Update from Carlisle

I’m overdue for an update.  I have now been in Carlisle for a little over 2.5 weeks and I’ve gotten settled in and am starting to learn my way around.  One week from today, I will be meeting up with Ann as she arrives in Glasgow.  We’ve been looking forward to this for the last 20 days of being apart and it finally feels like it is within reach.  Ann has had quite a busy and exhausting time back home, and I give her a lot of credit for handling those stresses in stride.  Fortunately we’ve been able to Skype most days, so we’re able to stay connected, although it will be quite nice to be back together in person. 

We can praise God that Ann and I will have a place to stay while together in Carlisle.  We will be renting a room in the house of some other OMers.  The details of what exactly Ann will be doing are still a bit up in the air.  We are hoping to find some local churches or organizations where she can informally help out.  There are a few potentials, but nothing can be confirmed at this point, so this is an area where we ask for continued prayer.  

My time at Operation Mobilisation is going quite smoothly and I am starting to understand enough of the OpenPetra project to be productive.  Although the details of the work that I’m doing might not be particularly engaging for everyone to read, I am enjoying spending my days contributing some much needed assistance in the form of software development.   OM has a few talented developers, but the need is great as there is a lot of work to be done and not much time to do it.  It’s not exactly a glamorous mission field, but it does provide the organizational structure for many others to be able to serve all across the world.