To our dear Hopwood family-
Just wanted to let you know that our family was thinking about you today and missing you... We have some recorded Hopwood services from last year that we like to listen to for our family worship times-- Katy insists that the boys listen to and enjoy some hymns, and it somehow gives us an odd sense of being there with you at times when we would rather be elsewhere! We listened to one of those services this morning.
There is truly nothing like Hopwood service here in Kenya! We love the creaking floor, the crying children, the shuffle of bulletins; and those are just the small things! It's the voices that really bring us home. Who is that reading scripture? That's Tim D leading the singing. No doubt that was Eric P praying after the offering. Traci S led that song. Someone new shared the communion meditation-- we can't wait to meet you. Did you hear that- Dan and Kim were there that Sunday. And can you imagine, everyone is eating together downstairs to eat after the second service...
We are busy here-- teaching church leaders, sharing in the lives of those in the body of Christ here. We are short-handed on the side of missionaries these days, but we are finding some of our best teammates to be our Turkana brothers and sisters-- I just wish they came with some more of their own funding!
Thank you all for continuing to support us and the work that God is doing here in Turkana. We missionary types have a hard time knowing where home is most of the time-- which often confirms for us the reality that our citizenship is in the Kingdom of God. While that sounds nice, we still long for a place to call home. Please know that you are the faces and the voices we see and hear when people ask us where home is. We've really been missing you lately.
Love,
Kip, Katy, Patrick and Brian
Note: You can write Kip and Katy via the Contact form at their website, or send them a letter at: Box 381 Lodwar 30500 Kenya, East Africa
