Ps&Ps September 2010

Dear Friends,

As our official time with ABWE runs to an end, we are sad and excited at the same time. The sad because it is a type of “goodbye,” and excited because we look forward to God’s next adventure in ministry for us. And even though we will no longer be in that one spot that He had for us before, we have been so blessed by that experience—and that blessing never goes away. –He blessed us through our team families, through our Paraguayan and Costa Rican coworkers and friends, through the preaching and teaching and directing that He taught us and worked through. What a treasure! And we know that God gives those treasures of work/ministry experiences no matter what country we are in—any and all of His workers can expect it if they are looking for His place for them.

In particular, we are excited already about a few possibilities. We praise the Lord that just over this past weekend, He led in a special way to provide a full-time employment for Tia at a Christian school not too far away. It was not exactly what she was looking for, but once again, God had a surprise for her in ministry—and she has already begun.

Praise, too, as all our belongings from Costa Rica arrived safe and sound this Labor Day weekend--so we labored. The 67 boxes are certainly not all yet unpacked, but some are, and the rest have been stored around the inside edges of the garage. 

Please continue to pray for Kevin. He has had some difficulties again with his prosthesis this week (two weeks ago the bioengineers/doctors worked on the same problem), which causes pain and sometimes sores. We are waiting on the Lord, too, for Him to show us just the right ministry/job for Kevin. He has his application in several places, and one particular position interests him.

Pray for the three girls, please. Katy has started her second year in college, and still has an excellent job taking care of a home-bound lady with Downs Syndrome and other serious disabilities.

Colleen and Tara will be coming to school with Mom, so they have a new school year ahead in more than one way. 

The last weeks before school started, Colleen, Tara and Tia have been busy helping with our church’s kindergarten readiness program. Each pre-kinder student has their own teacher all morning to help with readiness skills. A very well developed program!

Galen at 8 mos.

Sean with JoAnne Kendall

Sean just finished up his army training on September 2, so we have all enjoyed a great time this past week visiting with him again (the first time since early July and the second time since April, and the third time since February)--but probably not as much as Christina has. She and Galen are doing very well. Sean will be here three weeks and then be stationed down at Fort Campbell, KY.

We recently had a visit from Tia’s sister Shelly, with all her family. That was a terrific opportunity to visit. And right after that, a nephew of Kevin’s got married out in NJ, so we traveled out there and were able to visit with most of his siblings and his mother.

Tia’s almost finished with her masters—she just has the research project to do, and she has a good start on that. Please pray for diligence and time.

With faith in Him,

Kevin and Tia Reilly