New Year's Day

Greetings in the New Year...

I hope your celebrations were Christ centered. New Year's Eve, we didn't do anything special. In fact Don was in bed by 11:00. I stayed up until 1:30, only because Vero had gone to church for their service (from 8 to 12) and I wanted to make sure she made it home okay. They had a great service, and baptized 34 people. And they had others come forward to accept the Lord. She was so excited.

New Year's day Don and I were invited out to lunch with our good friends, Paul and Belle Romeus. We went to the Picolet...a newer hotel/ restaurant. It was a bit more expensive, but very, very nice. We were joined by Pat and Clark Moore and Wilbert Merzilus and his children. We had such a nice time of fellowship and enjoyed the wonderful weather and great companionship. Then we went to Pat and Clark's home and spent some time just relaxing. Notice we put the guys at the end of the table and the women in the middle. That is Paul closest to the camera and Belle is between Clark and Pat. Wilbert and family at the other end. (When we got there, Wilbert and family were already eating, so we just joined them).Then it was back to work... had to take down all the Christmas decorations and get the house in order. With a team coming on Tuesday, we wanted to have some of the work done so we can enjoy them!!

We have had plenty of rain lately. I hope it will be finished soon, so our teams will have good weather for their projects and work.

I don't know if I mentioned that we have two new dogs...got them a while back. Their names are Zoe and Leah. Zoe is the mother and Leah the daughter. Both black part Rottweilers. Zoe had pups not long ago. She had 8 but only have 2 now. Not sure if the others died, or someone decided they wanted them...one of our problems here. Then Ma Dog (the stray that has been with us for a couple of years...Abbie calls her Sister)...had pups. She has three. So, we are in the pups again... we need to have the dogs taken care of, we sure don't need more pups around here. But while they are little they are so cute. Problem is, they grow up.

Don has made more deliveries and trying to get people the food they need. This country is in such sad shape. But with God's help, we are helping quite a few with food and water. And then there are always those who need help with medical needs and schooling. The needs never cease.

We were able to see the wedding pictures of our granddaughter's wedding. Such a beautiful bride!! It looked like a wonderful wedding, and we are so sorry we missed it. Keep them in prayer as he goes back to finish his boot camp and then heads out to wherever they are sending him.

Still no word on the container... so please keep praying. We have another one on the way already. The boat is supposed to leave Miami sometime next week, I believe. We just keep praying that things will continue to go well, and that the people in customs will have their hearts and eyes open to what the Lord wants. But we do need a lot of prayer backing us on these containers. Thanks for helping out with this prayer need.

Well, it's back to work, and getting late, so soon to bed. You all have a wonderful, God blessed week. Remember... 1 Thess. 5: 16-18.... "Rejoice evermore, Pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."