Dear Friends, family and supporters
We can't believe that our time here has gone so quick but tomorrow we leave for Minnesota and then on to Amsterdam. We will arrive home Sat night and then move into our new house Sun and Monday. We were able to finish raising the last of our needed monthly support but ask for your continued prayers as we finish working out those details in August. By the end of August we should have picture of our new house and be able to show you all that you helped us to accomplish.
July was a whirlwind of activity we visited 10 life groups, had a lunch for supporters, 2 dessert nights, a Biola reunion , and a family reunion. It was fun to see everyone and we were truly blessed by your words of encouragement and feel like we will be going back to Kenya with our spirits rejuvinated. At the beginning of the summer we wondered if we would want to go back and we definitely say yes, we are ready to return and start a new chapter in our lives. We thank you for all of your extra gifts these past few months and for your increase in our monthly support. We were able to buy clothes, shoes, and Christmas gifts for our whole family.
Eric returns to work next Wednesday for meetings and school starts the following Monday. He is looking forward to teaching just high school next year. He will have four classes 9/10th Bible and Science. He is excited to start a new year and hopefully becuase he has already taught 3 out of 4 of his classes his workload will be less this year.
This summer we were also able get Kayla officially diagnosed as having Sensory Integration Disorder. Basically her brain just doesn't process correctly all of the input she receives from the five senses. Check out our September letter as I talk about her disorder and my year of growth with her. She has been receiving Occupational therapy while we were here and it is good to see her enjoying it. It has been hard seeing her be tested for areas of weakness and observing the glaring discrepencies. As parents isn't it always our first hope that nothing is wrong with our children. The Lord has been showing me so much about himself through my relationship with Kayla. Will you pray for me specifically that I wouldn't feel overwhelmed. When we return we will be reading several books we bought on SI, formulating a routine for Kayla at home, and also finding a therapist for outside therapy several times a week. It's going to be a big job. The prognosis looks good though, it looks like within a year of therapy we should see tons of improvement.
Thanks again for all of your continued prayers we have felt them in regards to safety especially
Prayer requests:
1/Safe flight back and that the kids would sleep tons on the airplane
2/quick adjustment back with jet lag as we move the next day and start work
3/ the moving truck and people helping us move would come together
4/ confidence for me as I embark on this adventure with kayla
5/ strength and excitement for Eric as he starts a new year
6/ a renewing of excitement for returning to Kenya that we would really come to understand and love Kenyans more this term
Blessings on the rest of your summer we will miss you all, until the next time
Eric and Kara Gibson
