August Encouragement

Greetings to all,

Well, what a month already. No teams yet, but it seems the running never stops. At least a lot has been accomplished in the last few weeks. Don has delivered what food was left, and delivered water to many. It was so needed. He had to purchase a new tank for the water. The roads he travels on are so bad, and it wore the tank out, from the bouncing. He had it pretty well secured, but all things wear out in this country. (And much quicker than in the US).

We are now waiting on our next container. The ship has docked, and they are supposed to take the containers off today. We are praying this will happen. And our broker has started the paperwork already, so prayerfully it will be quicker. We'll pray and wait on the Lord on this one. Pray with us for a speedy release, and for a lower cost.

Being Tuesday, we should be at the airport, but being August, things slow down at MFI. There were no passengers and not enough cargo to warrant a flight, so we have a day off. Well, from the airport anyway. Getting a lot of needed work done here with this free day. We have a small team coming on Thursday, and we are looking forward to that. Good friends, and a new face or two. Lots planned and we hope to get it all done in the short 5 days they are here.

God has really blessed us with some great speakers at English Bible Fellowship lately. We have been absorbing some great teachings. On Sunday, we had a Haitian pastor friend come and speak. Pastor Saint Ange did a wonderful job and brought out some great truths in God's word. He spoke on ENCOURAGEMENT. He chose Barnabas as his "topic". I didn't realize just how much of an encourager he was. He went through a lot of scripture on how Barnabas encouraged so many. From selling his land to help everyone, to taking an immature believer and helping him along on his path of faith, to using his own faith, along with works, to direct believers, to giving a man a second chance and following through with him. It was great. And he calls US to be encourager's, too. Our daily life should encourage others, if it's a pat on the back for someone, or help in a material way, or to stand by someone and show them the correct path to take. There are so many, many ways we, as Christians, can share our faith through encouragement. His message spoke to me in many ways, and I am so thankful we were blessed by the message. There was another missionary there, and before the service she had said how discouraged she has been this week. We talked for a while before church started. Well, after church, we looked at each other and laughed. God knew ahead of time exactly what we both needed and HE supplied those needs. Isn't God awesome? Wow, all we need to do is depend on Him and rely on His word...our encouragement comes from the Lord, doesn't it? And at just the right time.

Okay, on to prayer and praises... I have to praise God for the chiropractor he sent down with another mission. The last two Sundays he has worked on me after church. What a blessing he has been. And in that same area, please pray for this body of mine to come into line and stop it's problems. Not one major thing, just many little pains and problems.

We praise God that we have had such good teachings at English Bible Fellowship. And that it has been just what many of us needed, just when we needed it.

Continue to pray for MFI and all their work and services for so many. They are a great organization and can use your prayers constantly. They do so much for so many...and we also praise God for their ministry at the AirVenture Show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. We know many heard the message of salvation through that time.

Continue to pray for our son, his wife and their adoption process. We are praying that this week all the paperwork will get into Homeland Security and process through to immigration quickly. It is WAY PAST TIME for their son to be home with them.

Pray for Stan and Gloria as they continue to work so hard to further the Gospel here in Haiti. They do so much in so many areas and we are SOOO thankful for their dedication.

Pray for the container and all involved in it. Pray for Haiti and it's officials, that the Lord would reach down His hand and touch hearts for Him in a mighty way.

Pray for America and all that it is going through right now. We need the Lord there in a mighty way as well.

And we pray for YOU, that God will walk with you and show you how to be an encourager to so many in need.

"I will give thanks to the Lord because of His righteousness, and will sing praise in the name of the Lord Most High." Psalm 7: 17