Final OE Update

This is the last update I will send.  Thanks for praying.  As I write this, it is 10:00am on Thursday.  I'm sure they have already departed to head to Wamena.  Please pray for a safe trip home and pray that Wyatt, Cale, and I can clean the house. ;)

Dear OE follower:

Today’s OE update just arrived: 

From Mr. Berg – Groups 5 to 8 are back!!  Praise the Lord.  So much prayer was surrounding them as they hiked.  The stories are flowing in and it sounds like people had an amazing time with the amazing people of this area.  The hikes were indeed up & down, & up again.  We are thankful that everyone has returned safely to Ibele. 

Please continue to pray for our kids.  We want to finish well!  Now that we are close to the end we are feeling a bit run down.  The cold and sniffles are zapping strength.  But praise the Lord people are persevering.  So neat to see how the HS supports and encourages.  We continue to learn how to rely on God for strength.  Today we are thankful to be back as a HS again. 

Tomorrow we will hike out of Ibele to the road and then get on buses to bring us back to Wamena.  We will sleep in the MAF and Helivida Hangars.  Then Friday morning groups 1-4 will be on the first Wings flight.  Groups 5-8 and some of the adult helpers  will be on the second wings flight. (No changes to the email information sent earlier today.)    Praise the Lord for all he is doing!  Sending love from Ibele. 

From today’s daily OE devotional: 

Divine Disclosure, by Jordan Adams

God’s wisdom is hidden,

A mystery we cannot fathom.

Yet it has been given

To free us from the chasm.

Kings and rulers of this age

Could not understand it,

For knowledge-filled pages

Are not compared to the Spirit.

Destined for our glory

Was to know Christ fully,

His life a living testimony,

Walking in perfection.

Only to pay for your debt

He was God’s selection.

Who freed you from all regret

And now you live in relation to your Lord.

His Spirit alive in you,

You are now made new.

God searches your heart

And knows you by name.

His plan is a work of art,

Run hard in the game.

You have won,

Because of God’s son.