May 14, 2010
Spring Wildflowers at Picacho Peak, April 2010
Tucson Wildflowers, April 2010
More Arizona Wildflowers, April 2010
Hello again! Here are some of those beautiful spring wildflowers promised by all the winter rain. More and more cactus are now blooming, including the Arizona state flower on the Saguaro cactus – I’ll share some photos later. And with the blooming cactus comes the rising temperatures…I was originally planning to be back in Europe before summer hit the desert, but now my plan is to be in the States through the summer and travel back to France in September. I’m very thankful for air conditioning!
My fund raising is progressing, but slower than I had hoped. I’ve had a recent breakthrough for tax-deductible contributions from Europe! I’ve been welcomed to join an organization in the Netherlands that will oversee those contributions so that my European partners will have the benefit of tax-deductions. This is a great open door – and I believe my team of partners will significantly increase as a result!!! Thank you for your prayers for this – God has answered them just as He promises!
My main prayer requests continue to focus on God moving on people’s hearts to partner with me financially, and for God to guide me to new people with whom I can share about my missionary work in France. I appreciate you joining with me in prayer – thanks. The Bridge team in Paris continues to connect with people from more and more nations! I’m excited by the news that local French people are also joining The Bridge during Sunday meetings and are interested in building relationships. I can’t wait to get there and join in myself!!
In addition to making connections with friends and colleagues here in Tucson, I’ve also enjoyed meeting up with some of my former speech therapy clients. Here’s a photo of Chelsea who came to me for therapy until she was about 4 years old. She now receives therapy at her school and is making on-going progress. Her mother works for one of the churches here in town, and it was great to spend time catching up with Chelsea and her family!
Chelsea & Lora, March 2010
That’s it for now – I’ll look forward to sending another update soon! Lora
