Martyns in Africa

• Packing Pro

  Posted: September 9, 2011, 8:00 pm by Taylor

  We have had the chance to do quite a bit of traveling and Avery has become a packing pro. So much so that on one recent trip, after about three days in one location, she started to put all of her toys into a box. She told me it was time to pack up! What a great little helper we have.

• Upcoming Plans

  Posted: September 7, 2011, 8:00 pm by Taylor

  Just wanted to give an overview of that the next few weeks have in store for the Martyn family. As I write this Avery is at her very first day of Preschool! When we are in town she will be attending the same school Taylor did when he was little. By the time this posts we will have left for a week in Wisconsin visiting friends and supporters. Larson will be introduced to his namesakes, the Larson family!

  Next we go to Austin the 13-16 to visit the Taylor family, friends and attend a SIM prayer meeting led by an old SIM Sudan teammate, Grace Womack. If you are in the Austin area those dates and have some free time we would love to try and meet up.

  Then we will head to Tulsa for the FUMC potluck lunch after church on the 18th! If you are in the Tulsa area we invite you to come on down to First Methodist to hear an update from us about the last two and a half years and what the Lord has let us take part in.

  After a week in Dallas playing catch up and trying to visit more of you all we will spend a week with Taylor’s family in Florida. Avery is really looking forward to the ocean and hopefully going fishing again!

  And last but not least we plan to attend JBU homecoming in early October and also share at Bridgeway Assembly of God in Shell Knob that Sunday.

  Whew, after all of that we will get some time to change our focus on more one and one meet ups and getting more face time. So if you are in Dallas or Tulsa we would love to invite you for a meal or coffee or just to hang out and catch up.

• Urgent prayer request for Sudan

  Posted: September 6, 2011, 7:52 pm by Taylor

  Dear prayer warriors,
  With heavy but grateful hearts we present to you a request for prayer for Sudan. Teammates had to be evacuated last Friday from one of our bases. God showed his grate mercy in the protection he provided during the whole situation and everyone was able to come out to Nairobi safely. I can’t begin to image how it must feel to be evacuated and in this case under the protection of fellow Southern Sudanese officials and flying away to safety while leaving them behind. Please pray for our teammates both Sudanese who stayed behind and foreign missionaries who were evacuated. Pray for God’s wisdom for the new leadership of Southern Sudan and for the government of the North as situations are still tense in areas.
  For a more detailed report of the events please check out a post made by another SIM Sudan teammate, Christiane on her blog http://africanurse.blogspot.com/

• Update from August

  Posted: September 6, 2011, 7:46 pm by Taylor

  Whew, we are stopping by Dallas for two days before we head off again on some more travels. It has been really wonderful to be able to see so many of you and catch up. Just wanted to give an update on what we have been up to the last month.
  As the previous post mentioned we were able to attend a Bible conference at the SIM retirement center as the missionary reporters. Thanks to Taylor’s position in helping out with regional media we shared updates from the different fields he has worked with over five nights. There was a great speaker who encouraged us as well as the retirees. It was such an honor to be able to meet and get to know many of the unsung heros of our faith and our organization.
  Here are some photos from our time at Sebring
  Larson was such a good helper with the setup for each presentation.
  

  We had a fabulous guest house and even had a golf cart to use around the retirement village.
  

  It was also a precious time to spend with just Larson while Avery had the chance to spend some one on one time with Nana and Pops back in Dallas.
  

  Larson was a huge hit as you can imagine and was even allowed to be a guest instructor at water aerobics!
  

  After our Sebring visit we were able to spend some time in Dallas and then go with my parents and brother to Colorado. Avery and Larson got to see mountains and snow for the first time. Avery loved wearing a jacket, riding a horse named Duke and going fishing!
  
  It was neat to see Avery enjoy the many things I enjoyed doing on vacation while growing up. She loved visiting the rock shop and cracking open a geo.
  

  After the precious time with extended family we were additionally blessed by Bluefish TV and the Mosley family who offer their cabin in Crested Butte for missionary families on home assignment. It was a refreshing time to really be away from busy American cities and to have some time with just our little family. Taylor took some great shots I hope to share soon from these past trips.

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