Dear Supporters,
It was almost a month ago that I received my visa for the UK and we have more news about our upcoming move! Over the past year or so, we have been considering what the next chapter of our live and ministry in the UK would look like. We felt certain that this is the time for us to make the transition and continue in ministry in the UK.
During the past month we have been in contact with a church in Oxford and I have been offered an opportunity in their residency program. This will allow me to gain ministry experience and mentoring while serving in a church context. We were reluctant at first as this will be an unpaid position for at least one year,. However, the residency will be part-time, allowing me to find a part-time job to offset some living expenses. After prayerful consideration, we decided that this would be the best way forward to prepare me for church ministry. Once we made that decision, other doors started opening! I will continue to oversee the MAF Tanzania operations remotely, from the UK until March 2022. We also were put in touch with a family from the UK who will be moving to Arusha early next year to serve at the maternity hospital where our church meets. They will be moving into our house and have decided to buy almost all of our household items! We put the car up for sale last week and a Young Life family arriving next month is likely going to buy it. So, that's all the big sale boxes ticked and we are very thankful for that.
Prayer Points:
The next few weeks will be hectic as I'm the only pilot in program until the end of August and we have to prepare for and complete a 5-Phase recertification process for our Air Operator's License. Thankfully, Amelia is continuing her amazing organizing, selling and packing. Please also pray that we can finish well and have time to say goodbyes even though many friends are away at the moment and there are also rising Covid numbers here.
Exactly how and when we go, is still dependent on UK travel restrictions. We will make a decision after the 25 August update; if Kenya moves to the amber list, then we will spend 10 days there, if the Kenya stays on the red list and the Ukraine on the amber list, we will go and spend 10 days in Ukraine before heading to the UK. We can trust that God is in control and will continue to provide during this transition and settling into this new season in the UK.
A lot of things happening, so please keep us in your prayers during this time.
The Combrinks
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