December 2014

Another year has flown by. We can’t believe Harmony will be turning one year old next month! It really doesn’t seem very long ago that we were in the hospital with her. She has grown and developed so much in one short year; we are so excited to see how the rest of her life unfolds.

Being December this means the calendar year as well as the ministry year is coming to a close.

A few weeks ago, we got to witness the preschool kids graduation. All of the preschools in the district gathered together and each class presented a performance item. Though everything was in Sotho, it was still quite enjoyable to watch the singing, dancing, poetry, and dramas.

The rest of our LXP Lesotho team along with several students are currently on an outreach trip into the mountains to a place called Ha Makopela for the second year in a row to evangelize to unreached peoples. Please be in prayer with us for the team as they reach the lost. They are trusting for salvation, healing, and a deepened faith of those who gave their lives to the Lord last year. They have been gone this week and will return on Monday.

Piet continues to visit a young man named Rethabile who has been struggling with a spiritual oppression. Each week that he and his Bible study guys visit this young man they see a brightening of his eyes. When they first visited him in his home, he was bound in chains and barely said a word, but today he smiles, talks, and is excited whenever the guys come to his home. We praise the Lord for the radical change in his life and trust that there is also an equally radical change happening in his heart.

Today (Friday) marks the last computer classes of the year. The 2^nd term students and new students will finish up their term at the beginning of next year. Although not everyone who is involved in the classes is 100% committed, we can see huge progress in those who are consistent and eager to learn.

The LXP Lesotho Christmas party will be held on the 20^th of December. It will be a fun time of gathering together, sharing stories of God working in our lives, playing games, and sharing a meal together. All of the youth, children, families and anyone else that we have worked with during the course of the year is invited to celebrate with us.

Our local church here, AFM, will be hosting a conference from the 18-21^st of December to commemorate 40 years as a body of believers. We are excited to have some of the band members from our sending church, The Barn, join us and bless us with their music.

Thank you once again for being part of our lives.

LXP Lesotho Thanksgiving with old and new friends

Loving Africa,

The Bakers