Plan 'B' Often Used

It did not rain on the way to church today but it did rain several times during the week so we still had to walk around mud puddles. This is the path leading into the school yard.

This is one of the better class rooms. The teachers desks do not have legs.  Count your blessings teachers. 

We had around 50 kids for Bible Class.  Our group from Gugeegue did not make the trip to Ebeye in time for church.  Our teacher was in that group so we had to throw next weeks teacher into this weeks spot.  Peterson & Yolonda kept the kids busy singing while waiting for the teacher. Our teachers are great. They have stepped in when things have not gone as planned several times.  Praise God for our teachers.

Jobs Needed

It rained again today on the way to church.  We had to walk around many mud holes in the school yard.  God has blessed us with the rain to fill the peoples water catchments.


It has been pretty scary on Kwaj lately.  They laid off around 25 Marshallese and fifty something Americans. Anyone who quits on their own are not being replaced.  No one from church have been laid off yet and we are all very thankful to God for his blessings.

Making a living for the Marshallese people is very tough.  If they do not work on Kwaj there are very few ways for them to earn money to support their families.  Everything is so expensive that whatever you do make does not go far. We have one of our Sisters who sells sandwich bags of popcorn for a quarter to earn money to support her and her daughter. They sleep on the floor of another couples home. She works at any odd jobs she can find.  There are many people on Ebeye & Gugeegue who are needing any way to make a living. There is no Internet and only a few phones. If anyone has any idea of how people can earn money, send me your ideas.  Count your blessing if you have a steady job and you can provide for your family.

BLESSINGS

 We had a good crowd of kids for class and our teachers did another wonderful job teaching God's word to the kids. It was raining so everyone got wet walking around the mud puddles to get to the non air conditioned class room.  If you rode to church in your air conditioned car on a paved road,  picked the closest parking space on a paved parking lot, sat in an air conditioned building on a cushioned bench, you need to praise God for your blessings.

Lee taught class and led some songs. Peterson led some songs in Marshallese and did a great job preaching the sermon.  Thank you Lord for putting a strong desire to spread God's word into Peterson's heart.

If you have water available to you when you turn your facet on,  you need to thank God that he has blessed you with that privilege. We are in our "rainy" season and for the first time since we have been here it is actually raining quite often (the past rainy seasons have been dry).  That is very good for everyone on Ebeye & Gugeegue because they get their water by catching it as it runs off their roof into a water catchment.  This pic is of the water catchment that Paul put up at the church building.  It is the Cadillac of catchments.  They catch the water on Kwaj on the airport runway and they bless us by having the water available when we need it. Thank you Lord for the rain you have provided to fill up our water catchments.

GREAT TEACHERS

Yolonda does a great job every week leading the kids in songs.

It is hard to see, but a kid at the dock had a crab on a string. What a pet!

Our teachers do a wonderful job teaching Bible stories to the kids.

Traveling Visitors

Robert & Sandra Darby and Cala traveled from TN to OK to visit with us while we were on vacation in the states. Robert was one of the three preachers who came to Kwajalein to build the church building on Gugeegue. Robert & Sandra have a strong love for the Lord. Blessings to their precious family.