After we said our good-by's we cried a river all the way down the mountain. For the first time in over five years I feel like being a missionary comes with great sacrifice. This has been the hardest thing we have ever been asked to do.
With that said. We still beleive it is right and good. God surprised us with Andrews good friend from Mozambique that moved away three years ago is literally living across the hall from him. They are hanging out together and both are already making friends, playing basketball, and doing ok.Andrew said his room mate (10th grader) plays guitar so hopefully they can find some common ground. Always growing and being stretched. We are anxious to meet him and others. We will be back in Kenya in October for mission meetings. Afterwards, we are planning to spend a few days with Andrew during his mid-term break.
Andrew is living in room 6 of the Westervelt dorm. We really like his dorm parents (former military). They have two little girls and seem to really have a heart to minister to the guys. They spent quite a bit of time talking to us and letting us ask questions. We feel real supported and invited to participate as well.
We spent 1.5 days in orientation. It was so good and we left reaffirmed that RVA is one of the most special places on earth. We are so impressed with the wisdom, care and commitment to provide a positive, healthy and spiritual environment for Andrew.
I don't know that we have ever experienced such physical pain as we realize the hole Andrew leaves in our day to day lives. However, We believe in him and what God's plan is for him over these next years. Our influence is not lost. We have a pretty cool opportunity to begin to think differently about parenting and as to how we influence him. Actually, it kind of cool to be afforded the opportunity to look at parenting and influencing from a fresh and different point of view.We love you guys and thanks for praying for us. Andrew is in good hands. Stephen is really missing is brother. He had such a good time himself while at RVA. He said, "You can leave me too if you want". I know what you are thinking....All in good time. We still have two years before Stephen is slated to go.
Andrew would love to hear form you. His e-mail address is: aschmidt12@kijabe.net
Thanks for praying for us during this transition.
Love you all,
Rodger, Lynne and Stephen
Andrew is living in room 6 of the Westervelt dorm. We really like his dorm parents (former military). They have two little girls and seem to really have a heart to minister to the guys. They spent quite a bit of time talking to us and letting us ask questions. We feel real supported and invited to participate as well.We spent 1.5 days in orientation. It was so good and we left reaffirmed that RVA is one of the most special places on earth. We are so impressed with the wisdom, care and commitment to provide a positive, healthy and spiritual environment for Andrew.I don't know that we have ever experienced such physical pain as we realize the hole Andrew leaves in our day to day lives. However, We believe in him and what God's plan is for him over these next years. Our influence is not lost. We have a pretty cool opportunity to begin to think differently about parenting and as to how we influence him. Actually, it kind of cool to be afforded the opportunity to look at parenting and influencing from a fresh and different point of view.We love you guys and thanks for praying for us. Andrew is in good hands. Stephen is really missing is brother. He had such a good time himself while at RVA. He said, "You can leave me too if you want". I know what you are thinking....All in good time. We still have two years before Stephen is slated to go.Andrew would love to hear form you. His e-mail address is: aschmidt12@kijabe.net
Thanks for praying for us during this transition.
Love you all,
Rodger, Lynne and Stephen
3 comments:
Oh, I will definitely keep you all in my prayers. I could just feel your emotion in the words you wrote. And the video brought tears to my eyes. May God give you His peace during this time of separation.
Much love, Pam Loomis
Rodger and Lynne...
Mark 10:28-31
Then Peter began to say to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You.”
So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
You have His word on it.
Thanks for being living sacrifices in the service of the Lord.
Chris
My tears join with yours! How have these babies grown up so fast that now they are off on their own? We entrust them to the Lord and know that He has a plan to prosper them but it is hard still to let go. Robert and I understand the pysical pain you refer to very well. Know that in our prayers we pray for comfort for you as we were comforted by the Lord. Andrew will continue to be in our prayers during this new journey into manhood. We pray for your mommy and daddy hearts. Also, we pray for Stephen during this time where he will come to reallize how much he really did like his big brother even though he picked on him :)
We love you guys.
The Bradleys
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