Merry Christmas!

Dear Family and Friends,

We just wanted to let you know that we will have Skype up and be signed in all day on Christmas--which in Malawi is now.


Grace and Peace,

The Carlisles

Just a few pictures

Hi All,

We just had to share a few pictures with you. What a happy little boy we have these days. We are so thankful. He's also BIG--up above 15 pounds from his original 7. Gwen and Sam are great help.

Cheese!!

Brothers

So pretty!

Reading Day: Samuel was an octopus from his  Under the Sea book and Gwen was Cinderella.

We love Saturday mornings!!!! 

Aww!!!

Thank You

Dear Family and Friends,

Thank you for your kindness and generosity! We have not received the detailed report for our support account, but based on what was deposited at the beginning of the month we can tell that you have responded to our needs. Whether it was a one time gift or an increase of regular monthly support, we are so grateful for the extra help. We have been reminded that the Lord knows our needs before we even ask and He delights to use His people as His hands and feet.


Grace and Peace,

Brian and Scharlie

Malawi Vol.8

Celebrating 12 years!

I just wanted to briefly mention the almost unbelievable fact that we have been married for 12 years. (Having been married in 2000, it’s always easy to keep track of.J) The morning of July 15^th we mentioned to the children that it was our anniversary. Gwen immediately said to Sam, “We need to go work on something.” Not too long after, as we were getting ready for church, in they came with gift bags and home-made cards. From Gwen we received a carved wooden elephant someone had given her fairly recently and from Sam a plastic crocodile, a plastic dinosaur and a small dump truck. What generosity!! The other funny thing was that Samuel (for at least a week) used our anniversary as a good reason to do any special fun thing he wanted to do. i.e. “Since yesterday was your anniversary, can we watch a movie and have popcorn?” or “Since your anniversary was last week, can we have some candy?” At least they know it is something to celebrate.

Update on Academy Staffing Needs

I just want to thank you for your prayers. The Lord has blessed on the creativity and insight side of the previous post. We are going to be filling the positions internally. Please pray for the 12 staff members involved in this change!

Also as our new staff members are arriving daily, pray for them to have a smooth transition to Malawi and ABC as well as that the returning staff will be gracious and helpful in serving and ministering to our new colleagues. There are also MANY preparations still to do before the first day, 20 August.

Please Pray for Two Teachers

Dear Pray-ers,

We have just had two teachers decide to not come for this year: 1st Grade and 2nd Grade.

I am asking everyone who reads this to do at least one of the following:

1. Pray for wisdom, humility, grace and creativity for all involved as we still seek to fill these positions with less than four weeks before the first day of class. Also, pray for God to send us teachers. He can still do it. 
2. Pass this on to all the educators and potential educators that you know. You never know who might know some one that knows some one... I am putting the Academy website here: http://africanbiblecolleges.net/seeking-academy-teachers/
3. Seriously consider if you might be a candidate to come. Unlikely maybe, but is not that just the way God often works!

I will look forward to letting you know how the Lord answers these prayers. 

Grace and Peace,

Brian Carlisle