Greetings,
Time for a quick update.
I do wish we had an update on Savanah and the situation with her
traveling to Canada….but we don’t. We
are in that “waiting mode” yet again. We
aren’t sure exactly how or when this will take place. It is still that one single paper from the
Canadian consulate we are waiting for. We
know the Lord knows and has the answer, and that is what we are depending
on.
Don has been working on getting the roof on Vero’s
place. You know the how things work in
Haiti, right? You make plans and then
you know they will change because nothing seems to go as planned here. Don has met some very challenging things with
this roof. Being attached to the
existing roof, the angle needed for getting rain to run OFF the roof would put
the ceiling inside VERY low. And then
the lentil blocks he needed are not made here anymore (at least not in this
area)…so he had to make a mold and make them himself. And then the angle of the roof created yet
another set back…they had to pour cement with wood braces to get the angle
right…a real challenge. But as of
Monday, they will be getting the rafters started and prayerfully completed, and
then the tin can go up. This few day job
is taking a few MONTHS, due to the above situations and then the rains….
The rains…well, it isn’t raining hard daily, but raining
almost every day, some days harder than others. In this situation we have found
our roof has served it time. In one
bedroom the ceiling tiles are about to cave in because they are so saturated
with rainwater. Every room in the house
has some sort of water damage. This time
it isn’t the “easy patch”, going up and filling in holes. So, now we start to
pray for a way to replace our roof. Yet,
another challenge!!
Well, I’ve given you two major prayer items. Please, do keep them in prayer. I will go into some of the blessings and also
prayer items for the near future.
We leave for the states on May 25th. We will be taking a few days to simply
reorient and rest then start traveling.
We are heading up the east coast this time. We have never been in the north east, so this
will be an exciting trip for us. Included
in this was a plan to stop on the way to Wisconsin, from the north east, to see
Savanah in her new home. But the Lord
will have to work on that since she isn’t there yet. But we are looking forward to our trip. And even more exciting is that two of our
grandkids will be getting married while we are there. And our time out is to see many of those we
haven’t seen in a LONG, LONG time. This
will include at least 2 of our “heart babies”…now grown and on their own!! Please keep our trip in your prayers, for
safety and being a witness for the Lord.
The next prayer item is for MFI. Three of our pilots are leaving today to head
to Africa. No, MFI will NOT be doing
missions there….they are going to prayerfully check out and then fly our new
DC-3 back to Florida. Lots of prayer
needed since they will have to do a complete check of the plane and then 6
long, hard days of travel to get it back to the US! Please keep the pilots and all they will
encounter in your prayers. I believe you
will be able to follow their journey via the MFI web site: www.missionaryflights.org.
I will keep you all posted on each of the above prayer
requests as we have news. We are praying
that very soon we will be sending a rejoicing letter out saying Savanah is on
her way!! And it is also very exciting
to know our new plane is “almost” ON THE WAY.
Once in the US there will be a time of redoing the plane and getting it
ready for service, but at this point, it’s getting it to the US first!!
We are praying that God is working in YOUR lives in such a
way that you can rejoice and praise Him.
Remember one of my life verses…which I have to read and PRAY each day….”Be joyful
always; pray continually; give thanks IN all circumstances, for this is God’s
will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1
Thessalonians 5: 16-18 (NIV)
