Larry & Susan Weil serving in Mozambique: Finaly arrived in Sequim, WA

November 5, 2011

Our first Sequim Sunrise

After spending two weeks in Ontario and two weeks in Indiana, we have finally reached Sequim, WA, our home for the next six months. We will be at different churches during the weekends, but during the week we will be staying in our beautiful house in Sequim. We so appreciate Bill and Nancy, friends and supporters of ours who are allowing us to stay here. Our friends at Sequim Bible Church filled our pantry with all kinds of food and gave us gift certificates to the local grocery stores to buy other items we will need. Thanks so much to all of you. We are feeling spoiled.

Deer in our yard

front of our home in Sequim

Mike, Mayla, Sarah, Simon & Gabriel Thiessen

We need to back up and let you know what we have been up to since the last blog. Of course, we had a restful time at the mansion in Ontario. On our way back to Susan’s father’s place, we took a detour to visit Mike and Sarah Thiessen and to get caught up with what’s been happening in their lives. They were the family that was in Mozambique for 9 months when their 2 ½ year old son Gabriel was diagnosed with cancer and they had to return to Canada. We are glad to report that Gabriel (now five years old) has been cancer free and is doing well. Mike is the pastor of a growing church and though they miss Mozambique, they are settling into life in Canada. It was very special to see them.

Laura & Steve Kuhn & Mikayla

One of the highlights of being back in the U.S. and Canada are all the people we get to see. A special treat is seeing people that were missionaries in Mozambique. Steve and Laura Kuhn were in Mozambique for a year and we were able to attend the dedication of their daughter Mikayla.

We were able to spend a week with Susan’s father and wife Anne, and enjoyed some great meals together which included Thanksgiving with Anne’s family. It was delicious turkey and ham with all the traditional trimmings.

We left Ontario and flew to Indiana and were there for debriefing interviews with staff at OMS headquarters and also had our medical check-ups. I guess they need to make sure that we are mentally and physically able to continue on. We passed!!

Glenn (Tom) & Kris Berryman

While we were in Indiana we had dinner with Glenn and Kris Berryman, former missionaries in Mozambique. We even were able to drive to Kentucky and spend a wonderful weekend with three couples who were missionaries in Mozambique. One of those couples was Don and Aleta Hulsey who are on their home assignment time for a year. We heard Don and Aleta share at the church we attended that Sunday. It was a wonderful weekend. We also spent time with Becca (Pullin) who had served in Mozambique and her husband, Joey. They are funding to be missionaries in Mexico.

Larry & Susan, Martin & Susan Brooks, Kevin & Mindy Beck, Aleta & Don Hulsey

During our time in Greenwood, Larry spent many, many hours working on our DVD of the ministries in Mozambique. We shared in chapel at headquarters and then were featured at a mission’s conference in Terre Haute.

Now we are car shopping and getting settled into life here. We were busy last weekend at a mission’s conference at a supporting church in Port Angeles. It was close enough to us that we could drive there from our home.

We leave for three weeks this Thursday (Nov 10th) to Eastern Washington and Idaho where we'll visit Larry's Sister, Kathy and Dale Countryman, and his step-father in Coeur d'Alene, ID. We'll be sharing in Lamont, WA on the 13th in Larry's childhood home church. The next weekend we will be in Chilliwack, BC and we will be visiting family there and heading to Salem, OR for American Thanksgiving.

Now we are scheduling meetings and getting involved in different church activities. We need your prayers as we continue to travel and present the ministries in Mozambique. Pray for our team back in Mozambique as they continue to minister in Mozambique.