Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Oh, blessed rain!

Good morning, all!  Yesterday was truly amazing.  Bonnie has captured the true spirit of our mission and our visitation.  Our visitations today will happen in the afternoon and we will go in areas of the island that we've not been.  We'll be meeting and praying with islanders.  This morning we'll be continuing on our construction projects and helping Emily get classrooms set up for school opening in February.  There are kids, kids everywhere all the time and love abounds.  What a feeling!

Yesterday one island women was sitting on a deteriorating deck attached to an incredibly small hut using a pipe to scrub clothes, thanking God for giving them rain so they have enough water and ended by saying "God is so good."  I say that often, but it took on new meaning coming from her.  How humbling!

I just read some of the comments from some of our loved ones back home.  Thank you all for the encouragement and love.  Nathan, I want you to tell Tricia and Gwyneth that we pray for your family every morning when we have devotions.  Updates are given on the unfolding of the miracle and we praise God for what he doing through you.  Larry said he's  sure that"God is showing off!"--because He can!  

Well, it's off to the fence-building team.  We'll work between the raindrops when they come and hope to get much accomplished.  That rain not only brings water to the islanders for their daily needs, but also relief from the hot sun for the gringos!

Love, Barbara

5 comments:

Rick Lawrenson said...

Every American needs to take such a trip to a third world country to realize how utterly spoiled we are, and how we take all of these incredible blessings given to us for granted.

To hear a woman thanking God for something as simple as rain so that she can do her laundry in a tub with a piece of pvc is humbling, indeed. Thanks for sharing that story.

I'm looking forward to many more like it.

Anonymous said...

Praying for you all and enjoying reading how God is using you on this trip...Stay safe and come home with a good report of your successes. I agree, it is humbling to realize how much we have and don't appreciate...
Carol

CFHusband said...

Tell the team that Tricia and I are praying for you all!!!

Andy Lawrenson said...

The ladies in the Philippines did my laundry with a washboard and I must say my whites were whiter than they had ever been.

Sounds like you guys are having a great mission experience. Missions are unpredictable and you have to be flexible.

Tell Katie, Cathy and Alex that we will be praying for them (and the rest of you) tonight at youth group. It's great that we have some youth out there in a foreign land doing missions.

We are praying for you guys!

Andy

marie said...

Hi Katie, Cathy & Alex!
Yea, we will be praying for you at youth group tonight while we are sipping hot chocolate with tons of little marshmallows.
Please do your best to keep the adults out of trouble. You know how they are sometimes!
Love ya!
Marie