AN UPDATE FROM THE BISAGNI FAMILY, FORMERLY OF SOS MINISTRIES - FEBRUARY 2021
“There’s No place like home!”
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Hello from snowy Michigan where we are currently staying with Caroline’s parents who have graciously hosted our family for the past 2 months. We are thankful for a warm and comfortable home in this cold and snowy state! We thank God for you all, praying for and supporting us, as we continue to work towards resettling our family back in the US. There are still some hurdles that we need to overcome, but we are happy to announce, Lord-willing, that we will be settling in Emporia, Kansas, this spring and joining the Flint Hills Bible Church community. We have been so encouraged as some of you have reached out to let us know you are thinking about and praying for us as we transition—Thank you so much!
Please pray:
•for swift approval for a Kansas Physical Therapy license and for work.
•for wisdom as we seek to purchase a small home.
•for a smooth transition to small-town rural Kansas.
•that in all these things that we would continue to look to Jesus—keeping our eyes on Him with each step.
We know many of you are walking through your own trials and hardships and that your burdens are almost too heavy to bear at times. We want to encourage you as we have been encouraged in recent months from the life-giving reflection on Jesus Christ’s heart toward sinners and sufferers, the book Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund. He writes about our Savior’s self-description from Matthew 11:28-30: “You don’t need to unburden or collect yourself and then come to Jesus. Your very burden is what qualifies you to come. No payment is required; he says, “I will give you rest.“ His rest is gift, not transaction. Whether you are actively working to crowbar your life into smoothness (“labor”) or passively finding yourself weighed down by something outside your control (“heavy laden”), Jesus Christ’s desire that you find rest, that you come in out of the storm, out strips even your own.”
May God give your the rest your heart seeks in Christ. We love you and thank God for your partnership and encouragement.
In Christ,
Francis
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”” Matthew 11:28-30
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