Bandits!

Hello everyone! Things are going well in South Carolina at the moment. However, and the reason for the email update, is that things at home in St. Louis are not. We just found out that our house was broken into sometime in the last 48 hours. At the moment, and we won't know for sure until we get home, it does not appear that they got anything. Other than rifling through our belongings in the bedroom, it does not appear that they took anything. Praise the LORD! The police are taking care of it in our absence (my wife's parents are there to keep an eye on things). Pray that they catch whoever did it before they hit anybody else's house in the neighborhood. Anna's pretty upset about it, understandably, so pray for her peace of mind. One need we do have that you can pray about, which this incident underscores, is a need for new doors. The front and back doors are in terrible shape, and are original to the house. We've been needing to replace them, and the storm doors, for some time, but just haven't had the money to do so. Please pray that God will provide. We have to be gone a lot during the year, and need to know that our house is secure in our absence. Unfortunately, I'm afraid our doors don't provide much impediment to thieves at the moment. It's a legitimate need, and something will have to be done about it soon. The irony is, before we left on this trip, I was having a guy from our church, a contractor, take measurements so I could try to get a feel for what would be needed and how much it would be cost to replace these doors. Please pray about it. We have to do what we're doing if we're ever going to raise our support and get to the field. It would be nice, however, if in our frequent absences, people were not breaking in to our house and making messes for us to clean when we get home.

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