Dear Family, Friends and Supporters of our Ministry:
At this holiday season of the year, we are realizing yet again HOW BLESSED WE ARE!
As we look back over the past year of what God has accomplished in us and through us, we are amazed! We are excited for what this New Year will bring. We know that it will mean change from what we have known and have become comfortable with yet we also know that our heavenly father is faithful and will walk with us through this transition in our lives.
We were approved as missionaries to Namibia on April 22, Darrell then resigned as the Pastor of the church in Killarney, MB at the end of May. We have travelled more than 40,000 kilometers in raising awareness of the calling that God has placed on our lives. We see this as a great opportunity to express how we need to pray for those living in a country that is often unsafe and very poor. We live in a wealthy and safe country and if we can cause others to be compelled to pray for those in desperate situations, then we have succeeded.
Our girls continue to do well in school and have a wonderful youth group and church here in Killarney. I know they have received so much spiritual and emotional mentorship. This is so helpful to them as they are preparing to leave their friends and community in the next few months. We are speaking as proud parents, but they really are mature and sensitive girls, they see past their own desires. We are so proud of them.
I(Sharon) continue to work full time at Credit Union and will continue until it is financially possible to resign. I love my job and will be sad to leave my co-workers and the people that I interact with. I am asked many times each day about our future and am happy to speak on behalf of the Namibians we will be serving.
We want to thank you for your love and support for all that we are doing!
Together we know that many people will come to know the great love of Jesus. We will see a beautiful freedom from bondages, poverty, alcoholism, depression, diseases and loneliness as Christ love’s becomes real to people.
We covet your prayer in the areas: Finances- that the remainder of the monthly funds we need will come in, for safety as we travel, for our house to sell so that we can go debt free, for the two million people that call Namibia home and the many needs in that country.
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and New Year, and pray that the birth of Jesus will have a fresh meaning this year as you enjoy and contemplate the birth of our Savior---and, we might add---His imminent return!
Walking in His steps,
Darrell, Sharon, Catherine & Julia Desrosiers
