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Can you believe it is already September? We left Mozambique in May for what we thought would be a few weeks or maybe a month. As most of you know Nathan became ill with Vivax malaria in December of 2006. He was treated for the malaria, but became sick once again just a couple weeks later. With many trips to the doctors in MZ and many different diagnoses we found ourselves no further ahead in April. At the end of April we traveled to our doctor in South Africa. Upon leaving that doctors office we better understood just how sick Nathan was. The diagnosis was that the Vivax Malaria was never effectively treated, and the correct medicine was ordered to treat it. When Nathan was done with the cycle of medicine we once again traveled to South Africa for a doctors appointment. At the direction of the doctors and with the peace of God, we decided to return to the States for what we thought would be a short period of time. Over the course of the next two months Nate went to 3 different doctors and they couldn’t find anything. They said that his body is so worn out from having malaria for so long that it’s just going to take time to get better. He is still experiencing headaches, body aches, nausea, vomiting and dizziness.
During this same time Deanna’s fathers bone cancer came back in the form of a tumor in his spine. In our time back the family has experienced many ups and downs in regards to his health. He has been undergoing a number of rounds of radiation treatments and last month he started receiving chemo treatments. On August 31 he broke his arm and at the following appointments his doctors decided to discontinue any form of treatment.
As the months passed we continually sought Gods direction. We finally saw that it was time for us to leave the field early. We are planning on going back to Mozambique in the next month or two for a couple of weeks to pack up our house and to say our good-byes at least for now. We are still waiting for medical approval to travel. Our scheduled term (of 4 years on the filed) would end in June of 2008, and our plans had been to take a study leave and allow Nathan to complete his Masters of Divinity. So, Nathan is now enrolled to start schooling in January at George Fox Evangelical Seminary. This course will take Nate about 3 years to complete. We will stay connected with OMS during this time, helping with OMS NW regional work and with ECC training in Africa. At this time we don’t know where the Lord will take us after Nate’s schooling is finished but we know the Lord knows and we find our peace in that.
We would ask you to pray about continuing to support us to allow us to travel to OMS fields and assist with ECC pastoral training. We will not be receiving a salary or support during Nathans schooling. We want to thank you all so much for your sacrificial giving to permit us to serve our Lord and Savior in Mozambique. Please continue to pray for the ECC work in MZ. Currently there are no other missionaries to step into our ministry, but the ministry will continue under the direction of Juka Fernando, our Mozambican brother. Because of your giving we have seen over 6000 decisions for Christ and have initiated about 40 churches. All glory to God!
Your Brothers in Christ,
The Glancy’s
Can you believe it is already September? We left Mozambique in May for what we thought would be a few weeks or maybe a month. As most of you know Nathan became ill with Vivax malaria in December of 2006. He was treated for the malaria, but became sick once again just a couple weeks later. With many trips to the doctors in MZ and many different diagnoses we found ourselves no further ahead in April. At the end of April we traveled to our doctor in South Africa. Upon leaving that doctors office we better understood just how sick Nathan was. The diagnosis was that the Vivax Malaria was never effectively treated, and the correct medicine was ordered to treat it. When Nathan was done with the cycle of medicine we once again traveled to South Africa for a doctors appointment. At the direction of the doctors and with the peace of God, we decided to return to the States for what we thought would be a short period of time. Over the course of the next two months Nate went to 3 different doctors and they couldn’t find anything. They said that his body is so worn out from having malaria for so long that it’s just going to take time to get better. He is still experiencing headaches, body aches, nausea, vomiting and dizziness.
During this same time Deanna’s fathers bone cancer came back in the form of a tumor in his spine. In our time back the family has experienced many ups and downs in regards to his health. He has been undergoing a number of rounds of radiation treatments and last month he started receiving chemo treatments. On August 31 he broke his arm and at the following appointments his doctors decided to discontinue any form of treatment.
As the months passed we continually sought Gods direction. We finally saw that it was time for us to leave the field early. We are planning on going back to Mozambique in the next month or two for a couple of weeks to pack up our house and to say our good-byes at least for now. We are still waiting for medical approval to travel. Our scheduled term (of 4 years on the filed) would end in June of 2008, and our plans had been to take a study leave and allow Nathan to complete his Masters of Divinity. So, Nathan is now enrolled to start schooling in January at George Fox Evangelical Seminary. This course will take Nate about 3 years to complete. We will stay connected with OMS during this time, helping with OMS NW regional work and with ECC training in Africa. At this time we don’t know where the Lord will take us after Nate’s schooling is finished but we know the Lord knows and we find our peace in that.
We would ask you to pray about continuing to support us to allow us to travel to OMS fields and assist with ECC pastoral training. We will not be receiving a salary or support during Nathans schooling. We want to thank you all so much for your sacrificial giving to permit us to serve our Lord and Savior in Mozambique. Please continue to pray for the ECC work in MZ. Currently there are no other missionaries to step into our ministry, but the ministry will continue under the direction of Juka Fernando, our Mozambican brother. Because of your giving we have seen over 6000 decisions for Christ and have initiated about 40 churches. All glory to God!
Your Brothers in Christ,
The Glancy’s
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