(From update email sent out 2/3/11)
Hi Everyone!!
Just wanted to send a brief update on us!!
We leave Sunday for Ethiopia! This will be the first of two trips for us! We are thrilled to be able to finally touch our son, NASH, who has been our son since July. It's just amazing how the Lord can prepare our hearts to be so in Love with this child, whom we have never met!! We arrive in Ethiopia on Tuesday and will get to meet Nash on Wednesday. Nash is 6 years old and is just precious!! We are not allowed to send any pics or post them on the blog... but I GUARANTEE you... that when I'm legally able... Pics will be EVERYWHERE!! :) I will be blogging while we are in Ethiopia, and possibly emailing also. Please check in on the blog that I am trying diligently to keep updated. www.FryarsInTheField.blogspot.com
Here is a brief update on us and what the Lord has been doing in our lives over the past year! This is VERY BRIEF... we are amazed at how faithful the Lord has been to us!!! Truly HUMBLED and in AWE! Every few months He has shown us a little more of HIMSELF and a *SMALL* glimpse of some of the Amazing Things HE has in store for us!! He is LEADING US... bit by bit, piece by piece. *I am truly thankful that He does not show us he WHOLE Picture when we aren't ready for that!
If you had told me back in 1997 when Chris and I got married that I would have survived Cancer, changed nursing fields to Oncology, Adopted a son, traveled to Hong Kong, Chris & I would both leave EXCELLENT Financially secure jobs and a great house & life to go to Brazil to work as volunteers - fully supported financially by others, live in Brazil for 3 years, and NOW adopt another son and travel to Africa... I would have told you that you were CRAZY!! Absolutely Certifiably CRAZY! ...but you know... that is EXACTLY how the LORD works!!! He doesn't follow the rules of the "American Dream" He pushes us beyond our borders, beyond what "WE" are capable of... because that is where He wants us... He wants us DEPENDENT on Him alone! So that all we do and all that we are... REFLECTS HIM! This is how He is GLORIFIED!!!
The Lord has been so Good, He has been so Faithful!
We look at the next 6 months and see a time of massive change, great sadness, great joy, amazing new discoveries, and more ways for us to CLING to the CROSS!
Chris enrolled into the Master’s program at Mid-America in August and has been taking full time hours. He is loving his classes, instructors, and classmates. He is also involved in two very different ministries. Care Stone is a retirement center, in which Chris preaches every other Sunday. Caleb is a HUGE HIT with the residents!! :) Youth Villages is a residential center for very high risk youth. Chris has a group of 12-15 teenage boys who he is building relationships with and is allowed to preach every Saturday. The Lord is doing a MIGHTY work in the hearts of those boys—including 2 boys committing their lives to the Lord! Please pray for your new brothers in Christ! Chris also works full time at the NICS office! What a blessing he has to work with amazing Christian men and women! HE ALSO.... still does all the books for our school in Brazil! He is still working as the business manager in nearly the same capacity he did when we lived there! ...only no lunch duty!! - but he misses that the most! :)
Beverly is loving being back at the West Clinic. She really loves her job as a Research Nurse and her relationships with her patients. Taking 2 Cor 1:3-7 as her guide, she works diligently to share Christ’s comfort to those living & fighting cancer. We still try to keep in contact with our babies from Brazil who are now spread all over the world! Our hearts still have their fingerprints!!
Caleb continues to grow and mature into a precious child with a Love for Jesus. He is really thriving in Karate and is a Yellow belt now! He has an incredible teacher at school and he is doing very well. He loves math & science and everything “Boy”! His newest joy is telling jokes that he makes up. So Funny! He is excited about being a Big Brother, although he is anxious to get Nash here!! It's hard on a little guy to talk about something for 9 months!!
Mom has been slowly declining since last September. She was admitted to Hospice Care 3 weeks ago. My Dad is doing very well! He has an amazing outlook on things as he calls Mom "his mission field"! Dad says their Aide is amazing! She is very gentle and loving with Mom! Praise the Lord for amazing people that have been there to support Mom and Dad. Please continue to pray for her. She has comfort in knowing her Salvation is secure. I'm so thrilled that she will be able to discuss Prophecy with Isaiah and John THEMSELVES!! :) She has always LOVED Prophecy and the End Times. She loves the way the entire Bible points to Jesus and His Second Coming to take the Church as His Bride into Eternity!
We are cherishing our time together as a family & have been able to guard our family time effectively. We are thrilled about our church, Fellowship Memphis, & some exciting ministry opportunities ahead. We continue to pray that the Lord continue to use us in the fullest capacity.
All to His Glory alone.
We love you all dearly and THANK YOU so much for all your support, encouragement, and love that you have shown us over the years!! Many people have asked what they can do or how they can help. Once we get back from Ethiopia, we'll have a better idea of what is needed!! I will keep you posted! :)
Many Blessings!
~Beverly for the Fryar Family - Chris, Beverly, Caleb and Nash!
Just wanted to send a brief update on us!!
We leave Sunday for Ethiopia! This will be the first of two trips for us! We are thrilled to be able to finally touch our son, NASH, who has been our son since July. It's just amazing how the Lord can prepare our hearts to be so in Love with this child, whom we have never met!! We arrive in Ethiopia on Tuesday and will get to meet Nash on Wednesday. Nash is 6 years old and is just precious!! We are not allowed to send any pics or post them on the blog... but I GUARANTEE you... that when I'm legally able... Pics will be EVERYWHERE!! :) I will be blogging while we are in Ethiopia, and possibly emailing also. Please check in on the blog that I am trying diligently to keep updated. www.FryarsInTheField.blogspot.com
Here is a brief update on us and what the Lord has been doing in our lives over the past year! This is VERY BRIEF... we are amazed at how faithful the Lord has been to us!!! Truly HUMBLED and in AWE! Every few months He has shown us a little more of HIMSELF and a *SMALL* glimpse of some of the Amazing Things HE has in store for us!! He is LEADING US... bit by bit, piece by piece. *I am truly thankful that He does not show us he WHOLE Picture when we aren't ready for that!
If you had told me back in 1997 when Chris and I got married that I would have survived Cancer, changed nursing fields to Oncology, Adopted a son, traveled to Hong Kong, Chris & I would both leave EXCELLENT Financially secure jobs and a great house & life to go to Brazil to work as volunteers - fully supported financially by others, live in Brazil for 3 years, and NOW adopt another son and travel to Africa... I would have told you that you were CRAZY!! Absolutely Certifiably CRAZY! ...but you know... that is EXACTLY how the LORD works!!! He doesn't follow the rules of the "American Dream" He pushes us beyond our borders, beyond what "WE" are capable of... because that is where He wants us... He wants us DEPENDENT on Him alone! So that all we do and all that we are... REFLECTS HIM! This is how He is GLORIFIED!!!
The Lord has been so Good, He has been so Faithful!
We look at the next 6 months and see a time of massive change, great sadness, great joy, amazing new discoveries, and more ways for us to CLING to the CROSS!
Chris enrolled into the Master’s program at Mid-America in August and has been taking full time hours. He is loving his classes, instructors, and classmates. He is also involved in two very different ministries. Care Stone is a retirement center, in which Chris preaches every other Sunday. Caleb is a HUGE HIT with the residents!! :) Youth Villages is a residential center for very high risk youth. Chris has a group of 12-15 teenage boys who he is building relationships with and is allowed to preach every Saturday. The Lord is doing a MIGHTY work in the hearts of those boys—including 2 boys committing their lives to the Lord! Please pray for your new brothers in Christ! Chris also works full time at the NICS office! What a blessing he has to work with amazing Christian men and women! HE ALSO.... still does all the books for our school in Brazil! He is still working as the business manager in nearly the same capacity he did when we lived there! ...only no lunch duty!! - but he misses that the most! :)
Beverly is loving being back at the West Clinic. She really loves her job as a Research Nurse and her relationships with her patients. Taking 2 Cor 1:3-7 as her guide, she works diligently to share Christ’s comfort to those living & fighting cancer. We still try to keep in contact with our babies from Brazil who are now spread all over the world! Our hearts still have their fingerprints!!
Caleb continues to grow and mature into a precious child with a Love for Jesus. He is really thriving in Karate and is a Yellow belt now! He has an incredible teacher at school and he is doing very well. He loves math & science and everything “Boy”! His newest joy is telling jokes that he makes up. So Funny! He is excited about being a Big Brother, although he is anxious to get Nash here!! It's hard on a little guy to talk about something for 9 months!!
Mom has been slowly declining since last September. She was admitted to Hospice Care 3 weeks ago. My Dad is doing very well! He has an amazing outlook on things as he calls Mom "his mission field"! Dad says their Aide is amazing! She is very gentle and loving with Mom! Praise the Lord for amazing people that have been there to support Mom and Dad. Please continue to pray for her. She has comfort in knowing her Salvation is secure. I'm so thrilled that she will be able to discuss Prophecy with Isaiah and John THEMSELVES!! :) She has always LOVED Prophecy and the End Times. She loves the way the entire Bible points to Jesus and His Second Coming to take the Church as His Bride into Eternity!
We are cherishing our time together as a family & have been able to guard our family time effectively. We are thrilled about our church, Fellowship Memphis, & some exciting ministry opportunities ahead. We continue to pray that the Lord continue to use us in the fullest capacity.
All to His Glory alone.
We love you all dearly and THANK YOU so much for all your support, encouragement, and love that you have shown us over the years!! Many people have asked what they can do or how they can help. Once we get back from Ethiopia, we'll have a better idea of what is needed!! I will keep you posted! :)
Many Blessings!
~Beverly for the Fryar Family - Chris, Beverly, Caleb and Nash!
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