Bucket for Haiti

I'm posting an email I just sent out, but adding some photos to go with it.  Enjoy!
I have had some issues with this program, and there are lots of spaces where there should not be, but praise the Lord, I CAN post!!
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 Well, we have celebrated the 4th of July with some of the family.  Looking at America and the whole world for that matter, how long will real independence last?  I think we are not headed into the end times slowly, but we are on a greased slide going into it.

We have had a good time with family though.  And we have been able to spend time with friends, too.  God has been good, as always, and we have enjoyed our time of rest and relaxation.  Time is coming to an end soon, and we will be headed back to Haiti this month.


I thought I'd share some information with you from this last week.  We had a couple (Kevin and Maria) give us over 300 buckets for the bucket ministry in Haiti.  With our daughter and grandson's help, we got them all washed and ready to go.  Another good friend (Andy) has offered to get them to Indiana, where they will be put on a container and taken to Haiti for us.  Once there, we will pray for the items to fill them and get them to families who desperately need them.  We are SO VERY thankful for help with that ministry.

The first two photos are from where the buckets were originally taken, waiting for us to decide what to do with them.  Our good friend, Mike, let us use the basement of his office to store them.  Then our granddaugter (in-law) helped us get them up out of the basement and into our son's trailer to get to our daughter's house. Those after are us washing and cleaning them.

 

 

 

I would also like to ask for some special prayers.  Our grandson Donny, who has Cerebal Palsy, will be heading in for his 15th operation on his legs.  They will operate on both legs and he will be in full leg casts for 8 weeks, then have 3 weeks of intensive therapy.  In his 20 years, he has never been able to walk on his own.  But the surgeon is optimistic that he will be able to walk (although limited) on his own.  The surgery is tomorrow morning and will be rather intensive, so we ask that you pray for that, but also that it will have a very positive outcome.

Here is Donny, enjoying the outside. 

 And Donny, with Uncle Dale, enjoying a trip to Sandhill, a nature refuge, on an open house day.

Thank you for praying for both of these items.  As always, we covet your prayers, as they are what keep us ministering in Haiti.  Remember to keep your eyes posted on the Lord Jesus Christ.