More Travels

April has almost disappeared from the calendar, and we want to share a little bit about our month. We spent most of it in Alaska, visiting friends, updating people on what God is doing in our lives and attending a wonderful wedding of some special friends (Dan & Brie Lathrop). We are so grateful for the opportunity to once again visit this majestic state and for the hospitality we were shown by dear friends. (Thanks so much). We arrived back in Wyoming on the 17^th; our flying went very smooth, which was a huge blessing. We have seen our Doctor here in Cheyenne and got all caught up with the needed tests etc. Having the ultrasound was a special time for our family and we got some wonderful pictures of our baby’s face. Everything looks good, so we are thankful to hear that! Last weekend, the 21^st and 22^nd, we had the chance to travel to Newcastle, WY and present the path God has chosen for our family to a special group of believers at Gateway Fellowship. We were greatly encouraged by this church and their interest in missions. The rest of this last week we have been planning and packing for our trip to Saskatchewan for MDP, and saying more goodbyes to our friends who will soon be graduating from Frontier and moving on. This has been a very brief glimpse of our month, and in some ways it feels like a chapter of our lives is coming to a close and a new one will begin at MDP. We are looking forward to eight weeks in one place and all the learning we get to do. Please continue to pray for us, thanks so much for all the ways you are encouraging and supporting us. We will be giving updates on life and MDP so check back more often for new reading!! We do have contact information for our time in Canada, our address till the 23^rd of June will be:

Joel and Amanda Sewell
MDP
General Delivery
Timber Bay, SK S0J 2T0
Canada

Moving

March 15^th at 8:00 AM our family driving a very large moving truck and pulling our car left Sturgis, Michigan and headed west. Three weeks before this we had no clear idea of how we were moving our stuff. The Lord provided for Dawn (Joel’s mother) to move some of her things she had been storing in Michigan to her new home in Colorado. This worked out very well because we were able to drive her items out and use space on the truck (90% of the truck is her "stuff") for the rest of our things as well. We had a wonderful trip! Abigail really enjoyed the “big truck” and sitting right in the middle where both of her parents could be helpful. It was a special time in which our family just enjoyed being together and the excitement of moving. We made it as far as Lincoln, Nebraska our first day, and after a restful night got back on the road. We arrived about 5:30 PM on Saturday in LaGrange Wyoming. That evening we unloaded our boxes from the truck, and we able to attend our church on Sunday morning and connect with friends. Sunday evening we drove down to Colorado and Monday we were able to help unload the truck with Dawn. All the details of this trip went very well and again we thank all of you who helped in packing, moving, and loading. We are grateful to have so many willing hands available to help. Since arriving in Wyoming we have attempted to get settled (the Lord has provided a furnished home that we can stay in, just our family-yeah!) and enjoy lots of time with dear friends in the area. Joel and I spent time this past week in Colorado Springs focusing in on our marriage, while Abigail stayed with her Uncle Brad and Aunt April in Cody, Wyoming. We have been refreshed in many ways and very thankful for the Lord’s continued grace and working on our lives. Due to a late Wyoming storm we are a day late in retrieving our daughter and flying out to Alaska a day latter than planned, so we have had a little bit of adventure on our hands as well!

I keep thinking about something I wrote in January. As I sat and pondered all the details and confusion of the coming months I remember getting overwhelmed and having no choice but to give all that to the Lord, and I want to pause right now and give Him the Glory. He has orchestrated every detail in a way that works out perfectly. (Not always the easiest or most fun in our mind, yet hindsight shows us it was the best) As we look ahead to the next few months I see more busyness and moving around and lots of unknown details. And yes, we are tired; we’d be lying to say otherwise. But we rest in this: We can trust the Lord to be our strength and to work out the unknown details. He is faithful and we rejoice in Him.

Thanks for all the love you’ve shown to our family, we appreciate you!

What We’ve Been Doing

Greetings from Wyoming! For all you faithful blog readers, sorry for the long space between new postings; since we last left a message our lives have accelerated to an even faster, hectic rate.

February began in a whirlwind. We had lots of wonderful opportunities to share in home meetings and we were also soaking up time with friends and family in Michigan because we knew our time there was coming to an end. We were truly blessed to have so many precious moments with the people who have laid the foundation of our lives. Thanks again to those of you that took time to be with us and opened your homes so we could share about what God is doing in our lives.

March looked much the same way as February only more intense as the time grew closer to leave for Wyoming. We also spoke in two churches, which included to quick trip to Ohio, and a Sunday morning west of Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was a blessing to meet new faces and see new excitement for what God in both of these gatherings of believers. The other time taker was packing, and organizing our things so we could move smoothly. Since we are moving into Canada our things need to be labeled well and itemized to help the border crossing happen with ease, we also want to take all our things the first time so we don’t have to pay tax latter.

From all these moments we have many stories we would love to share with you but for the sake of eyes we will highlight a few:

At the beginning of March we were able to meet with fellow InterAct missionaries Dale and Carol Smith, (see picture) for a long breakfast. Dale fills the position of Canada’s Native Ministries Director (which means he’s our boss) and we also have the privileged of being mentored by this couple.

We have also managed to have a couple check ups for the baby, that have shown everything is going well and right on schedule. We are all growing more excited as the time draws closer.

This was busy time for us, yet the Lord provided strength, and health, and rich fellowship. We are so thankful to all of you who made it special and grateful to the Lord for all His provision. May He get the Glory!!!