Updates

Today as we were having our team worship time several things happened in answer to prayer. We got water (about noon!) and it was gushing, not dribbling! Goodness! That's a blessing...we could actually wash the comida dishes after the six of us ate! And the water is still on as I write this. Truly amazing! Praise the Lord.

Then, just as we were discussing what to do about our new house and landlord, he came by and said the house was done! He'd finished painting and removing the trees and he'd put up a screen that he'd taken down to repair a window. He still has to take out the stumps from the storm damaged trees, but needs to borrow a saw to do that, but there is room to park the truck. He wants us to come by at 3:30 tomorrow to see what he's done. We may actually be able to move after all. He also said he's decided to tile the kitchen counter, which he hadn't mentioned before. It's presently concrete, so it would be nice if it were tile, but wasn't anything we considered to be necessary. Just a bonus for patience I guess. Praise the Lord.

And hurricane Paul is now just a tropical depression, and while it will still is headed straight for us and will likely rain pretty good on us, it won't be accompanied by huge damaging winds! We had a few sprinkles today, and it was cloudy, breezy and cool all day. Praise the Lord.

We've also decided that the guys will keep going to Campo San Juan, politely bugging them, until they get to see Benny and get to the bottom of the hold up in getting permission to go to San Juan and Santa Lucia to visit the folks that live there.

And we are going to begin prayer walking in Ceuta. The town itself is small, and in pretty terrible straits. Lots of drinking, drugs, gangs and dirt...rodents spreading disease. In fact Dr. Maldonado has suggested that is where Lidia has contracted the typhus and typhoid that is in her bloodstream. She does a Bible study in one of the homes there, and there is a rat population living in the area with the people. He's urging her to stay away for three months to see if her health improves. She's currently praying about that. It would be hard for her either way, she'd really miss the interaction with this group of women, and the joy of witnessing their progress as they study the Word. But it's also hard on her to be sick and tired all the time. Please pray along with her and us on this issue.

Thanks for your powerful prayer support...it makes all the difference in this world!