Hey guys. Happy March to you!! I wanted to give you an update on our lives: where we are at, and what we are up to. Thanks to the Sandstrom family we have a house to live in here in Wisconsin and the church has graciously given us a van to drive.( How amazing is that?).
A Christian school in the area has been kind to allow Cale to attend for a much reduced price. He is really enjoying being back in a Christian environment and attending the same school as his cousins. Sophie is doing a homeschool program called Options. She is a task-oriented, motivated, hard working student and is doing well with this program. She desperately misses her friends in Papua and can't wait to go back. Today she will be going in to a local school to speak in two World Cultures classes about Indonesia. I have started working at a Nursing Care Home and love getting to know the residents, and establish relationships with them. Sophie works there as well a few evenings a week. This has helped us out financially as well as being a great ministry opportunity for both of us.
Garth is working on raising our support. Currently we are at 75% (WOOHOO!). Our goal is to get back to Indo by May. Several of our dorm kids that we have had since 7th grade will be graduating and leaving, along with some of our best friends that will be moving back to Canada, and two of the dorm kids we had years ago will be getting married in Papua and Emma is in the wedding. These are special events and we would really love to be there for them. Once we reach 100% support we will be able to go back. Please continue to pray for God to raise up people to partner with us for our last year.
Over spring break we will be travelling to Virginia to connect with churches and friends about our ministry. Please pray for God to use that time to get our support to 100%.
Wyatt is in LaGrande, Oregon working at a Christian camp and hoping to begin training as a wildland firefighter in April or May. He is doing real well. There is a wonderful family that has "adopted" him and we are so thankful for them. Emma is finishing up her freshman year at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, AR. We took a trip to see her last month and it did my heart good to see her school, meet her friends, and see her life there. She has been doing a lot of high ropes/zipline etc. training to get certified to work this summer. We miss our kiddos and love on them as much as we can from afar. It has been a blessing to be in almost the same time zone as them instead of 16 hours ahead when we are in Indo. What a blessing to be in a land with internet so we can call and video chat with them.
Well, I guess that about sums it all up. If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask. If you want more info about our ministry you can go to:
www.maf.org/erickson or email us, we can send you stuff.
We love you guys. Thanks for always caring about us!
Hope your day is happy!
Rachel
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