42 and counting... While Chad did recently celebrate a birthday, it was not his 42nd - that was quite a while ago! However, after about 3 months of being in the Sacramento area, Chad's travels resume tomorrow with a trip to Colorado for the annual EMI Directors Conference. In early April he will be in India office for a short time, followed up with a trip with Shanthi to Canada to see Chesna graduate from University! Shortly after that, he is off to the Middle East to support the EMI office there. Chad has a tendency to keep track of random things, such as places we have stayed overnight since we left Cambodia. The count is now up to 42 and will grow significantly over the next 3 months - as long as travel continues to open up and no COVID related restrictions get in the way! On the home front... While in Sacramento, we have had the privilege of helping with a few different organizations with our extra time. One has been the Sacramento Bike Kitchen, which is a low cost community bike shop. At the end of the year they were able to donate over 50 used kids bikes to recently arrived refugees in the area. We spend a few nights volunteering to get the bikes ready to roll while honing our bike repair skills! Shanthi has also been working at our local Target! When we returned to the USA Shanthi thought it would be great to get seasonal jobs at a place where she could be active and meet new people. She has developed some good relationships and has been able to encourage her co-workers in many different ways. Ministry update... Both Chad and Shanthi are involved in various ways. Chad continues to work part time supporting the various EMI offices in his region. Shanthi has just started a home group learning about befriending our Muslim neighbors. Her group is looking forward to going out to a Halal market and visiting a mosque in the next couple of months. We are both also volunteering at our church's grocery distribution outreach and at an Arab community center.
Financial update... Thank you to everyone who made a year end or new year contribution! We realized that the link in our last newsletter was not working. Below is the correct link, if you would like to sign up or contribute a one time financial gift.
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