Our Missionaries, The Rudowskes

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Happy January to you!  Hope your Christmas and New Year's celebrations went well and that your time with family and friends was a blessing.  Moreover we hope that you experienced the peace and joy the savior came to bring.. 

We really are excited to update you on some of the things we asked you to pray about.  First, we obtained a water 'geyser' as they call them here (hot water heater) and have someone lined up to install it next month.  After waiting four months already, one more month is not that bad.  We also found premade screens for our windows and installed them in our living room and bedrooms.  Rich had to get real familiar with the hacksaw to cut the frames to fit over the security bars and Maya wielded the caulk gun splendidly after a little practice.  The result is a much cooler house at night and generally improved sleep for everyone!  Praise God!

Also, praise God, with the help from our great neighbors we got a garden planted and the Lord has blessed our area with an unusual amount of rain since then, so things are looking good. 

We also have made progress in family matters, the children are settling in to some extent, but we can still use prayers in that arena.  They are bored at times and it is a struggle for us to get a system of household chores, recreation, and education set up to help them with this while we also deal with the difficulties of running a day here.  This is not an unusual feature of missionary life for folks in a more rural (traditional) environment, but it is a struggle nonetheless and we ask for your prayers for us to be wise, nurturing, and mature in our parenting and for our children to value orderliness and their family relationships.

We also request your prayers as Rich and three translators participate in a translation methods workshop.  We have our own team meeting Saturday 1/9 and then we take the trip way up north to Shakawe about nine hours away nearly to the Caprivi strip of Namibia (if you look at a map of southern Africa, you'll see the country of Namibia west of Botswana has a strip that goes way out east over Botswana and separates Botswana from Angola.)  We will spend a week up there together with translation teams from other LBT projects and hopefully folks representing other language groups interested in Bible translation into their languages. 

Please pray for Rich and Chris, who is going along to take photos and video, as well as our team for safe travel, good fellowship and learning, and that this workshop would be the beginning of a deeper partnership with the Bakgalagari community for the work of Bible translation.

Pray also for Maya and the rest of the crew remaining in Kang that they will be safe, thrive, and be well.  This is an exciting time for us, we look forward to seeing what God will do through this workshop.
Thank you for your continued love, prayer, giving, and encouragement.  It was great to get cards and emails from so many of you.  Those little bits of encouragement make our day!

Grace and peace to you,
Rich, Maya and The Crew

 Our Missionaries, The Rudowskes

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Happy January to you!  Hope your Christmas and New Year's celebrations went well and that your time with family and friends was a blessing.  Moreover we hope that you experienced the peace and joy the savior came to bring.. 

We really are excited to update you on some of the things we asked you to pray about.  First, we obtained a water 'geyser' as they call them here (hot water heater) and have someone lined up to install it next month.  After waiting four months already, one more month is not that bad.  We also found premade screens for our windows and installed them in our living room and bedrooms.  Rich had to get real familiar with the hacksaw to cut the frames to fit over the security bars and Maya wielded the caulk gun splendidly after a little practice.  The result is a much cooler house at night and generally improved sleep for everyone!  Praise God!

Also, praise God, with the help from our great neighbors we got a garden planted and the Lord has blessed our area with an unusual amount of rain since then, so things are looking good. 

We also have made progress in family matters, the children are settling in to some extent, but we can still use prayers in that arena.  They are bored at times and it is a struggle for us to get a system of household chores, recreation, and education set up to help them with this while we also deal with the difficulties of running a day here.  This is not an unusual feature of missionary life for folks in a more rural (traditional) environment, but it is a struggle nonetheless and we ask for your prayers for us to be wise, nurturing, and mature in our parenting and for our children to value orderliness and their family relationships.

We also request your prayers as Rich and three translators participate in a translation methods workshop.  We have our own team meeting Saturday 1/9 and then we take the trip way up north to Shakawe about nine hours away nearly to the Caprivi strip of Namibia (if you look at a map of southern Africa, you'll see the country of Namibia west of Botswana has a strip that goes way out east over Botswana and separates Botswana from Angola.)  We will spend a week up there together with translation teams from other LBT projects and hopefully folks representing other language groups interested in Bible translation into their languages. 

Please pray for Rich and Chris, who is going along to take photos and video, as well as our team for safe travel, good fellowship and learning, and that this workshop would be the beginning of a deeper partnership with the Bakgalagari community for the work of Bible translation.

Pray also for Maya and the rest of the crew remaining in Kang that they will be safe, thrive, and be well.  This is an exciting time for us, we look forward to seeing what God will do through this workshop.
Thank you for your continued love, prayer, giving, and encouragement.  It was great to get cards and emails from so many of you.  Those little bits of encouragement make our day!

Grace and peace to you,
Rich, Maya and The Crew