Team, Containers and Rain

Greetings,
Well, we are in a wet and raining time again. The last week and a half the rains have been pretty steady. It IS the time of year for rains, but we needed some dry time for the team that just came in. They were heading to the north eastern community of Caracol. The main road is bad, but the road into the town from the main road is usually terrible. Well, the rains put a stop to the trip out there. Don would not risk the truck on that road. It was bad last year, and we didn't have rains. Don almost tipped the truck over. So, this year he had to make a decision on going or not. Well, the rains made that decision for him. So, the dental team had to find places to work here in our area. They have taken a day at the EBAC orphanage across and down a bit from us. I don't think they will see everyone there in the one day set for them. There were 91 people who wanted either pulling or cleaning. At the noon break, they had seen less than 30. And yet, that was a LOT of work. The next two days they will be at a church and again, there will be more than they can possibly see. Such a hard time for them, to make decisions on who and who not to see. But the team is GREAT... yes, with CAPITAL letters. This is a recurring team (not bad, like a disease returning), but coming at least once a year and doing fantastic work. Keep them in prayer as they face some hard decisions.

One of the main reasons they are facing difficulties is that our container STILL has not been released. And their supplies and tools are on that container. They are making due with what they could come up with, but it's still hard. We keep praying for the release of the container, but are still waiting. Such a waste of resources. And all our food stuff is sitting on the docks, in intense heat inside those containers. We cannot see anything positive coming from this, but the Lord knows all about it. Everyone is pushing to get this released, but it's the people in Port au Prince who are holding it up. So, please pray for the Lord to soften their hearts and release this humanitarian aid. It's so hard knowing there is food to give out and we can't open the door to get it.

We are definitely fighting a battle here. But I think most of it is in the spiritual realm. Satan is using people in authority to cause havoc with so many. Please put this request at the top of your prayer list. We need some strong prayer warriors at this time to stand with us in battle.

The rains have eased a bit and we pray they will stay that way. We could use a bit of drying out time right now.

Well, it's back to work here. We'll try to keep in touch with any news on the container situation. By the way, our SECOND container is also sitting on the docks, waiting for release. We are praying they won't both be released at the same time, but will take whatever we can get.

Keep looking up... your focus (as well as ours) is on the Lord!!