Update from the Burketts
Dear Friends and Family,
We finally made it back home. After 6 different airports, 5 different planes, 3 meals on an overseas flight, 2 different continents, and 1 long day - we finally made it home. There is never an easy way to travel it seems but we made it, our luggage made it and we are now in our own beds at night.
Thank you for praying. When we arrived at our home Saturday night, we were welcomed with the smell of freshly baked M&M cookies, a very clean house, and little presents on each of our beds. Thanks to both Sophia, our short-term missionary who has become a part of our family, and Susanna, another of our team members. What a blessing these two young women have been!
Of course, we were also greeted with so many memories of Andrew. Step by step, we continue to walk with our Lord and Savior. Thank you for your continued prayers. We will continue to let you know how we are doing. In the meantime though, there are a couple of things we just continue to ask you to pray for…
· Most importantly, tomorrow, our neighbor Natasha wants to come over for tea. She called me today asking when we got home and why we didn’t call. Natasha has been in a Bible study that I led a few years ago. She is an unbeliever and she wants to come over and talk tomorrow. Please pray for her salvation.
· Secondly, when the doctors were fighting for Andrew’s life, the night he died, we were praying outside the ambulance that God’s will would be done, whether that meant Andrew would get better, or go home to be with his Savior. When we went to church yesterday, we learned about the salvation of one of Andrew’s friends. Volvo, a 15-year-old boy who comes with his mother to our small group, came to know Jesus Christ as his personal Savior.
We are reminded of what Jesus says…
“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,
it remains by itself alone;
but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
He who loves his life loses it;
and he who hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.”
John 12:24-25
Thank you for your continued love and prayers for our family!
In His Loving Care,
Herb, Kim, Josh, Ashley, and Jacob
Serving with SEND International
Lutsk, Ukraine
We finally made it back home. After 6 different airports, 5 different planes, 3 meals on an overseas flight, 2 different continents, and 1 long day - we finally made it home. There is never an easy way to travel it seems but we made it, our luggage made it and we are now in our own beds at night.
Thank you for praying. When we arrived at our home Saturday night, we were welcomed with the smell of freshly baked M&M cookies, a very clean house, and little presents on each of our beds. Thanks to both Sophia, our short-term missionary who has become a part of our family, and Susanna, another of our team members. What a blessing these two young women have been!
Of course, we were also greeted with so many memories of Andrew. Step by step, we continue to walk with our Lord and Savior. Thank you for your continued prayers. We will continue to let you know how we are doing. In the meantime though, there are a couple of things we just continue to ask you to pray for…
· Most importantly, tomorrow, our neighbor Natasha wants to come over for tea. She called me today asking when we got home and why we didn’t call. Natasha has been in a Bible study that I led a few years ago. She is an unbeliever and she wants to come over and talk tomorrow. Please pray for her salvation.
· Secondly, when the doctors were fighting for Andrew’s life, the night he died, we were praying outside the ambulance that God’s will would be done, whether that meant Andrew would get better, or go home to be with his Savior. When we went to church yesterday, we learned about the salvation of one of Andrew’s friends. Volvo, a 15-year-old boy who comes with his mother to our small group, came to know Jesus Christ as his personal Savior.
We are reminded of what Jesus says…
“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,
it remains by itself alone;
but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
He who loves his life loses it;
and he who hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.”
John 12:24-25
Thank you for your continued love and prayers for our family!
In His Loving Care,
Herb, Kim, Josh, Ashley, and Jacob
Serving with SEND International
Lutsk, Ukraine
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