Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
The first 2 weeks of school have gone well. Most of the boys have uniforms now. There is still a huge need for socks, underwear and backpacks.
The school cooks lunch for the children each day, and there is a program here through the U.N. and the World Hunger Program who has donated rice, beans and oil to the school. This provides a meal to all the children who attend Grace Christian School and for a lot of the children it is the only meal they get for the day. Through this program we have also received rice and beans to give to each family who has a child in the school. They will receive enough food for each family member periodically. The details haven’t been worked out yet, but it is truly a blessing to know that there is enough food to feed many families who are in great need.
Last week Pastor Andy held a church-planting revival across the river to the west. The area is even more impoverished than Port-de-Paix. We had been unable to go along because the river has been very high and too dangerous for us to cross. There is no bridge and we would have to drive the truck across. Sunday was the church dedication so we were finally able to go and oh! What a blessing. There were about 100 people there for the dedication and 30 people accepted Christ throughout the week. Praise God for Pastor Andy’s obedience to plant the church.
These are some of the 30 who accepted Christ.
We have a team here from our home church, Stevens Street Baptist Church, which has been exciting for Ron and me. Dr. Alex Case and his wife Rhonda, who left Saturday, were among those who came, and brought enough medicine to conduct a 3-day medical clinic for the community here. What a privilege it has been to work beside them in ministering to the sick here. There were 430 patients seen and 23 salvations and an untold amount of medicine handed out. Thank you, Alex and Rhonda, for giving your time and love to these people. You are already missed!
Ron and I are doing good. The heat is draining as well as the daily struggles with the living conditions, as anyone who has been here knows, but we know that Father has placed us here for a purpose and every day when we look into the eyes of these boys, we know we are where He wants us at this time. We thank you for your prayers as we continue to serve here. We know that through your prayers we receive strength. May God be glorified by all we say and do.
“I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart and I will glorify Your name forevermore."
Psalm 86:12
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