My father-in-law, Bill DeLaughter, passed away on March 19th. He and his wife, Carolyn, were missionaries in Zimbabwe and had done mission work in South Africa as well. His major life work was Bible Studies written for each book of the Bible, and they can be found at www.word4world.com/ We are still using his studies in our work here.
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We went back for the funeral, and to help Carolyn for two weeks.
Now we are back.
Our teammates, John and Hannah, arrived in Tanzania the day that Bill's dad died. Quite a shock. We had to leave them shortly after arriving, and had them go and stay with disciples in Arusha. It's been a lot for them to go through as well.
We feel in a way that we are living in two worlds right now.
Helping Carolyn continue to figure things out long distance
and hosting our teammates.
We have started homeschool again as well, and Katrina is studying for her SAT 10 test that she will be taking in the fall.
When Bill died, I realized how much of a Legacy he had left behind. How many people he had lead to Christ, how many people he had discipled, how many people he counseled, how many projects he lead, how many Bible Studies he wrote. I don't think we'll ever know on this side of eternity the impact he made.
I just pray that we will also leave such a Legacy behind when it's our time to go.
Something to think about.....
