We’ve been in our house for a month now without traveling somewhere! It has been very nice! In these recent weeks we’ve been able to figure out what things we still need to buy for our house, what things to hang on the walls, and even what colors we like. Setting up a house at age 60 is not for the faint of heart 😊. We still have a ways to go, but it’s slowly becoming homier (echoes less now) and feels like our own. We are so grateful for this house. God is so good!

When I (Brena) think of all the options for ways to use my time, I feel quite overwhelmed and don’t feel like I’m close to figuring out what to do. But for now, I am grateful for the chance to rest, get together with family who live in the area, walk the pleasant streets around our house, and be minutes away from a grocery store and library—simple pleasures that I don’t want to take for granted.

Finding a Church

Last month we asked you to pray that God would lead us to a church. Shortly after we sent out that request, we decided to try a church not far from our house, and it immediately felt like a fit. Thank you for praying! We are overwhelmed with how worshipful and Christ-centered it is and how welcoming everyone has been to us.

Raising Support

We also asked you to pray that the approximately $1100 we needed in monthly support would come in, and it has! Thanks for praying, and to those of you who decided to increase your support or start giving, thank you so much! It has been very encouraging, because we want to keep working with Wycliffe when there are still so many people in the world that don’t have the Word of God in their own language.

I am thankful for the miles of lovely streets around our house in which to walk.

Last month I was able to go up to Springfield, Missouri to help Sara while Grant was away on a work trip. It was so much fun to spend time with those little girlies! Lillian, who is almost 2, is very happy and active. One of her favorite words now is, ‘no’ 😊. Eleanor is a very happy and calm baby who loves to coo and play with her hands.

It has been wonderful being able to have family and friends over to our house!

John is happy to have his brother, Bill, close by. Bill recently helped him repair the shed in the backyard, jacking it up and replacing the siding.

John at the Seed Company office: in his cubicle and with Pat Andrews, his boss and brother-in-law

PRAISE & PRAYER

• Praise God for leading us to a good church and that all of our needed support has come in.
• We are so grateful for all of you who give and/or pray so that we can stay working with Bible Translation.
• Please continue to pray that God would guide me in deciding how to use my time.
• Pray that John will continue to adjust to his new working environment where it is harder to stay in touch with the people he works with in Solomon Islands and PNG.

TO BE IN TOUCH:

John: john_bruner@wycliffe.org (personal); john_bruner@tsco.org (work)

Brena: brena_bruner@wycliffe.org

903 Pontiac Ct., Arlington TX 76013

WEB ADDRESS FOR PARTNERSHIP:

https://www.wycliffe.org/partner/Bruners

MAILING ADDRESS FOR PARTNERSHIP:

Send gifts to: Wycliffe Bible Translators, PO Box 628200, Orlando, FL 32862-8200 (The check should be made payable to Wycliffe Bible Translators and include a note that says “preference for the ministry of John and Brena Bruner”.)