The trip continues..

Hi all, 

Just wanted to give you a little update...
We are doing well and in good health.
The girls did well on the trip over and the first 16.5 hours flight wasn't as bad as we thought.

We had a great time with Chrissy's sister Cat and John in West Los Angeles. It was the first time we all got to spend time together. Keira had a blast.Thanks for hosting us guys.


We had some good meetings talking about community organizing and small business development with some SP consultants and spent some time with our new team mate Jen Chi Lee who is coming to SA in January.


We then went up to Big Bear in CA with the Servant Partners Team Leaders for a weeks conference. It was a great time of connection, healing and focus on leadership development. It was great to take some time to think about the work we are doing and the people involved and ask God for clarity and direction on how to best invest our time and energy.
It was also good to talk and relate with peers who get what we are doing and can give good council and prayer. We are thankful for the space and beauty of this time. Keira & Jordan had a good time. Jordan got past around and is not crawling and getting into things. We didn't see Keira the whole week except for bed time, which she wasn't very excited about. She was off with anyone but us, having a great time with new friends.


We are currently with Chrissy's parents in Seattle area. It has been good so far connecting and going on outings together. Chrissy & I are both tired and it has been good to get a little rest in. We are grateful for grandparents. Keira when out with them today and it was great to have the space to read and reflect.


NEXT:
Please pray for us this weekend as prepare for time with a spiritual director that is leading us through a reflection process on our work so far and person retreat. Pray that this would be restful and restoring and that the kids will do good with the Grandma & Granddad.


Thanks for your prayers and support.


The Davies
 

Servant Partners trip to USA

Hello Friends,


Just a quick update to fill you in on the latest Davies news:


We enjoyed the Soccer World Cup to the fullest here in South Africa, it felt as though we were personally hosting it ! : ) Several friends came and stayed with us and there were many a game viewed at our house! It was an incredible experience and brought many people together. We hope you received the Journey of Hope newsletter that shared about our work in South Africa which was connected to the World Cup. It was titled, "World Cup stirs hope for racial healing in South Africa."


The world cup in now over and we all have to return to reality.


We are currently in the process of buying a house and moving closer to Zandspruit, the community we work in, which has been stressful to say the least. There has been a lots of running around, chasing after people and making sure that work the seller agreed to do gets done right. In the midst of thinking about moving we are getting our family ready to head back to US for a Servant Partners Team Leader Meetings and a mini Furlough.  We are looking forward to the time but getting there will be an adventure with 2 kids. Hopefully the plane can contain Keira's energy :).


We will be in the Northwest from the 3rd of Aug to the 20th of September.


Here are the specifics:
Aug 3-8 in LA area
Aug 8-14th SP team leaders conference in Big Bear
Aug 16-22 in Seattle area (22nd visit Emerald City Bible Fellowship)
Aug 23-25 Guided Retreat for Trevor and Chrissy
Aug 26-31st Seattle Area
Sept 1-12th Portland Area (5th visit Irvington Covenant Church)
Sept 12th-19th Corvallis Area (12th visit Calvin Presbyterian 19th visit Faith Christian Fellowship: Both of these services will have gatherings to connect further)
Sept 19th Return to Seattle
Sept 21th Leave for South Africa


We would just like to ask for your prayers for the many meetings, speaking engagements as well as the dynamics of traveling with 2 young children. 
Although we would love to see everybody time just won't allow it, but we will do our best to organize a few small gatherings so we can catch up with as many as possible.


The adventure continues...