Please pray for the Akins

Today my sweet friends Paul and Kari, and their son Micah, are headed to Africa to serve as missionaries for 2 years. It seemed like this day would never come when she told me they were going over a year ago.. but now it is here and of course I will miss them so much. I do give honor to God as they are seeking to follow Him and although yes they will miss their friends and families so much, they know that they are doing His will by going. It is so hard to let our own agendas go so often and their testimony is so amazing to hear, because they simply are letting God lead them as they know that many people need to hear the name of Jesus. Pray for safe travels for them and that once they get there they would get settled into this very new life that they will have there.

Paul is the son of our President Dr. Akin and he, with his wife Charlotte, and son Nathan are also in this picture with them. I am so thankful to work at a seminary who's President does not have his own agenda in mind, but instead God's, and therefore although it is hard to see his son, daughter-in-law, and grandson travel thousands of miles away, he knows that this is what will bring most glory to God.