Missing the summertime...

Happy Valentine's Day...well yesterday for most people reading this...

We have had an incredible past two weeks. Firstly we are both well...my tonsillitis has gone down and Sarah was finally able to shake that annoying flu which hung around for four weeks.

Also...We owe a huge THANKS to everyone who has been giving and supporting us in prayer and finances for our mission trips. We have been incredibly blessed with over $1200 this week alone! My trip to Ecuador has been paid off! and we only have $835 to go for Sarah's trip to Honduras! We need this by Friday 18th February, so if you feel led to support us in this way, you can give anonymously by using the link below or our bank details are in the right hand column - every dollar counts. THANK YOU again and again to everyone who has supported us so far, it means the world to us! God is soo good.

https://www.ibssm.org/?action=donate&target=missions&student_id=210951

Ben to Ecuador - 11th - 21st March
Sarah to Honduras - 22nd - 31st March

After jumping through a few hoops...we have been successful in finding an apartment! We put the deposit down on Wednesday, and we move in on the 10th March. The new place is much newer, and is being remodeled before we move in. The complex the apartment is in has tennis/basketball courts and well as a pool, spa, sauna and pool table room, and our rent is going to be a lot cheaper. It is a huge blessing!

Once again, school has been incredible. We had an electrical engineer speak about creation and the science behind 'sound'. He had some amazing videos of experiments that he had done to show the power of sound and the spoken word. Then talked to us about how "life and death is in the power is the tongue" (Prov 18:21), and the power of our words (James). "What we speak has power and we don't always see the effects".
Also in our leadership development we had to write out ten core values (non-negotiable's) in our lives. This proved to be a bit of a challenge for me, but after reading and copying a few of Sarah's I was good. ha.

We also have the opportunity to head down into San Francisco on a ministry trip this coming weekend, which we are very excited for!!

Some friends of ours here are in need of some urgent prayer, so if you could please pray and partner with us for their healing!
1. Tim - He has stage four cancer and has also just had surgery to remove a hernia, but he is having problems with water retention, and a few other side effects. He went back into hospital today.
2. Joshua Caleb - He is a two year old boy with very aggressive cancer. His dad (Jimmy) is in my small group. The cancer first started behind his left eye, but after recent tests they have found it to have spread throughout his body.

We are declaring full and complete healing, quick recovery, and peace upon both of their families!!

We hope you are all well and loving life as much as we are! Have a great week!!