It’s always a challenge when I sit down to write a newsletter these days. What do I write about? Our life these days is literally the same from month to month….lots of counselling appointments, lots of work to pay rent and counseling fees, not much sleep. Last month I sat down to write something and literally couldn’t think of anything new to write and today I started looking at what I wrote last month and realized that my last newsletter was September 29th…sorry!
Last time I wrote, we had just found out we were going to have to move out of the place we’ve been living since June. We had no idea where we were going to go, or even where to look. We started asking around to see if anybody we knew had any ideas that would work and there were a few options that didn’t seem too promising. A few weeks ago I got a tip that there was a church in a nearby town who had a missionary house, when I looked at my records from past home assignments I saw that I had talked to them before but the house was unavailable. I called the church again and told them about our situation. She told me that she had turned down multiple requests in the past few months, but just the day before I called they were informed that the missionaries in their house would be moving, and that the house would be available about a week before we need to be out of Avant. I said “Umm, can we have it?” We applied and were accepted, which is a huge blessing. This is a rent-free missionary house that we are able to have for the next year! I have been doing grocery deliveries about sixty hours per week since March. We’ve been paying rent and counseling fees that weren’t in our budget, and support-raising has been almost impossible with the ongoing pandemic. After the move that load will be a whole lot lighter! Thank you so much for praying for us, This is a huge answer to prayer.
I am planning a trip back to Lohutok after we move in January. I hope to reconnect with Paul, help Teresa get to school in Uganda, visit some friends, follow up with Michael who has been asking about the gospel, and play with my dogs! Thank you for being so faithful in prayer and financial support during all of these uncertain and difficult times. You are a huge blessing to us! Justin, Amy, Caleb and Ezekiel Culp
