The Higby Herald - June 2011

The Higby Herald

June 2011

Graduation Photo

Dear Friends,
 
Celebrate with us that our son Kevin has now graduated from the International School of Ouagadougou! He will be attending John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas where he plans to study Environmental Sciences. We pray God's blessing on Kevin as he leaves our nest and embarks on his life journey.

Henry has flown out to join us the last two weeks in Ouagadougou and attend Kevin's graduation.  We have appreciated his helpfulness and sense of humor.  Moving internationally can be a very stressful time, but the change of pace Henry has brought back to the family has been very welcome.  He leaves Saturday, June 11 to return to Michigan, where we will join him later this month.
 
On June 18, we will depart Ouagadougou to arrive to New Jersey on Sunday, June 19.  The few remaining days we have will be spent saying good-bye while Kevin and Roger participate in a youth retreat in a nearby village.
 
Our itinerary will be:
  • June 19 - 24     New Jersey
  • June 25 - August 7     Michigan
  • August 8 - 21     Arkansas
  • August 21 ->     Michigan
We look forward to seeing you in person and hope to begin arranging our speaking schedule during our time in Michigan this summer.  If your church is scheduling a mission conference, please consider including us.  For information about having us speak at your church/group, please email us at [email protected]
 
Partners in the Gospel,                        (Phil 1:5)
 
Doug & P.J. Higby

Prayer & Praise

  • Praise God for Kevin's successful completion of high school, and pray that he will be well prepared for to start John Brown University in August.
  • Praise God for Henry's safe and fruitful trip to Burkina Faso.
  • Praise God that the African Leader's meeting in Kenya went very well and that Doug's presentation was well accepted.
  • Pray for the political situation in Ouagadougou which still is volatile.
  • Pray for a smooth transition to life in the United States for the family after six years abroad.