Gaining a Son

We are adjusting to the idea that our little girl is getting married.
Sometimes, even when you know it is the right thing, it is still hard to handle change.
But God is giving us grace and wisdom and we are eagerly planning the wedding.

Joe lives in West Virginia and of course we live in North Carolina. So he and Abbey do not get to see each other very often. They average once or twice per month.  This is making it quite a challenge for them to submit to pre-marital counseling. All four of us think that it is very important for them to do this. Please pray that we will be able to work out a schedule that will allow that to happen.

Please pray for their life together that it may honor and glorify God.

Pray for the rest of us to be spiritually, physically and emotionally ready to head back to Kenya while Abbey and Connor remain in the USA.

Thank you for your faithfulness to pray,
May the New Year be filled with God's blessings.
The Fleming Family

A Wedding

For over 10 years we have been praying for our children's future mates.  That prayer has been answered for one of our children. Abbey is getting married to Joe Barnosky on February 18, 2012.  He is a strong Christian young man and we are thankful that he is going to be a part of our family.  Our God is amazing and we are grateful for such a wonderful answer to a fervent prayer.

So we need your prayers for wedding preparations.  We need your prayers for the hearts of Mom and Dad to be ready to walk our little girl down the isle. Though we are certain that Joe is the right one it is still the passing from one season of our life to another.  And with this new season we will be returning to Kenya without Abbey and Connor. God continues to prepare the way for us to have peace to do that and this step in Abbey's life is a big peace to our hearts. 

And we need your prayers as we try to make final preparations for our return to Kenya in the midst of wedding planning.  We are excited we get to be here to participate in this planning with Abbey, but it also puts a LOT on our plate to be done.

Thank you for your prayers and we pray that each of you have a very Merry Christmas!

One last Fall Together

We are grateful that all of the Flemings are living in one house again.

Our daughter Abbey moved back in with us.  We are transforming the
basement of our house into a college pad.  When Alan was working construction last winter he redeemed A LOT of thrown away lumber from the dumpster and now we have found a use for it.

It is a happy time for us and we are enjoying being together. The days when we will all be separated are coming quickly and we need your prayers for the strength to leave our 2 grown children in the US while, Alan, Leah and Ross head back to Kenya early next year. 

We are not certain on when next year, we are still working on raising our monthly support and we have not yet begun to raise the ticket money to get back.  In God's time He will provide all that we need and we are working hard to raise it while also patiently waiting for Him to provide it.

Thank you for praying for us.
The Fleming Family

A Month Gone By

It has been over a month since we left North Carolina to come to Texas.

By the end of May we will have been gone from N. Carolina for 46 days.
We will have spent 26 of those 46 days in a bed other than our own.
We will have spent 15 of those 46 days traveling over 3000 miles.
We will have packed and unpacked our suitcases TOO many times.

People say to be careful what you ask for. We asked God to fill up our calendar with speaking engagements and He has done that.  Though we feel like this traveling from place to place speaking about what God is doing in Kenya is what we need to be doing, it is also draining. On the other hand we are thoroughly enjoying being reunited with friends and family.

Please pray for our patience, our endurance. Please pray for Ross as the constant transition is difficult on him.  Pray that we will be able to provide him stability in the constant moving about. Pray for God's guidance in our speaking and for His Holy Spirit to bring in the pray partners and the financial support we need.

Thank you.
The Fleming Family

Facing Separation Again

As we head to Texas next month we will once again be separated from Abbey. We are thankful that it won't be for long, but it will be a challenge for all of us.  It will especially be difficult for Ross.

It seems like a large portion of  my (Leah) conversations with Ross center around when he will get to see Abbey on any given day.

We are praying for Ross' salvation. We are praying that Ross will come to know Jesus before we go back to Kenya. Please join us in this prayer. 

Thank you!

A month of challenges

Dear Friends,

February has been a month of challenges for us.  We are grateful to our heavenly Father who has helped us through these trials.

We have had a bad round of the flue and are thankful that everyone seems to be over it, with only a few lingering coughs.  Leah seems to have managed to dodge getting it, please pray that she continues to avoid it.

We have had several challenges with our transportation.  Alan has been using an older model truck that belongs to his brother. He has been using it to travel back and forth to work.  The truck broke down earlier in the month.  Once it was finally repaired, then the battery began to give us trouble and we had to replace it today.

We are thankful that in the midst of all these challenges we had the please of celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary.  Alan was still down with the flu, but our children and our sister-in-law prepared a lovely meal for us and we had a beautiful quiet dinner at home.

We continue to struggle financially and ask for your prayers for God's provision for our daily needs. We are planning on traveling to Texas in the middle of April and we need to have money to make that trip as well as maintain our house here in North Carolina.

Thank you for all your prayers, they keep us going every day.