On the way into the city today, I was reminded of how blessed I am to be in this beautiful country. It's a blessing to have nice accomodations at the ranch. I'm blessed to be able to teach these kids. I'm blessed to be teaching with some awesome Christian people that are all here for the same reasons. I'm blessed to be developing some wonderful friendships with these teachers. It's a blessing to be in the middle of God's beautiful creation. I'm blessed to have family and friends at home who love me and pray for me.
I love being here and feel incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to be here and love these kids!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
90+ Days!
So, this past Friday, October 12th was my 90th day in Honduras! I can't believe that I've already been here for so long! The only reason I know that it's been 90 days is because I had to go to immigration last Wednesday in order to get my visa renewed. I wasn't really looking forward to it because I'd heard some horror stories about it, but it really wasn't that bad. The lady at the window in the line we got in even spoke English which made things a lot easier!! The only bad thing that happened was at first we asked for 60 days, but when we got in the line to pay, they had the price for 30 days. Thankfully someone in our group noticed before we paid and we were able to go back and explain the problem. Anyways, now I can legally be in the country for another 60 days. It's also weird to think about that I'll be home on furlough in less than 60 days. It will be sad to leave here after spending everyday with the kids and teachers, but it will be a nice break and good to see friends and family! I'll be home from November 23-January 2nd in case you were wondering :). I'd love to see any of you that I can during that time and share a little about what's going on here and catch up with you on what's going on there.
These last few weeks have been busy, but fun. Honestly, they have all kind of run together, so I can't really think of what I need to tell you guys about. I had my first Spanish phone call today, and it was successful! I was able to understand pretty much everything that was said, and I'm pretty sure the person I was talking to was able to understand what I was trying to say. That was exciting! I just need more practice speaking Spanish. All but a few of the kids here are bilingual, so I don't get a lot of opportunities to practice. There are several of the teachers and houseparents, though, that know little to no English, so it's good to occasionally practice with them.
OK...I was debating on whether or not I should include this or not yet, but I've decided that some of you probably already know and it's exciting, so I should tell you :). I've committed to stay here for another year! So, I'll be here for the 2008-2009 school year as well. I'd been thinking and praying about it a lot and I feel like God isn't calling me elsewhere right now, so I feel like I should stay. It sounds like right now, a lot of the teachers are planning to stay, so that is exciting! It's kind of funny. No one is being really open about whether or not they are staying or where they are in the decision making process. It's good though, so we won't be staying just because someone else is, or for the wrong reasons.
I'm working on a September/October Newsletter that should be finished soon, so you'll here more details then. I apologize for that delay. I've been slowly getting some of my pictures organized so I can include some new ones on there.
Here are some prayer requests as usual:
1. Pray for the health and safety of everyone involved with the ministry. Several people have been sick recently and 2 of the girls have hurt their ankle/leg. Also, we've had a lot of rain lately, so the road that we take down the mountain is really really muddy and hard to drive on. There are tons of holes and it is very slick and easy to get stuck in. Today one of the teachers got stuck when driving to school from the city, so someone had to go help them out. You can be praying for a safe commute to and from the ranch.
2. Pray for wisdom and guidance as many people are trying to decide about whether or not to stay for another year. It's a hard decision to make, especially this early.
3. Please continue to pray for patience and energy as i teach. I love it, but some days are hard :).
Thanks, as always for the prayers and financial support! Love y'all!
These last few weeks have been busy, but fun. Honestly, they have all kind of run together, so I can't really think of what I need to tell you guys about. I had my first Spanish phone call today, and it was successful! I was able to understand pretty much everything that was said, and I'm pretty sure the person I was talking to was able to understand what I was trying to say. That was exciting! I just need more practice speaking Spanish. All but a few of the kids here are bilingual, so I don't get a lot of opportunities to practice. There are several of the teachers and houseparents, though, that know little to no English, so it's good to occasionally practice with them.
OK...I was debating on whether or not I should include this or not yet, but I've decided that some of you probably already know and it's exciting, so I should tell you :). I've committed to stay here for another year! So, I'll be here for the 2008-2009 school year as well. I'd been thinking and praying about it a lot and I feel like God isn't calling me elsewhere right now, so I feel like I should stay. It sounds like right now, a lot of the teachers are planning to stay, so that is exciting! It's kind of funny. No one is being really open about whether or not they are staying or where they are in the decision making process. It's good though, so we won't be staying just because someone else is, or for the wrong reasons.
I'm working on a September/October Newsletter that should be finished soon, so you'll here more details then. I apologize for that delay. I've been slowly getting some of my pictures organized so I can include some new ones on there.
Here are some prayer requests as usual:
1. Pray for the health and safety of everyone involved with the ministry. Several people have been sick recently and 2 of the girls have hurt their ankle/leg. Also, we've had a lot of rain lately, so the road that we take down the mountain is really really muddy and hard to drive on. There are tons of holes and it is very slick and easy to get stuck in. Today one of the teachers got stuck when driving to school from the city, so someone had to go help them out. You can be praying for a safe commute to and from the ranch.
2. Pray for wisdom and guidance as many people are trying to decide about whether or not to stay for another year. It's a hard decision to make, especially this early.
3. Please continue to pray for patience and energy as i teach. I love it, but some days are hard :).
Thanks, as always for the prayers and financial support! Love y'all!
Thursday, October 4, 2007
A fun day!
I had a very blessed birthday today! The day was full of one fun thing after another. this morning as I was getting ready for school, I received a phone call from one of the Honduran house parents here telling me what a blessing I was here and how God has a special plan for me being here, etc. Once I got to school, the teachers all had a little party for me before classes started. At the beginning of the school year, we all drew birthdays of each other so that each of us would be responsible for the celebration of the birthday of someone else. One of the Honduran teachers drew my name, but i didn't know it until this morning. We're supposed to go to a meeting at 8:10 every morning where we pray for the day and discuss any important items of business that we may need to know about before classes start at 8:20. ANYWAYS, as I was headed toward the meeting, one of the other teachers called me aside to "talk to me about 2 of his students who i teach ESL to" as a little distraction while they finished getting everything ready. They gave him the signal that everything was ok so I entered to them singing "Happy Birthday" in Spanish..."Feliz Cumpleanos a ti," with a yummy cake with strawberries, some popcorn, soda, decorations, a banner, and a card. It was all very nice!
When I got to my class, my students each brought me a little card they made me and little presents. They were all so sweet. One of my students wrote his card in English and Spanish since he knows I'm learning Spanish. One little boy gave me a little octopus he had made out of yarn in art class a few weeks ago. He also included a "necklace from that place....you know...Hawaii!" the necklace is one of those little plastic leis :). My other gifts included, a little beanie baby blue jay, one of those little flexible rubber mickey mouse toys, flowers picked from the yard, and a cd complete with 2 Michael Jackson songs. Jae's class also came in to sing happy birthday to me, and she had her crafts class make "graffiti signs" for me.
Tonight, Jae and I were invited over to dinner at one of the other teacher's house. We had a nice little dinner complete with a yummy carrot cake from Jae. After that, we went to a meeting where we were planning this next month's lessons for the community outreach kids' thing we've been doing on Wednesdays. In the middle of the meeting, someone wrote a note to the person leading the meeting to sing happy birthday to me. So...right in the middle of the meeting, they sang "Happy Birthday" to me in English, Spanish, and as a rap. It was quite entertaining.
I loved all the emails and little messages on facebook from everyone! I was also able to talk to my mom and leave Robbie a little birthday message too.
Thanks to everyone that made this day so special for me! I've enjoyed every bit of it! It was a real blessing!
When I got to my class, my students each brought me a little card they made me and little presents. They were all so sweet. One of my students wrote his card in English and Spanish since he knows I'm learning Spanish. One little boy gave me a little octopus he had made out of yarn in art class a few weeks ago. He also included a "necklace from that place....you know...Hawaii!" the necklace is one of those little plastic leis :). My other gifts included, a little beanie baby blue jay, one of those little flexible rubber mickey mouse toys, flowers picked from the yard, and a cd complete with 2 Michael Jackson songs. Jae's class also came in to sing happy birthday to me, and she had her crafts class make "graffiti signs" for me.
Tonight, Jae and I were invited over to dinner at one of the other teacher's house. We had a nice little dinner complete with a yummy carrot cake from Jae. After that, we went to a meeting where we were planning this next month's lessons for the community outreach kids' thing we've been doing on Wednesdays. In the middle of the meeting, someone wrote a note to the person leading the meeting to sing happy birthday to me. So...right in the middle of the meeting, they sang "Happy Birthday" to me in English, Spanish, and as a rap. It was quite entertaining.
I loved all the emails and little messages on facebook from everyone! I was also able to talk to my mom and leave Robbie a little birthday message too.
Thanks to everyone that made this day so special for me! I've enjoyed every bit of it! It was a real blessing!
Monday, October 1, 2007
The last 2 weeks...
Sorry I haven't updated in a couple of weeks. I've been kind of busy.
I'm not going to include a lot of details in this post because I'm going to try to send out a newsletter very soon with more details.
These past 2 weeks have been good. I've continued to enjoy hanging out with the kids here at the ranch, as well as the other teachers and missionaries. I have a funny story to share. The other night, several of the teachers were invited to a family's house for dinner. This is a missionary family here at the ranch with 5 kids. This story is about their son who is in 2nd grade. While we were eating dinner, the son, Nate, was talking with one of the teachers about playing soccer. Nate suggested that they start up a soccer team of all the kids 10 and under. Nate was going to be team captain and Jason, the teacher, was going to be referee/coach. In order to make things more fair, Jason suggested that they draw straws instead of Nate automatically becoming team captain. Nate thought about it for a second and then said, "No, I think we should play soccer." He thought they would draw straws instead of playing soccer. The story is probably funnier if you know Nate.
You may remember that we caught a mouse that was in our house and kept him as a pet. Well, we took him to school a week or so ago to have a class pet, but he only stayed a day b/c he stopped eating and was pretty much terrified. Well, after coming home from dinner the other night, we came home to find our door slightly open. I was like, "Oh...I wonder if Mickey (a cat that belongs one of the girls that lives in the house above us) came in." Mickey has been known to do that before. Anyway, Jae then said, "If she did, I hope our little mouse is ok." pretty much the same time she said that we saw this:
the mouse's cage had been knocked down off of the shelf where it was, the lid was open, and the little wood shavings were spilled everywhere. Then we found Mickey ready to pounce on something that was under Jae's dresser. That night and the next day we saw no sign of the mouse.
Last night, i came home from the city and saw something dark in the middle of the floor. I realized it was our mouse! But as I came closer to him, he didn't move at all. I was afraid he was dead. Then he slowly backed away, but didn't run like mice usually do. He was so still that I was able to put a box over him until Jae came home and was able to put him back in the cage.
So..now our mouse is back home, but probably a little traumatized from the experience with Mickey.
Yesterday I had another long, but fun day in the city. There was a meeting after church that was supposed to last about 30 minutes. It ended up lasting about 2 hours! 2 of the other teachers and I didn't go in, so we just waited outsided for it to be over. We were pretty bored and starving by the time it was time to go. Afterwards, we went to the mall where I was able to hang out with Kevin, a friend from TCU, who is also in Tegucigalpa doing some mission work. After that, a bunch of people from the ranch went to Ruby Tuesdays for a celebration of Jennifer (another teacher) and my birthday. It was a fun time...and a good deal...2 for 1 appetizers and desserts!
School and everything else is still going well! We've been doing the outreach thing in the community with the literacy program and kid's bible club every wednesday. It's been encouraging to see a lot of the same people come back as well as a few new people each week.
Please be praying for me as I need to decide by November 15th whether or not I'm going to stay for another year. Right now, i'm seriously considering it, and can't think of a reason why I shouldn't stay.
As always, thanks for all of your prayers and support!
Hannah :)
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Fun Week!
This has been a very fun and eventful week!
Sunday was a very long, but fun day. We were gone from the ranch for 14 hours, but in that time we went to sunday school, church, valley of the angels (Valle de Angeles), the mall, and another church. Valley of the angels is a very touristy little area of honduras that is full of souvenir shops. We ate lunch at a really yummy pizza place, got ripped off by a "mariachi" band, and I bought a hammock chair for our porch! When I was trying to buy the hammock chair, I was asking my friend how to ask the guy how much it cost and what other colors they had when he answered my question in English. it was kind of funny.
Monday was our "Day of the Child" celebration. We started off the day with fun songs, games, and a "hunt" for little bags of candy instead of our regular 1st period class. It was a fun day for the kids. We still had a regular school day, but I let them do more fun stuff/games than usual.
Wednesday we had a community outreach. It was probably my favorite day of the week. In my last newsletter I mentioned going to a church in san matias. Well, this outreach was at the same church. There were 2 parts to the outreach. There's an adult literacy program where some adults who had never learned to read before were taught the basics of the written spanish language. The other aspect is what I was involved in. It's a kid's club for the children involved in the literacy program. I'll give you more details about the outreach and the ideas behind it in my newsletter, but basically we sang some songs, acted out the parable of the lost sheep (I was the lost sheep which involved running away from the group of other "sheep," saying "baaa....me duele" repeatedly until I was found by the shepherd and was brought back to the rest of the flock), and memorized Romans 5:8. There was a lot of rain, but we still had about 25 adults and 27 or so kids. We'll have a similar outreach every wednesday. I'm excited about this new idea and am looking forward to what God's going to do through it.
Thursday was our "Honduran Festival" where we celebrated Honduras's independence. There was a program that told about the history of honduras, showed some pictures of different areas, had a honduran folkloric dance, and we tried some typical honduran food.
Friday night we went to this really beautiful and fancy restaurant called "La Cumbre." It's located on a mountain with a beautiful breathtaking view of the lights of the city. It was fun to dress up and have a fun night out with the rest of the teachers and a few other people working with WGO.
Today has been a relaxing and fun day. I got some work done on some new forms/sales sheets for the souvenirs that we sell. I also was able to read a lot, help paint a wall in our dining/living area, relax on hammocks, have dinner and play cranium with some of the other teachers, and experience an earthquake. That's right...there was an earthquake today! It was apparently a 5.5 and was north of Tegucigalpa. We just felt a little bit from it. I didn't realize what it was until my roommate asked if I felt it and others were talking about it too. Someone looked on the internet and we figured out that it was indeed an earthquake. It was pretty exciting!
Ok...now some prayer requests:
1. I need to make a decision by November 15th about whether or not I want to stay for another year. Right now, I'm feeling like I want to stay, but I don't want to officially commit to it yet. Please be praying for guidance in that decision.
2. Continue to pray for healing for one of the Honduran teachers who is pregnant and has a tumor in her uterus.
3. Continue to pray for the health of everyone involved with the ministry and their families.
4. Praise God that my uncle's surgery went well! Please continue to pray for a quick recovery and healing.
That's it for now! As always, thanks for all the prayers and support and please keep in touch!!
Hannah
Sunday was a very long, but fun day. We were gone from the ranch for 14 hours, but in that time we went to sunday school, church, valley of the angels (Valle de Angeles), the mall, and another church. Valley of the angels is a very touristy little area of honduras that is full of souvenir shops. We ate lunch at a really yummy pizza place, got ripped off by a "mariachi" band, and I bought a hammock chair for our porch! When I was trying to buy the hammock chair, I was asking my friend how to ask the guy how much it cost and what other colors they had when he answered my question in English. it was kind of funny.
Monday was our "Day of the Child" celebration. We started off the day with fun songs, games, and a "hunt" for little bags of candy instead of our regular 1st period class. It was a fun day for the kids. We still had a regular school day, but I let them do more fun stuff/games than usual.
Wednesday we had a community outreach. It was probably my favorite day of the week. In my last newsletter I mentioned going to a church in san matias. Well, this outreach was at the same church. There were 2 parts to the outreach. There's an adult literacy program where some adults who had never learned to read before were taught the basics of the written spanish language. The other aspect is what I was involved in. It's a kid's club for the children involved in the literacy program. I'll give you more details about the outreach and the ideas behind it in my newsletter, but basically we sang some songs, acted out the parable of the lost sheep (I was the lost sheep which involved running away from the group of other "sheep," saying "baaa....me duele" repeatedly until I was found by the shepherd and was brought back to the rest of the flock), and memorized Romans 5:8. There was a lot of rain, but we still had about 25 adults and 27 or so kids. We'll have a similar outreach every wednesday. I'm excited about this new idea and am looking forward to what God's going to do through it.
Thursday was our "Honduran Festival" where we celebrated Honduras's independence. There was a program that told about the history of honduras, showed some pictures of different areas, had a honduran folkloric dance, and we tried some typical honduran food.
Friday night we went to this really beautiful and fancy restaurant called "La Cumbre." It's located on a mountain with a beautiful breathtaking view of the lights of the city. It was fun to dress up and have a fun night out with the rest of the teachers and a few other people working with WGO.
Today has been a relaxing and fun day. I got some work done on some new forms/sales sheets for the souvenirs that we sell. I also was able to read a lot, help paint a wall in our dining/living area, relax on hammocks, have dinner and play cranium with some of the other teachers, and experience an earthquake. That's right...there was an earthquake today! It was apparently a 5.5 and was north of Tegucigalpa. We just felt a little bit from it. I didn't realize what it was until my roommate asked if I felt it and others were talking about it too. Someone looked on the internet and we figured out that it was indeed an earthquake. It was pretty exciting!
Ok...now some prayer requests:
1. I need to make a decision by November 15th about whether or not I want to stay for another year. Right now, I'm feeling like I want to stay, but I don't want to officially commit to it yet. Please be praying for guidance in that decision.
2. Continue to pray for healing for one of the Honduran teachers who is pregnant and has a tumor in her uterus.
3. Continue to pray for the health of everyone involved with the ministry and their families.
4. Praise God that my uncle's surgery went well! Please continue to pray for a quick recovery and healing.
That's it for now! As always, thanks for all the prayers and support and please keep in touch!!
Hannah
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Hurricanes and answers to prayer
Thanks so much for all of the prayers and emails I received about Hurricane Felix. The hurricane hit pretty hard on the north coast and in Nicaragua, but there wasn't much damage here. We got out of school at 11am on Tuesday as a precaution for the hurricane and to allow the Honduran teachers to get back to the city before it started raining too much. We also didn't have any school on Wednesday. All we really got from the hurricane was several hours of light rain and some wind. Some areas north of here had a lot of flooding, mudslides, etc. You can continue to be praying for them.
Everything here is still going really well! I love all the people I'm working with and the kids here at the ranch. I'm learning a lot from all of them everyday. Thanks for your continued prayers for patience and health as well. Things that I mentioned before about needing patience with a particular student especially have improved a lot. Some days are still challenging, but I love every day with him. Almost everyone at the ranch is feeling better, so that is also an answer to prayer. There is still at least one person with a lingering cough, but besides that people are feeling better.
Some new things from the last couple of weeks:
1. I worked in the nursery at my church on Sunday. It was fun to be with the kids (ages 1-1st grade), but i missed being in the service. I think I'm scheduled to work in there again sometime in October.
2. I've volunteered to help with managing the souvenirs that we sell at the ranch. We grow coffee and moras (blackberries) here on our property. We sell the coffee, blackberry jellies and jams, cookbooks, vanilla, and shirts. My job is to inventory all we have (there's been no record really of how much we've produced) and make sure things are stocked and presentable in Casa Grande. Casa Grande (or "The big house") is where construction brigades stay when they are here and medical brigades come and have lunch while they are at the ranch on Wednesday afternoons. There is a little corner set up with all the souvenirs that are for sell.
3. Yesterday was my roommate's birthday! We went over to some of the other teacher's house to have cake and watch a movie.
4. Yesterday we had a ministry wide event for everyone involved with WGO. It was to introduce the new teachers and other missionaries to the rest of the ministry. About half...or maybe more of the ministry is here at Rancho Ebenezer, where the kids, school, etc, are. The rest of the ministry is in El hatillo at the mission house, on a different mountain, where all the construction brigades come through and most of the administrative work is done. It was good to meet a lot of the people I'd heard of, but never met before. We had a time of worship together, the CEO/president spoke, and we played some fun games that were only slightly hindered by the rain.
I've enjoyed getting a little more involved in things here. It has allowed me to get to know some more people that I wouldn't otherwise interact with a lot. Teaching is still my top priority since that is what I'm here to do, but there's lots of other time to do these other things as well.
It's funny how it's rained harder and for longer periods of time the last few days than it did for the hurricane. It shows how God answers prayers! With the threat of the hurricane and everything, I was reminded of Psalm 29 which talks about the glory and splendor of God. You should read it sometime.
One more thing...at the church I've been going to, I've had the privilege of meeting a couple of ladies that used to work with my great aunt, Kathleen Ray, with CAM international many years ago. They worked at a school in Siguatepeque which isn't too far from here. When we found out who each other were, it was almost like meeting old family b/c I'd always heard of Aunt Kat's stories about Honduras. Edith, the lady I met at church, had always heard stories about all my relatives. She said that next time CAM has a little get together, she was going to kidnap me and take me to it so she could introduce me to everyone. She had some very nice things to say about Aunt Kat and the work and relationship she had with all the kids that they used to work with.
Lastly, some prayer requests:
1. My uncle, Walter, is having a bypass surgery on Tuesday morning. He suffered a heart attack this past spring and was recently having some more discomfort in his chest. He went to one doctor who had said that it was just acid reflux. Walter decided to get a second opinion, so they did some tests and found out there is some more blockage in his arteries and needs to have a quadruple...or maybe 5 bypasses. They said it's a good thing that he came in when he did, because it could have been a lot worse if he had waited. It's been cool to see how God has protected their family in the past few years.
2. Pray for unity and great relationships to continue to develop among the missionary staff with WGO.
3. Continue to pray for healing in the kids lives, and that they would find a comfort and peace in Christ.
4. Continue to pray for patience and continuous joy and energy while I'm teaching.
As always, thanks for all the prayers and support! I'd love to hear from you!
Everything here is still going really well! I love all the people I'm working with and the kids here at the ranch. I'm learning a lot from all of them everyday. Thanks for your continued prayers for patience and health as well. Things that I mentioned before about needing patience with a particular student especially have improved a lot. Some days are still challenging, but I love every day with him. Almost everyone at the ranch is feeling better, so that is also an answer to prayer. There is still at least one person with a lingering cough, but besides that people are feeling better.
Some new things from the last couple of weeks:
1. I worked in the nursery at my church on Sunday. It was fun to be with the kids (ages 1-1st grade), but i missed being in the service. I think I'm scheduled to work in there again sometime in October.
2. I've volunteered to help with managing the souvenirs that we sell at the ranch. We grow coffee and moras (blackberries) here on our property. We sell the coffee, blackberry jellies and jams, cookbooks, vanilla, and shirts. My job is to inventory all we have (there's been no record really of how much we've produced) and make sure things are stocked and presentable in Casa Grande. Casa Grande (or "The big house") is where construction brigades stay when they are here and medical brigades come and have lunch while they are at the ranch on Wednesday afternoons. There is a little corner set up with all the souvenirs that are for sell.
3. Yesterday was my roommate's birthday! We went over to some of the other teacher's house to have cake and watch a movie.
4. Yesterday we had a ministry wide event for everyone involved with WGO. It was to introduce the new teachers and other missionaries to the rest of the ministry. About half...or maybe more of the ministry is here at Rancho Ebenezer, where the kids, school, etc, are. The rest of the ministry is in El hatillo at the mission house, on a different mountain, where all the construction brigades come through and most of the administrative work is done. It was good to meet a lot of the people I'd heard of, but never met before. We had a time of worship together, the CEO/president spoke, and we played some fun games that were only slightly hindered by the rain.
I've enjoyed getting a little more involved in things here. It has allowed me to get to know some more people that I wouldn't otherwise interact with a lot. Teaching is still my top priority since that is what I'm here to do, but there's lots of other time to do these other things as well.
It's funny how it's rained harder and for longer periods of time the last few days than it did for the hurricane. It shows how God answers prayers! With the threat of the hurricane and everything, I was reminded of Psalm 29 which talks about the glory and splendor of God. You should read it sometime.
One more thing...at the church I've been going to, I've had the privilege of meeting a couple of ladies that used to work with my great aunt, Kathleen Ray, with CAM international many years ago. They worked at a school in Siguatepeque which isn't too far from here. When we found out who each other were, it was almost like meeting old family b/c I'd always heard of Aunt Kat's stories about Honduras. Edith, the lady I met at church, had always heard stories about all my relatives. She said that next time CAM has a little get together, she was going to kidnap me and take me to it so she could introduce me to everyone. She had some very nice things to say about Aunt Kat and the work and relationship she had with all the kids that they used to work with.
Lastly, some prayer requests:
1. My uncle, Walter, is having a bypass surgery on Tuesday morning. He suffered a heart attack this past spring and was recently having some more discomfort in his chest. He went to one doctor who had said that it was just acid reflux. Walter decided to get a second opinion, so they did some tests and found out there is some more blockage in his arteries and needs to have a quadruple...or maybe 5 bypasses. They said it's a good thing that he came in when he did, because it could have been a lot worse if he had waited. It's been cool to see how God has protected their family in the past few years.
2. Pray for unity and great relationships to continue to develop among the missionary staff with WGO.
3. Continue to pray for healing in the kids lives, and that they would find a comfort and peace in Christ.
4. Continue to pray for patience and continuous joy and energy while I'm teaching.
As always, thanks for all the prayers and support! I'd love to hear from you!
Monday, September 3, 2007
Hurricane Felix
Hurricane Felix is coming! Some say it will miss us...or at least just give us "tropical storm" conditions, others say it's coming right for us. Either way, please pray with us as the storm approaches. It's supposed to hit Central America Tuesday or Wednesday.
I haven't really paid that much attention to hurricanes before now, but it's amazing to see how God has designed them so huge and powerful. Even though hurricanes can bring lots of destruction and damage, it's kind of exciting to see this little piece of God's creation.
I'll let you know when I find out more about the hurricane or after it passes, i'll let you know if it actually hit us or not...the kind of storm it brought, etc.
Thanks for the prayers!
I haven't really paid that much attention to hurricanes before now, but it's amazing to see how God has designed them so huge and powerful. Even though hurricanes can bring lots of destruction and damage, it's kind of exciting to see this little piece of God's creation.
I'll let you know when I find out more about the hurricane or after it passes, i'll let you know if it actually hit us or not...the kind of storm it brought, etc.
Thanks for the prayers!
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