Moore family update

A Little Gardening

 

                                                                   Rice Farming



 

Words for rice:

Sawah = rice field

Nasi = cooked rice

Beras = uncooked rice kernals

Padi = rice plant while growing

Nasib = destiny

Reinventing the Wheel

 

There seems to be no end to the things we thought we knew how to do, that now we are having to re-learn. From little things like how to pay at the grocery store (praise that there is a grocery store!) to bigger things like how to communicate with our neighbors and how to get enough internet service to actually send a newsletter. Part of me really wants to plant some tomatoes...the other part knows that that, too, will be something I must re-learn, and I am not sure I am up for that just yet. Luckily, it is tomato planting season year round here, so I can put that off a little longer! So far our struggles have been few and seemingly trivial (praise!) and I am humbled to realize that God cares enough to help out with those too. He really does provide everything we need...even the small stuff...just when we need it. And so, perhaps our complete dependence on Him is exactly how it should be...after all...I can't make a tomato grow anyway...I can just do my part...and trust that He will do His.

 

                                                                               Lucy

 

Thankful

We have so much to be thankful for. Since it is Lucy's birth month, I will share a story about her. So, about two weeks ago, it was Lucy's turn to have a cold, and about a week into it, she seemed to be getting a little worse. In fact over the course of a day, she really didn't want to eat, or play, and her chest started rattling when she breathed. Of course, we noticed this last bit as we were heading out the door to fellowship with some new friends. The international medical clinic is open 24/7, so we decided to make a brief showing at our friends' house, then take Lucy after that. Our friends started praying for Lucy, and she began getting better! She started playing contentedly and ate all her supper. Her breathing improved, too, and needless to say, we did not end up going to the doctor. She has not looked back...she is completely healthy! Praise the Lord!


                                             Here's what some locals were up to recently.

Prayer Requests Praise! We arrived safely! Peace in Adjusting and patience in learning language and culture here. Praise! That the Lord has provided school opportunities for Norine, Silas, and Biggi beginning in August. That the Lord will continue His perfect provision. Balinese persons of peace, that we would be drawn together. Young Balinese house churches...that they would continue and multiply! Our families...that the Lord would grant them joy and comfort in our journey Our children...that their excitement would be contagious! Our team...that the Lord would be the center and focus of its forming! Love, Patience, Peace and Joy!