Lesotho: A season of suffering

A season of We praise the Lord that no one apparent that they would need to was hurt, but the airplane was return home for an indefinite time to suffering damaged beyond repair. This was the airplane that we had waited so seek healing. Our hearts are hurting with them long for and which finally arrived in in this time and it is our prayer that LESOTHO Lesotho in May of this year. The Lord God would bring healing and return gives and he takes away. them to us in the near future. The “The Lord gave and the Lord has In early October we sent a family Lord gives and he takes away. taken away; may the name of the back to the U.S. for medical reasons. In the midst of our pain, God Lord be praised” (Job 1:21). Jason and Joselyn had been here offers us hope: the promise of new

The months before Christmas for nearly a year when it became life. Sebastian Malcolm Thiemann were very difficult for us as we arrived on February 9 and another seemed to be going through a time of increased suffering. In a six-week Everything seemed okay until little one is expected to arrive in May. God is so good! May the name period we experienced the death just prior to touch-down when of the Lord be praised! of three Basotho friends. Two were former MAF employees and the third a gust of wind came up and Kari Peters was the YWAM Lesotho Director. played havoc with the controls. Melvin and Kari Peters (La Crete)

These men were all dearly loved serve with Mission Aviation and will be greatly missed. Fellowship. We trust that God fulfilled his purposes in their lives and that it was time to call them to their eternal home. A number of us on the MAF Lesotho team have also been affected by the deaths of loved ones back home, including Melvin’s uncle Henry Siemens. The PHOTOS: KARI PETERS Lord gives and he takes away. An airplane crashed at Methaleneng, a challenging airstrip Martin Busa, former loader and fueller for MAF

On September 23 we in Lesotho. The airplane was damaged beyond repair. Lesotho and a very dear friend of the Peters. experienced the dreaded “Mayday, Mayday” radio call as one of our pilots landed at Methalaneng, Planning for TRU 2010? one of the most challenging airstrips in Lesotho. Everything seemed okay EMC Youth Leaders’ Retreat until just prior to touch-down when October 15-17, 2010 a gust of wind came up and played Wilderness Edge, Pinawa, Man. havoc with the controls. Registration deadline: Sept. 24, 2010

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