After several adjustments and some unexpected cash, at 4:30 we lacked only $12.42. We can cover that…I spoke with the mayor of Rondon yesterday and we agreed upon July 18 and 19th as their clinic days…. Alfredo and I made up the list of industrial tools he will need in order to do production work. I will publish those later on to see if anyone might have a tool they're not using that could be put on the container later this summer. He said with those tools he can turn out some of those items in 20 min…. I spent a couple hours with Louise Paz this afternoon and they are very excited with the potential of the new church …The builder came by this evening with some questions about the second floor of the dormitory. He appears ready to move ahead…. Carlos, age 10, has been working for us about two months. Yesterday he hit me up for a raise so he can buy more snacks at recess. Mike and I leave at 430 tomorrow morning to return to Tulsa for a couple weeks.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY: “God is dead” ------ Nietzsche; “Nietzsche is dead” ------ God
I continue to see the immediacy of the need for the dorms in order to provide opportunities for those who want to come down and stay for a few weeks and get a better feel for missions. Also, the manufacturing project. Thursday night we have a dinner meeting with several couples especially interested. As important as these are I can see we have to be careful not to put all of our attention there at the expense of winning the lost and making disciples. As we read and prayed today we were reminded of Jesus' final words to all of us to go into all the world and make disciples.
Thought For Today- If we are going to pray more we have to be more creative. We need time and a place. First of all, a place, and there are many. In fact, there are prayer rooms all over town.... college campuses; hospitals; the bigger churches; even airports. Secondly, on most any day we have at least a little discretionary time. Often it's not hard to plan your schedule so you have your free time near one of these prayer rooms. You'll not be bothering anyone; hardly ever will you see anyone else there.
I got a call from Marlon in Honduras yesterday. I hadn't heard from him or seen him in months. I'm not exactly sure why he called, but I suspect that he would like to come back to work for us. I hope the dorm project moves forward so that we can have him back. I called Nicholas this afternoon to make sure he got pictures of Dr. Rios's students doing their dental clinic. They had already left the mission center. As it turns out, it has been raining the last three days and is cold and only about 20 people showed up. With five students seeing patients, they were finished by mid day. Dr. Rios did say that they will be coming back at another time.
I told Nicholas today we are ready to purchase the first load of blocks for the dormitory. I asked him to get the best price from among the vendors that are there in our area. Sometimes we can get them cheaper from the larger companies, but I would rather give the business to our own people. This is just a start, but even a single step changes our perspective and we see things we never saw before. Also it gets us moving. It's hard to to be led when we have decided to stand still awhile longer. Nicholas wrote yesterday and said that he had gone to the bank and cashed the check for the worker's salaries. He ended his memo saying "...thank you for all that you do for us." Many people were praying for Cheryl's surgery and it did not go well. It is tempting to walk away empty-handed and discouraged. However, God is still in control and has a plan. We need to stay connected, continue praying, keep expecting. ____________________________________________ With regard to our prayers, how often have we walked away in the middle of a conversation with the Lord when we didn't get what we expected?
We are in the countdown now, as we will be leaving in just a few days; on Wednesday. As always, so much happens these last few days and we have trouble keeping up with everything. Last night we were invited to a fish fry with old friends from years back who have maintained an interest in Gathering Hearts. We certainly are grateful for all of them, their friendship and their prayers.
This morning I wrote Nicholas and told him to get Marlon back on the job as we will need him to help us with installing the satellite. Also, we have received some starter funds for construction of the dormitory that will allow us to at least break ground. It's not a large amount, but at least it's a start, and hopefully Marlon is available to begin and continue on the project. I also communicated with Jerome Garrett this morning regarding installation of the satellite and told him that Jim Redyke has just installed one.
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