Hey Friends,

We sent out our July update earlier this week. If you’re not on our mailing list, you can view it here.

Grateful for you,

Marc & Katie

We’re both on twitter…

marclipovsky & katielipovsky (original, we know!)

Tweet Soon,

Marc & Katie

July has been a little bit of a crazy month! Here are some quick updates:

• Check out the Thrive Africa field blog for some recent happenings!
• We’re taking a mission team on safari Sunday and Monday…check back soon for photos!
• This coming week is a busy one…Tuesday and Thursday our interns are promoting our village discipleship classes with school assemblies and Wednesday is IMPACT, over 300 kids will be joining Thrive for a leadership conference.

Thanks for your continued prayers! If you haven’t signed up for our monthly updates, you should! We’ll be sending out our July update this month.

Love from Africa,

Marc & Katie

Last night an explosion ripped through a stadium where people were watching the World Cup in Kampala, Uganda. An American staff member for Invisible Children was killed in the blasts.

Although we didn’t know him, our hearts are heavy today. As Americans living and working in Africa, this hit awfully close to home. Here are some of my not-very-polished thoughts of the day.

This is a reminder that tomorrow’s not promised to any of us. It makes me want to be less flippant with the moments of today.

I’m thankful for your prayers, more than you’ll ever know. I’m so incredibly grateful that I know at certain times of everyday there are people interceeding on our behalf.

No doubt that living here some days is difficult, but I’m grateful for the opportunity to live in Africa. Especially on days like today, I know without a doubt that God has us here for a reason. That when the going gets tough–and sometimes it does, that we can stand on His promises.

Thankful for Today,

Marc & Katie

Marc’s friend Mat and his wife, Holly, came to Iowa to photograph our wedding. They even left Saturday night and drove through the night to get back so Holly could study for exams on Sunday.

And then, the next week, Mat busted his butt to get our wedding photos edited for our party in Michigan that weekend. Not only did he stay up ridiculously late the night before to get them done. But, Holly put this video together for us. Such a great surprise!

Enjoy!

World Cup fever means soccer fever. Here are some photos I took while our interns were doing children’s ministry a few weeks ago…

Our June monthly update is out and incase you don’t get it in your inbox yet, here’s what’s in it:

• Thank You
• Next Step
• LaunchPad Graduations
• Snow!!

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We LOVE hearing from you. Here’s our contact info:

Snail Mail:
Marc & Katie Lipovsky
PO Box 18
Harrismith 9880
South Africa

*If you do send a package please mark the value under $30 and mark the contents “personal items or gift”. If the value is marked high than that it’s likely we’ll have to pay HEFTY customs fees on our end to pick it up at the post office (bummer, right?!)

Email:
marclipovsky@gmail.com
katielipovsky@gmail.com

Phone:
248.430.4484 (via Skype)

Follow us on twitter:
@marclipovsky
@katielipovsky

Hope to hear from you soon!

Marc & Katie

Hi Friends!

Welcome to our new website! We’re excited about being able to share what we’re doing in South Africa.

For more information, be sure to check out the links at the top of the page: about, photos, support and our contact info.

Much Love,

Marc & Katie