We’ve been told for months that it never rains here after November 15th. Well… the 15th came and went and the rains just kept coming. But, finally, in the last week or so the rains have called it quits and the sun has been shining. The weather has been phenomenal.
Our time here has been right in the middle of the rainy season… our afternoons have been filled with dark clouds and torrential downpours. And in many ways it has been a rainy season for our team as well. We have had some incredibly difficult times. Times of strife and conflict and resolution and forgiveness. Stresses of culture shock and we’ve personally been dealing with growing from a family of 3 to a family of 4. We have mourned with our team mates through their time of loss and through it all we’ve grown together.
Even now the rains continue to fall. I pray and hope that these rains will lead to life and growth in the light of the love of our father…
The Fletchers have been planning all along on returning to the US for a while at the end of this semester of language school. After spending some time with their supporters they plan on heading on down to Lima.
But things have changed a bit… It’s seems like a lesson I keep learning over and over… our plans don’t mean much.
This afternoon, the Fletchers boarded a plane and headed back to Texas a week earlier than planned because they recently received some very scary news from their doctors. You’d be best off just reading it in Stephanie’s own words on their blog, here. Basically, after losing their baby boy earlier in the semester, despite taking precautions against it, Stephanie had become pregnant again. After an appointment with a doctor this week where they couldn’t find the heart beat they are getting back home as soon as possible to get the best medical attention they can. Please pray for them… they need your prayers… that God will protect that little baby inside of Steph… pray that God will take them under his wing and give them comfort and peace that only he can provide… pray that the storm clouds will clear and the Fletchers can rest in the warm light of the Father.