YIRARDI

We have very sad news to share. The only child of our best friends here has a brain tumor. We knew that he had been ill for the past three weeks with headaches and vomiting. They finally found out what was wrong with him at Children's Hospital in the capital. This is affecting the entire town. Everybody that we meet is very, very sad about it. The mood in town in somber. It has a lot to do with the fact that they are a very tight community and that they don't know the Lord. They have no hope. The extended family meets every night at Great-grandma's house to have rosaries for his health.

This morning I was able to talk to the mom on the phone, and she let me talked to the little boy. He is a little sad, but sounded much better that I expected. I told him that many people were praying for him. They are going to do and MRI today and probably perform surgery this weekend. Please pray that everything will go well. Tonight we will go to church and pray for him also. We have asked a few people, including the boy's mother about having the couples' meeting Saturday, and they all have told us that we should meet and pray; so, that is what we are planning to do. We are now thinking of driving to the capital to be with the family either tomorrow or next week, but we need somebody from town to go with us because we have no idea where the hospital is, and this country does not have street names or numbers.

Please continue to pray for this boy and his family. Pray also that the Lord will give us wisdom to talk and minister to people.

Until next time...from the beach