In Transit

Being an Impromptu Electrician: (essentials for the skimmers)

• Enjoy our May 2012 video, "In Transit."
• As our Susu language gets better and better, we are turning our focus towards more opportunities to reach the people with the Gospel.
• We believe we will have the most opportunities in the capital city of our country, so we're moving.
• Joe, one of corey's wrestlers when he coached in NC, has come for 7 weeks as a volunteer.

Not Setting the House on Fire: (details for the readers)

Dear brethren and sistren,

Recently we were offered a change of scenery and we're excited to accept.  On June 1st, we moved to the capital city.  Our new residence promises some creature comfort perks like electricity and water. We praise God for this blessing as we will be able to afford to keep our refrigerator cool and we'll have enough water to take baths and wash clothes regularly.  But, this transfer is by no means about luxuries.  It's about doing what's best to minister to the needs of our family and the Susu.

As missionaries, we really stress the need for our target people groups to worship in their heart language.  Whether that be German, Mandarin, Quichua, Cherokee, or Susu it's vital for that people to worship the living God in a language that resonates with their heart.  However, what many US American missionaries forget (at least we did) is that our heart language is English.  We must worship Christ in our heart language too.  The capital city has a fellowship of expatriates that meet weekly to worship and study the Word together.  As we'll continue to seek avenues to sharpen iron with our national brothers and sisters in the Susu tongue, it's encouraging to know we too can praise Christ in our mother-tongue.

Furthermore, we are looking forward to a wide-open gamut of opportunities to share the life-saving message of Christ with any of our 1.5+ million new neighbors.  Practically, we aren't quite sure exactly what we'll be doing for the next year and a half before our three-year-term ends, but we anticipate that we will be able be more effective at building relationships and reaching the Susu for the Kingdom.  This move will hopefully decrease our time spent on day-to-day "survival" and increase our time spent reaching the lost.

Please pray for our transition to our new home.  Pray for our family to be strengthened in the Lord.  Pray for us to recognize new opportunities that the Father gives us to bring Him glory.

'til the whole world hears,
the Pendergrass clan