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 Thank you for continuing to remember us despite the lack of news for a couple of months. We are grateful to the Lord who has enabled us to settle here in Bristol for a while.
We have now become members at Bradley Stoke Evangelical Church and are enjoying getting stuck in to church life there. It was a painful decision to leave Philip Street where I (Paul) grew up. Our dear friends there have been so faithful in supporting us over our years in Africa, but we felt it right to join with our local church, where we feel we can be more fully engaged.
My work in the International office of AIM is interesting and I am getting a lot of pleasure from helping people in the office solve their problems and addressing the Information Technology needs of the mission as a whole. I am currently working on a new web-based system which is intended to help with matching people from different sending countries to the needs in the African countries where AIM is working - it's a more complex system than I've ever developed before and quite a challenge to get it right for countries with very limited internet access. In December there will be an important meeting of the International Council IT committee and I will be responsible for making a number of new policy proposals.
Please pray for the staff of AIM's UK office. They have all moved from London to Nottingham and have the huge task of re-establishing the office as well as trying to keep the administration going. Amongst many other things they look after receiving the gifts we depend on for our support. In future please use the new address for any gifts towards our support - 3 Halifax Place, Nottingham, NG1 1QN (Tel. 0115 9838120). Because of the move we still don't know what support has been coming in for us since we left Wycliffe, so we do apologise if we have not acknowledged any gift you may have sent.
Last week we finally finished completely redecorating our house in Bridgend and refitting the kitchen. It is now on the market at last. We are glad that house prices there have been rising over the summer whilst prices in Bradley Stoke (where we hope to buy) seem to be falling somewhat.
All the children are doing well. Christopher seems to be settling well into senior school, whilst Emma is enjoying year 6 and looks forward to joining him next year. Luke is a very happy little chap. He still wakes for a feed 3 times in the night, but he does go back to sleep pretty quickly so we can't really grumble.
I will be making a trip back to Abidjan October 3-13 to sort out our belongings and either bring them back, sell them or give them away. I have mixed feelings about it - it will be nice to see friends there, but not to say goodbye.
The Bété work still seems to be making progress in Ivory Coast despite the difficulties of the fragile peace that holds there. Please pray particularly for Carlos and Mariam's young son David who seems to have sustained damage to a nerve when he was given an injection in his bottom. This has affected the control of his foot. They have been advised that it might be treatable with physiotherapy, but are concerned about how they will meet the costs. Pray for Carlos as he works on his Doctorate. He really would have liked to get started on Bible translation but SIL have advised him to wait until he can have more consultant help. That depends on the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire becoming more stable.
If you would like to invite us to your church or a home meeting to talk about the work we are involved in through AIM, please give us a call or write to us.
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