Thank goodness we found this last tarantula locked OUT of the house on the front porch. They are SO BIG, and crawl around so creepily! As you can see, our very brave cat was not at all interested, and neither of us were going out there, so the ugly thing lives on...It would have been difficult to sleep knowing this was outside the door if we weren't both so exhausted by the end of the day!
We had dinner last night with 2 fellow missionaries that are heading out for a few months of funding...our field continues to shrink, and next week we lose our nurse and good friend, Amy, and our doctor, Gavin! With them gone there will only be 9 of us! This is quite the drop from over 23 OMS-ers only 6 months ago!
Matt's not helping the shortage as he prepares to leave on Sunday! He turns 25 on Monday, but will be celebrating in Mississippi! He flies out first thing Sunday morning and gets into Mississippi on Monday. His big birthday plans include sitting in an air conditioned hotel room, ordering a pizza and a coke, and watching the Eagles game Sunday night (for the first time in over a year!) He cannot wait!
He will be gone until October 11th! Please be praying for him while he is traveling and while he is taking a very full load of courses from 9/30 until 10/10. His fellow classmates here were unable to get their visas granted, and so will all be staying here :( This has been a difficult thing, for them and for Matt, and we'd love your prayers for this situation as well. The next Wesley Biblical Residency is in March, and we are all hoping and praying that they will have their visas by then.
My dad is flying in on Tuesday and staying with me until the following Wednesday! I can't WAIT to see him, and will be very glad not to be here alone the next two weeks. (especially with spiders like this!)
Thank you for all your prayers, encouragement and love!
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