful congregation of STAO. We heard an awesome message about our POWERFUL God who brought Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego through the blazing furnace. I feel in the same way God has brought us through this trip. We may have gone in with just 11 mzungus, but God has met us in every step of the trip to make it a powerful team of 12.

After church we said our goodbyes. It was about a 4 hour process, with lots of hugs and tears. I am so excited to know that we will have friends forever in Mafubira.

The next time you hear from us, we’ll probably be sitting face to face with each other, and sharing laughs and tears over this amazing journey that God has brought us on. Thank you all SO MUCH for reading our blog for the past month–for trying to understand the things that we’ve been through, to provide words of encouragement, and to be prayer warriors for us from across the globe. We have been praying for all of you back home, and we can’t wait to be back with you.

NOTE TO THOSE COMING TO THE AIRPORT: Kate has posted some info on our flight in her last posting. We have a pretty tight layover in London, and if we miss our London-Seattle flight, we’ll call someone on the parent contact list, who can call the rest of the parents. We’re REALLY hoping this doesn’t happen, but we realize it’s a possibility. THANKS, AND SEE YOU SOON!  (p.s. many of us on the team are chocolate-deprived. feel free to greet us with smiles and chocolate if you feel led.)

Shawna

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