We are currently on the West Coast with Barb's family . . . waiting. We came out a couple weeks ago to help with Barb's father who is on hospice care. We have had some wonderful moments with her father and family. We thought he was leaving us twice in this last week. But he is still here with us . . . waiting and hoping for Jesus to take him soon.
The Lord called Barb's parents first to Japan as missionaries where Barb was born, and then to Australia. Barb has often joked that if you look on the bottom of her foot you'll see a stamp that says "Made in Japan." Her parents, Lowell and Jan, served their last couple of years on an Aboriginal mission in the northern tropics of Australia where Barb sensed God calling her to follow in her mom and dads' footsteps as a missionary. It has been wonderful to share many memories of missionary days gone by with Lowell. And soon he will get to see the Savior he told so many about in several parts of the world.
Thanks so much for your prayers for us and Barb's family in these days as we wait . . . with hope.
In Christ,
Todd and Barb Schierkolk
