Noah's Ark and a Slip 'N Slide

Noah’s Ark and a Slip ‘N Slide…

I was sitting in the aeronautical engineering building on campus and it was raining so hard that I couldn’t hear myself think. Little did I know that in a few hours the neighborhood down the street from our home would have over five feet of water in the homes. The next morning, my friend Vini and I ventured out to see how we could help, and we found German and Alcira (who is 8 months pregnant) trying to clean up the disaster. German had to swim against a strong current for over six blocks to get home the previous night and they were exhausted! We converted our guest bedroom into Noah’s Ark until the waters receded. Having them at our home blessed us in so many ways and they left saying, “We feel like children of The King.”

Slip ‘N Slide

It took a while to convince the kids at the orphanage that you could run and slide along a long, slippery piece of plastic. I had to show them how to do it twice before a couple of brave young souls took the plunge. I have to admit that it was more fun at 10 than it is at 32, but their reluctance quickly melted into wet smiles as they took advantage of a sunny break in the clouds. The college students who came out with us were excited about the opportunity to come back.

On campus...

We passed out nearly 1,000 Student Guides to incoming freshman from the interior provinces in February! Their expressions of thanks were heart-felt and opened the door for some great conversations.

This week Chris will start taking a class on metallic and wood structures at the university. He’s excited to get to know the professor and the students in the class. We will also be kicking off a student bible study in a couple of weeks.

Praise God! Flor’s mom is doing well back at home and will start her first round of cancer treatment in the next couple of weeks. My father is also doing much better as he awaits his back surgery and cancer treatments. We can’t thank you enough for your prayers…God’s strength has been so real to us.

How you can be praying for us…

1) For Suzuky (Flor’s mom) and Robert (Chris’ dad) as they seek healing and recovery

2) Clear vision and creativity as we step out into the next semester on campus

3) Wisdom and discernment as we plan for a group of singles to join us next year