Hope deferred makes the heart sick...

...but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12

It has long been the desire of the team to stay together for our journey, yet we were waiting for God's timing on the birth of our third child. It gives me great joy to announce to you that God has fulfilled our desire and brought to us a wonderful baby daughter, Hope Aurora. She was born on Sunday, right about the time that the church was praying to commission the rest of the team! She weighed in at 7 pounds even, and was 20 1/2 inches long. Both mommy and baby are happy and healthy, and plan to be home on Tuesday. Daddy will leave his four precious girls in the capable hands of his mother-in-law, along with the rest of the church body, to join the team as they depart for Africa on Thursday.

Please praise God with us that his timing is always perfect!