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The three preachers will be leaving tomorrow along with the two little girls they are adopting. They had no idea when they stepped off the plane on Kwaj they would be leaving with two little girls. They have put in long exhaustive hours to build a two story church building. God Bless you for all your wonderful work as well as your families and congregations for continuing on without you for so long. Check out the 'Sweet Julianna' link. My Granddaughter at seven years old and her father, Ellis, are on her first mission trip to Nicaragua. Lee & Ellis helped them build a church building two years ago and Lee built a swing set last year. They are putting cement floors into houses this year and of course they hold VBS every year. Blessing to all.

Another Great Day

My battery was about to give up again so these pics are a little hazy. Sorry about that.

We had another good Sunday. The guys did a great job on the service. Macy's had 90% off some toys so I bought a dozen baby dolls and that many footballs. Paul announced last Sunday that we would be giving them away and we ended up with way more kids than we had toys. I felt bad I had not bought more. These little kids have so little. The dolls were cheap little dolls but it was the world to them. I even saw one Jr high boy who came for the football but who knows what seed God planted in him. He may end up one of the Preacher students. One thing I have not seen yet is a teddy bear. Maybe it is not a concept that people who live in constant 85 degree heat can wrap their mind around.

Around Christmas I will start up a teddy bear drive for the kids on Gugeegue. Their needs are much greater than that but maybe we can give them a moment of fun. Perhaps we can do one box of fun and a box of children's health products.

One thing I would like to do right now is anyone who can buy just one of those really small Bibles or a Bible for grade school or preteen age. There were two girls who were probably 5th or 6th grade that I would like to get to help with teaching the little kids and translating the lessons. It would be great for every child to have a Bible of his or her own. Most of them can not read it, but we can start instilling that the Bible is God's word. Just guessing I would say we would need about forty to fifty Bibles. If you bring the kids in, the parents will follow. Good old Joy Bus flash back. I think everyone has my email address if you need my mailing address or you can ask one of our daughters if you can get hold of them.

Blessings to all.

Praise God

This is the barge that we ride from Kwaj to Ebeye to get to Gugeegue.








This is inside the barge. I was sitting closer to the front.






This is the rough road that you have to travel from Ebeye to Gugeegue. The trip is about an hour (one way). We missed the barge coming back last Sunday night and we had to wait an extra two hours for the next barge. The three wise men, I mean preachers, have traveled this road every day. Back and forth.

To God be the glory, they baptised a new brother in Christ yesterday. He wants to be in the preacher school when they get it going. Lee will have another man to help out with the services. He is a policeman on Ebeye. I will get a pic of him Sunday.

Local pics

Taxi's on Ebeye are pick ups. They jump in the back of the pick up and ride to where ever they are going. Keep in mind it is not a long ride because it is a small island. It is pretty rough to ride in the back on the way to Gugeegue but some of the guys usually end up in the back. On Sunday night on the way back from Gugeegue to Ebeye there were 5 people in the back of a Nissan pick up and it started raining. Everyone in the back got wet but they had no choice.



Chickens, pigs, dogs, and cats run all over Gugeegue. It is nothing to have a dog or some cats run through the church service chasing each other because we do not have doors up yet. They don't take their animals to get them "fixed" so there are lots of babies. The good thing about the chickens is they eat the ants and termites. The guys picked something up the other day and uncovered a bunch of ants. The chickens came running and had the ants cleaned up in short order.

Good Week End

Lee gave the sermon Sunday morning at the service on Kwaj. He did a really good job for his almost first sermon. I was very proud of him and everyone complemented him.

The Church building is coming along. They should finish the roof today. We actually had ceiling fans with lights for Sunday nights service.

Here are the four brothers who are spearheading the building. L-R are Robert, Paul, Danny and Lee. I will try to get a pic of the locals who are helping out.

Robert and Danny are adopting two of the little girls who are needing parents. Danny's daughter is adopting the little girl he is sitting with. Robert and his wife are adopting one of the 5 yr old girls themselves. He has Grandkids older than she is. They are going home with a whole lot more than they anticipated. The adoption process is real easy to do here and the relatives know they will get a better education and a better life in the states. The whole process has taken less than two weeks. Wow!

What a week end! Blessings to all.