Last Week

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens..." Ecc. 3:1

Find the monkeys

Playa Avellanas

It is time for us to leave. The suitcases are packed, pantry and refrigerator cleaned. We have said our goodbyes to everybody. Yesterday we said goodbye to the Cubans. Glennys hugged me and cried. Now they are truly on their own. As I said before, I do not think they are going to make it in this dusty little town. Even though they did not know us, I am Cuban, so we speak the same and use the same idioms. Our culture is the same. I asked them about different places around my hometown because they are from the same area. We really had a good time together. Pray that the Lord will make His will clear to them.

Yunior and Glennys

I think Glennys looks like Frida Kahlo

You may recall that the A/C upstairs went out the first week we were here, as well as the washing machine. This week the downstairs A/C also went out and the washing machine again. We have had to spend a lot of money on repairs. The washing machine needs a new motor, but we are going to get a rebuilt one. All we need is everything to be in working order to sell the place.  Pray that all the appliances will hold. John decided to get a surge protector for the condo. We should have done it when we first bought it. Hindsight is 20/20.

Sunday I got a call from Walter's mother asking to go talk to Yesenia, who had decided to go to Spain to work for a year. She was to leave the next day. We immediately got in the car and went to her house. It was supposed to be a secret, but I had already heard a rumor earlier that day. I just could not believe it because her mother is very ill in Nicaragua. I did not think she would go so far away from her. Anyway, we went for a walk to have some privacy. I was very straight forward with her, pointing out first, that it isn't the Lord's will for a wife to leave her husband and their two little girls for a year. I told her I couldn't pray for her success  because she was outside the Lord's will. I told her all that was wrong with that decision and possible consequences. She told me she would think about it. Well, Walter also called her father, and I guess her father also talked to her. She has decided to stay. PTL! I think maybe the whole purpose of this trip was to be here for this particular emergency. It has taken us 10 years working with the couples to have their trust to call us in emergencies. We are grateful to the Lord for this privilege.

Prayer requests:

• Pray for traveling mercies. We are leaving tomorrow.
• Pray for Yunior and Glennys.
• Pray for Walter and Yesenia and their two precious little girls.
• For the board of directors of Valores, that they will make wise decisions.
• For all the couples, may the seeds planted bear good fruit.
• For the sale of the condo.

Thank you so much for your prayers!

Until next time...from the beach...