It's me! I am still here!
I am sorry to have been out of communication for a while. My phone line and thus my internet connection is still somewhere between the two houses. I have been trying to get it functioning but to no avail. They say today they are coming but they have told me that all week and still nothing. But, things could be much worse so no complaints from me.
Good news: we had the water purified from the well at Villa de Yaque tested at the water company and they say it is good to drink! I haven't seen the test results BUT I am pleased with what I heard. We hope now with this verification to get the water cooperative in action and getting water to the people!
Also, Edge Ministries (the folks who introduced me to the Maguire Purifier) is sending a well-digger expert to the country next week and have graciously given me a day with him to go out to that site I shared about a month or so back. I am praying we can find a way to get a well for those folks and then a purifier! Pray for this ministry and their represetantive as he comes in next week April 22-25th. I don't know what day he will be with me, but all that he does here will be worth our prayerful support!
Last week I had an opportunity to meet with our regional volunteer strategist and some of my colleagues here in the DR to begin making plans for 2009 and beyond. I am excited about the possibilities. We are seeking summer missionaries (10 weeks) next summer and beginning in the Fall of '09 semester missionaries. If you are interested, get in touch with me so I can pass you on to the folks who will handle that process.
One more matter for our prayer: Carlos Llambes shared with me this week that one of the boys in his ministry (new church in Brisas de Este) had an accident and lost his leg. Pray with us that God will provide resources for a prothesis for this young man. Pray for God to guide us to the right people and agencies as we seek to get him help. Most of all, pray that God would be glorified in this situation.
I will update as best I can until the phone line is in. I am excited with my new office set-up and have everything up and ready to go, just no phone!! It has been an exasperating week- they cut the electricity at my old house (for no reason, the bill was paid with 2 weeks to spare!) and because I wasn't there to realize it, I lost everything in my freezer, not to mention the awful smell! It eventually wore out the batteries of the alarm and my neighbors suffered the night with it sounded every 20 mintues. I went down to get the power back on Thursday and they realized their error, said they would be out that day to get it back on and yet last night there was still no power. I didn't have the heart (nor the telephone!) to call the number they gave me to follow up. Hopefully by Monday it will be fixed, if not, I will have to go back to the office and go through the process again. Oh please, don't let that happen!
Good news: we had the water purified from the well at Villa de Yaque tested at the water company and they say it is good to drink! I haven't seen the test results BUT I am pleased with what I heard. We hope now with this verification to get the water cooperative in action and getting water to the people!
Also, Edge Ministries (the folks who introduced me to the Maguire Purifier) is sending a well-digger expert to the country next week and have graciously given me a day with him to go out to that site I shared about a month or so back. I am praying we can find a way to get a well for those folks and then a purifier! Pray for this ministry and their represetantive as he comes in next week April 22-25th. I don't know what day he will be with me, but all that he does here will be worth our prayerful support!
Last week I had an opportunity to meet with our regional volunteer strategist and some of my colleagues here in the DR to begin making plans for 2009 and beyond. I am excited about the possibilities. We are seeking summer missionaries (10 weeks) next summer and beginning in the Fall of '09 semester missionaries. If you are interested, get in touch with me so I can pass you on to the folks who will handle that process.
One more matter for our prayer: Carlos Llambes shared with me this week that one of the boys in his ministry (new church in Brisas de Este) had an accident and lost his leg. Pray with us that God will provide resources for a prothesis for this young man. Pray for God to guide us to the right people and agencies as we seek to get him help. Most of all, pray that God would be glorified in this situation.
I will update as best I can until the phone line is in. I am excited with my new office set-up and have everything up and ready to go, just no phone!! It has been an exasperating week- they cut the electricity at my old house (for no reason, the bill was paid with 2 weeks to spare!) and because I wasn't there to realize it, I lost everything in my freezer, not to mention the awful smell! It eventually wore out the batteries of the alarm and my neighbors suffered the night with it sounded every 20 mintues. I went down to get the power back on Thursday and they realized their error, said they would be out that day to get it back on and yet last night there was still no power. I didn't have the heart (nor the telephone!) to call the number they gave me to follow up. Hopefully by Monday it will be fixed, if not, I will have to go back to the office and go through the process again. Oh please, don't let that happen!
