August Update From the Simmons
Posted on August 10, 2007 - Filed Under General News, Praises, Prayer Requests |
Dear Friends and Family, We want to thank you for your direct impact on our lives and ministry through prayer. Praise the Lord for the way He has been providing for us through our first full month of unemployment! He has moved on hearts of individuals and churches across the country to send gifts of encouragement, and we will be forever grateful. AND, as of today, Eddy can hear well, as he got his new hearing aids today thanks to the amazing generosity of a brother and sister in Christ! We are praising the Lord for sounds previously taken for granted—the soft voice of a child, the crinkle of paper, the ability to hear in a restaurant, and the list goes on…. Another praise to the Lord for the opportunity for Eddy to preach this Sunday at a church in our area which is searching for a pastor. Eddy was already scheduled to “fill in” this week, and then the search committee interviewed Eddy for the first time this week, as well, which is a great advantage for him since they will get to hear his heart for the Lord and see his energy level as he preaches, too. Eddy has been very honest and forthright about his chronic pain on his resume, so he doesn’t really look like a good candidate “on paper”. So we are praising the Lord for orchestrating the timing of this interview and preaching engagement. Please pray for Eddy as he brings God’s Word Sunday and as we seek the Lord’s will. We have not been able to get the MRI of Eddy’s lower back that the neurosurgeon requested, because insurance would not pay until Eddy did physical therapy (for those who do not know, he has begun having pain issues in his lower back/hips/legs). So, he has been doing PT these last few weeks. Instead of helping, they have made the pain much worse! We will be going to Cleveland Clinic in Ohio on August 28, to be seen by the neurology department there. They are supposed to be experts in diagnostics, and we are praying fervently that they will be able to put “the pieces of the puzzle together” to figure out what has been causing all this pain. This is our last medical resource (that we are aware of), and our insurance runs out September 7, so please join us in crying out to the Lord for a conclusion, once and for all. God is seldom early, and NEVER too late!!! We have started back to our homeschooling, knowing that we will need to take time off for moving (when the Lord reveals where He wants us!) and time off for Eddy and I to return to Kenya to pack up our house and say final goodbyes to our precious Kenyan/Samburu friends. This will be hard but is so very necessary for closure, both for us and for those that we worked and lived so closely with. We are trusting our Lord, Jehovah-Jireh, to provide all that will be needed. He is so faithful!! As you pray for us, please don’t forget to pray for the Samburu. Pray that the few Samburu believers will be bold to tell others. When we make our trip to Kenya, we will be taking back 25 solar players with the Bible stories in the Samburu language embedded in them. Pray with us that the Lord will clearly show us how to get these into just the right hands for the Gospel to be heard and accepted all across Samburuland! May the Lord richly bless each of you for your continual, effective, fervent prayers that are accomplishing much for His Kingdom’s sake, His Name’s sake, and for His glory. We love you! Amanda, Eddy, and the boys “But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.” Psalm 73:28
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