Weekend Report...
We have continued to have rain and more rain, making it difficult to get focused and get going again. People are suffering from the "gripe" (flu-like symptoms) more than ever. In fact, I am taking one of our ladies from Villa de Yaque to the doctor at 2pm- she has been hospitalized over the weekend with asthma problems.
I must confess I was a little discouraged with our services yesterday- it is hard to get everything going in the same direction. It seems we get one aspect of our ministries stronger and then something else goes wrong. It is a never ending battled! But at the end of the day, I did feel there was a lot to be encouraged about so I am back on my knees, praying God will guide us and raise up the leaders we need.
I was very pleased with the Hole- we have a fairly young man who has been involved in an alternative lifestyle for more than 2 decades and has decided to follow Jesus, so he is putting away this other lifestyle and is actively pursuing the Lord! He took the initiative this week to do some much needed work on the church in the Hole and this week he is going to work on getting some folks together and form a chorus and organize our music ministry. Pray for him as he continues to be obedient!
Last night we had our first board meeting of the Barnabas Foundation- I was greatly encouraged with the commitment and experience that was represented. We are now working in various work teams to get ready to begin in January. Our biggest task right now, besides getting legally established, is getting our education program ready. We want to offer courses in Basic Administration, Small Business Administration and Personal Leadership Skills. If you have any ideas or materials to contribute- send them on!! marsha.davidson@macregion.org.
Getting ready for Christmas: I was reminded by someone today that Christmas is coming and some of you want to help us with Christmas things. Last year we prepared a goodie bag for each of our children in Sunday School- 120! Plus another 30 or so for the children in our mission sites, and we prepared about 50 bags of food- basically a two day ration of the basics (rice, beans, oil, salt, tomato paste, spagetti, coffee, and a few other items.) If any of your Sunday School classes or civic groups want to help us in providing a Christmas gift to our folks, we would be very appreciative! A child's gift bag is about US$8 and a food bag is about US$12. If you want to send items to be included, that would be great too- they just need to be lightweight and sent early enough to get here. Contact me about how to go about supporting our Christmas ministry.
I must confess I was a little discouraged with our services yesterday- it is hard to get everything going in the same direction. It seems we get one aspect of our ministries stronger and then something else goes wrong. It is a never ending battled! But at the end of the day, I did feel there was a lot to be encouraged about so I am back on my knees, praying God will guide us and raise up the leaders we need.
I was very pleased with the Hole- we have a fairly young man who has been involved in an alternative lifestyle for more than 2 decades and has decided to follow Jesus, so he is putting away this other lifestyle and is actively pursuing the Lord! He took the initiative this week to do some much needed work on the church in the Hole and this week he is going to work on getting some folks together and form a chorus and organize our music ministry. Pray for him as he continues to be obedient!
Last night we had our first board meeting of the Barnabas Foundation- I was greatly encouraged with the commitment and experience that was represented. We are now working in various work teams to get ready to begin in January. Our biggest task right now, besides getting legally established, is getting our education program ready. We want to offer courses in Basic Administration, Small Business Administration and Personal Leadership Skills. If you have any ideas or materials to contribute- send them on!! marsha.davidson@macregion.org.
Getting ready for Christmas: I was reminded by someone today that Christmas is coming and some of you want to help us with Christmas things. Last year we prepared a goodie bag for each of our children in Sunday School- 120! Plus another 30 or so for the children in our mission sites, and we prepared about 50 bags of food- basically a two day ration of the basics (rice, beans, oil, salt, tomato paste, spagetti, coffee, and a few other items.) If any of your Sunday School classes or civic groups want to help us in providing a Christmas gift to our folks, we would be very appreciative! A child's gift bag is about US$8 and a food bag is about US$12. If you want to send items to be included, that would be great too- they just need to be lightweight and sent early enough to get here. Contact me about how to go about supporting our Christmas ministry.
