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February News from Ric, Sharon and Baby
Thai people, joining our coworkers
www.ntm.org/ric_bruce
the baby’s room and to generally
by Ric Bruce This past month we have realized how blessed we are to have you, our partners, family, friends and constant supporters, praying for us. You hold a special place in our
Mike and Sandy Lynch in Northeast Thailand. Sharon is excited to paint
prepare a nice place to bring a baby home to after maternity
Language We’re so close to done in Thai
BIG changes that will be coming in
we taste Thai food every day so
the next year. As we’ve begun to
yeah, literally. We’re super
share about the new life coming
excited that this journey is
into our home in August we have
drawing to a close but saying
move 12 hours away from our new “home” in Chiang Mai to a tiny village in a far-flung part of
goodbye to our friends here in the city will be hard. We have just one more evaluation in central Thai to go. It will involve
Thailand we covet your continued
an extensive write-up of what
support and love.
we learned in the final stage of
Baby
our language program (a TON!) and a few written/spoken
We’re having a BABY! Currently
assignments translating stories
we plan to take a maternity leave
into Thai. Thank-you for your
for a few months and head back
prayers as we try to finish
to the United States to have the baby. This will mean heading back to the States before Sharon is 34 weeks along for sure but ideally before 32 weeks. That puts our
Love, Ric and Sharon
return right around the end of June/ early July. As soon as we get the paperwork (visa, passport, SS card, etc.) done for the baby in October we’ll be cleared to come back. Before having the baby and heading home, however, we’ll be moving into the village and beginning our work with the Phu
Last weekend we visited our future home to take a look at a
we mean two. J We settled on
we can almost taste it. Actually,
we can do it. As we prepare to
The Move
few housing options. By “a few”
leave.
hearts as we look forward to the
felt your support reassuring us that
strong.
We are expecting our first child in August! We’re thanking the Lord that both Sharon and the baby are healthy!
the option that is not rotten, falling down and termiteinfested: an unbuilt house. Unfortunately that decision also means we cannot move into the village until the house is done. Pray it will be completed in record timing! We are waiting on the Lord and His timing but certainly can’t help thinking to ourselves that the sooner we get out to the village the sooner we can tell the Phu Thai people about Jesus and His sacrifice for them. May God bless you richly in February and may He give you strength to face every trial you may have.