Fun with the Stroeve's

Hello Friends and Family

As I said in my last brief post we have been home in Lethbridge for a quick "Hello" while Isaac's Leg heals.  And it is healing well.  This thursday we have our final Dr.'s appointment and if the X-ray looks good Isaac will get a small half cast that I can remove in 2 weeks and we can hit the road.  We are excited to embark on the second stage of our Journey of Faith, but we are not looking forward to saying good-bye again.  Good-bye's have been one of the most difficult challenges we've faced so far on our Journey.  Saying good-bye to home, then saying good-bye to La Loche and family, good-bye to new friends and old friends in Saskatoon, and now good-bye to friends and family in Lethbridge again.  But we know wonderful things are in store for us on our trip and we will not waver from the call we feel the Lord has placed in your hearts.

The last few weeks we've spent in Lethbridge have been an amazing time of fellowship, community, and spending time in the word and prayer.  Our hosts and close friends the Stroeve's have been unwavering in their commitment to our family as long as we've known them, and we have been blessed beyond belief to have this opportunity to stay with them and deepen our friendship in the last few weeks.  Not to say that there hasn't been challenges having 11 Kids and 4 Adults crammed into one house, but I feel like we have been tasting a little of what the early church must have experienced as they sold their possessions and shared what they had with those who had need while gathering in each others homes daily.

We are so thankful for this opportunity the Lord has given to us.  Not a lot of people will have the opportunity, when their children are young, to take a year off and travel North America, and we don't take this privilege lightly.  As we look back over the last 3 months and survey all the awesome things God has done for us we rejoice in praise and thanksgiving.  For every new person we have met, every opportunity to serve, every person we've had the blessing of encouraging, every time we've seen God do miraculous things on our behalf, we rejoice.  Thank-you Jesus, thank-you for using the weak things, the foolish things, the in-experienced things of this world to bring glory to yourself.  Thank-you for choosing us to serve you.

Please continue to pray for us for ongoing financial support, for the Lords favour as we travel and visit new churches, and that amongst it all we would grow in our knowledge and understanding of God as Father, Christ our glorious Saviour, and the Holy Spirits power to continue changing us and healing us.

Thank-you for Journeying with us,
The Schafer Family

Home Time ...

We are home in Lethbridge.  We will be here for the next 3 weeks while Isaac's leg heals.  We are having a blast visiting with all of our friends and family here.  It was so amazing to worship at our church this past sunday.  I'd like to throw a big thank you out to everyone who has supported us and loved us and followed us so far on our journey.  We can't wait to hit the road to the states, but we are loving being home and loving getting lots of hang time in Lethbridge.  

Thanks four Journeying with us

The Schafer Family