Segaar-King February Update

NOTE: We sent out this update as an e-mail on February 1, 2017!  Sharon and Vivian are now back in Haiti.

Dear Friends and Family:

As I (Sharon) write this update from Michigan with Vivian while my husband is in Haiti with our other three kids, I think fondly of you all as our cloud of witnesses.  You have each touched us and supported us in so many ways.  Hebrews 12 says, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us . . .”  This last month has been a month of weariness, but also one of fixing our eyes on Jesus and feeling surrounded by a cloud of witnesses.  I had to take Vivian to Michigan for medical treatment due to persistent abdominal pain.  Though the treatment she received in Michigan has helped, Vivian will be taking several medications for the foreseeable future.  Meanwhile,  Zach has been fathering three of our children, working with Calvin Seminary intern Cara DeHaan,  receiving our new missionary family (Cody, Jessica, and Hudson Zuiderveen), and coordinating a team from Sussex CRC.  Soon Vivian and I will return soon to Haiti so that our family can be reunited for a few short days before Zach has to travel.    Thanks for being our cloud of witnesses in times of joy and weariness.  Here are some prayer requests and praises.

Please join us in giving thanks for:

1.       Political stability in Haiti.  The election season has finally concluded after five years of false starts.  Please pray that Haiti’s new president (Jovenel Moise) and other elected leaders would seek God’s will for the country.

2.       Cara DeHaan’s successful internship.  We pray that God will bless Cara in her future ministry. 

3.       We give thanks that Vivian is feeling some better and that we have survived the five weeks of family separation.

4.       The graduation of eleven Timothy Leadership Training students in Jean Rabel in January.  The graduates will start doing their own training of Christian leaders in February.

Please join us in praying for:

1.       Pray that Vivian will fully recover from this illness and that her pain will go away completely. 

2.       Pray that God will allow us a few moments of rest as we are exhausted physically and mentally.

3.       Pray for the Zuiderveens as they adjust to living in Haiti.  In a few days they will begin their language learning posting in Pignon, Haiti, for three months. 

4.       Pray for a candidate for our open missionary position in Haiti https://crwm.org/opportunity/promotions-assistant-haiti

5.       Pray for Zach as he will give his oral defense for his PhD in New Testament on 14 February in Amsterdam.  Lord willing he will become the Reverend DOCTOR Zachary King!