Rain Blessings

Our kids have had to meet outside for three weeks now.  They don't care a bit.  Our teachers and kids are good at doing whatever it takes to hold class.

God has blessed us with three days of rain.  We usually get short five or ten minute downpours.  You just wait for it to pass and go about your business.  Most of the Marshallese people depend on water catchments to catch the run off for their water needs.

The public high school is located in Gugeegue.  They received one school bus from Japan to transport their kids back and forth over  Gugeegue road.

Four Years of Blessings

It was raining pretty hard before,during and after church so our numbers were way down.  We could not get into the room our kids usually meet in, but we made do. If there is anything you learn over seas is go to plan 'B' and if that doesn't work, plan 'C'.'D',etc. There was not any gasoline again so the taxi's were not running.  We missed our Gugeegue members.

Lee and I have been blessed to be in the Marshall Islands four years now. There is no doubt the Lord sent us here and as in all of life, it has been up and down. May God Bless the Marshallese people and the church's in  Ebeye and Gugeegue. May God  help us to do His will.

New Provisions

This is an Army base and we were allowed only a couple thousand pounds of our own stuff to be shipped to the island.  Thus, you use issued furniture, and appliances.  The furniture was all 70's and eighties stuff and long ago uncomfortable.

The base is finally getting new furniture. We now have a leather couch, two new night stands, and a new dresser.  Our dryer broke and they could not fix it so we were blessed with a new one.  Thank God for what he provides.

Most of the Marshallese would love to have the old furniture.  Most have little or no furniture.

Easter 2012

You don't see pretty Easter bonnets, new clothes, shoes or Easter baskets brimming with toys, plastic eggs and candy. The kids get real boiled eggs. We don't have tables and chairs to sit at in class.  But, our little sponges did soak up the story of Jesus Christ and how he rose from the dead to live again. Some of the members took the kids on a picnic for lunch and some Easter fun.

 The Ebeye public school has replaced the crumbling stairs on one section of their school and it has been reopened.

Another part has been closed and they are working on repairing that section of the school.

Thank you to Bonnie Howell for sending some clothes for the kids. The Mothers were grateful for the little boys clothes, and the girls were thrilled to have something new.

We have had several members in the Ebeye hospital lately.  Thank You God, all are fine now. You have to bring your own sheets and blankets to use during your stay in the hospital. They put four hospital beds in a 15'x15' room.  The one 'private room' I saw had a two foot clearance around the foot and one side of the bed.  I have heard that this hospital is better than the one in the capitol.  Thank you Lord for our blessings!

Heath Issues

Several of our members have been having health issues. One of our sisters has been struggling with passing out from heart problems caused by diabetes. Another of our sisters is in the hospital with surgery for kidney stones.

With the revolving door of Drs. on Kwaj, I think I finally know why my health has made a nose dive.  It would be a struggle to make the long airplane flight right now for this years vacation. With the Lord's help, I will get stronger from here.

Peterson had some surgery on his foot.  He has been recovering well from the surgery, but fell last Sunday and cracked a rib taking communion to our teachers.

Keep us in your prayers as everyone's health gets back where it needs to be.