Rainy days!

Greetings everyone!

I made a quick trip to the States for a speaking engagement and was blessed by fellowship along the way. Now, we are all busily getting ready for another Saturday of workshops. In our Bible study this week, we will be discussing God's purposes for allowing Joseph to be sold as a slave in Egypt. As we prepare, I am again overwhelmed with the amazing sovereignty of God in orchestrating circumstances to accomplish His purposes! What trials Joseph went through, never dreaming the way that God would use them! Oh, to trust God in the midst of the storms, and know that He is having His way!

Pray for our preparation for Saturday, and for Elvina's safety as she travels from Belize City tomorrow.

July 31, 2009

Greetings everyone! Tomorrow is Saturday already! We are busy today getting ready for workshops. Please pray for wisdom as we complete final preparations. Tomorrow in the advanced Bible study class we will be looking at the life of Joseph. Did you know that the Bible says that God gave Joseph success in all he did? That is an amazing thought to ponder, especially when you consider that Joseph wound up in prison. Is that success? What does God call success? How can we have God's success in our lives? Interesting thoughts to consider as we prepare to share with the attendees tomorrow.

May the Lord grant each of us success in our lives today!

July 25, 2009

Greetings everyone! Workshops are back in full swing here in Belize! We started new classes on the 15th to accommodate other people who wanted to join in. This has been a refreshing recharge, and has brought in a number of people from the community! We are excited about that, since they come from unchurched homes, and this will be a good opportunity to share Christ with them.

We are praying about where to start doing discipleship groups using the Bible studies we are writing. We would like to start going someplace on a semi-regular basis to help them establish a Bible study group, learn how to do Bible studies, and use the Scripture in their own language. I am going to check out one possibility at a church tomorrow. Please pray for direction! One village may not be a big start, but if we can establish it with a few serious people, then they can spread it to others.

Back to normal...

Greetings once again from Belize! I had an uneventful trip back, and we jumped right back into work. We had workshops on Saturday, and were blessed by the turnout and interaction. Several new students attended, in addition to the normal group we have been having.

Today I am taking care of some passport/residency issues in Belmopan, then we will be working again tomorrow.

Thanks for your prayers, we serve a mighty God!

Heading South...

Tomorrow I am traveling back to Belize. Please pray for safe travels, both for me as I fly, and for Elvina and Clifford as they travel to pick me up.

End of June

Greetings one and all!! This blog has been sorely neglected, but I will try to keep it up to date in the future. I am currently in the States, heading back to Belize on the 8th of July. Elvina and Clifford did an excellent job keeping the workshops going while I was gone, and we are going to take one Saturday off this Saturday, due to a youth camp taking place at the facility. Please be in prayer for everyone involved with the camp!

I recently sent out a couple of updates which had stories from the past few months. If you did not receive and update and would like one, please let me know by posting a comment on this post.

Keep us in your prayers! We are planning on resuming the workshops on July 11th, three days after I get back. Please pray for my safety in traveling, Elvina and Clifford's health (there has been a lot of flu going around), and our planning for that next workshop!

Storm!!!!

Greetings everyone! Just a quick update to let you know the workshops are still going well, and we are still working on Bible studies and translation.

Saturday night I saw the hand of God displayed in a mighty way: Lightning!!! I have always loved watching lightning, but I got to see it up close and personal that night.

It started with rain around 11:00, then the wind started to pick up. Pretty soon it was the heaviest drencher I have ever heard, and the wind was whipping so strong, that every where in my room was getting dampened. My puppy began to cry, and I ran out to rescue the bunny from certain death by drowning... It was amazing how quickly the yard was flooding!

Sometime shortly after 12:00, I had gotten up again to see if I had unplugged something, but just as I came out of my door, I was stopped in my tracks by an incredible flash and a tremendous crash of thunder. I watched, thunderstruck, as the lightning (that hit my phone antenna) travelled down the wire, burst the phone apart, then leapt across the table to fry the satellite modem. Finally, it sent a burst a flame out of the outlet in my room. I was rather startled, but was soon curled up in bed, sleeping for the few hours left of the night.

The next morning, I was surprised to discover it had rained five inches in about 2 to 2 1/2 hours. My phone was obviously dead, as well as the internet, but everything else was okay. I am thankful that it was not the new internet system but the old modem that had been repaired many times anyway.

I am blessed by God's protection and the display of His mighty power! Please be praying for the local farmers. We are having a lot of rain when it should be dry, so they are having trouble preparing their fields to plant vital food to meet the needs of their families.

Also, please be in prayer as we are working on getting the new (used but new to us) satellite dish installed. We are having some difficulties with getting all the parts working. We bought a really inexpensive one at first, but it didn't work at all. After finding another used system, we discovered that part of it is not functioning, so we are trying to figure out what to do next.

God is good!