Monday, July 18, 2005
Work-shop & funeral
July 18th
Workshop & Funeral
July 18th
The workshop turned out great. .Twenty – Four attended everyone was their, but August Pine Ridge and they were in the process of changing pastors. Their were some ladies from San Lazero that said they would teach their also if needed. Everyone was in good spirits and shared about their Bible schools. What they loved and how perhaps it could be improved to meet the needs of the village. But one thing was certain they wanted the VBS.
Praise God the storm missed us. We were prepared it if hit but thank God it went around. We pray for those it struck though. We went to church yesterday morning and headed to a Funeral for Gloria’s dad. She works for the mission. Her dad was 98. He had the same Birthday as I do. He had 12 children. It was a two hour ride in their past Kings College in the middle of no where. We arrived their was no place to sit the church was full. Their was a tarp but it was also full. We found a large tree. Their was about 75 people standing their, someone brought a bench out .That I sat on. We were given programs. I was very proud of mine. It gave the mans history and a lot about the family but the old lady next to me had none. As we talked she said he was a dear relative. She had so many good memories. I gave her my program; perhaps she needed it more than I did. Their were several hundred people their. The funeral lasted about an hour and a half. It was very impressive. Gloria came out and spoke to us. someone must have told her. We were their. All the daughters sang. Their were testimony’s of their love for him and also sorry that they had not always obeyed him and followed a Godly life. It was very impressing. Their was a lot of singing. And Praise. The message was well put together. After the service they followed the casket for a mile walking. Don and I decided we would leave at this point .Their was a bad storm coming in from the hurricane. The roads were terrible and water gets over the road. We had a two hour drive ahead of us. We made it to the main road before it hit. I don’t know if they had him in the ground or not. I hope so. We got back in time for church. Clifford had not come up because of the storm. He had ask Don to preach in his place. Morning and the afternoon. He went to preach but people from camp started to testify and make amends for a problem they had with each other. Everything was worked out with the youth. It started a testimony meeting and Don chose not to preach but to follow the Spirit and let God lead it was a good night of prayer.
We have worked all day getting ready for the teams. We will pick up our team tomorrow and the Alabama team on Friday. We have had a lot of company all evening the ladies in the village and their families... Shelly has started a large pot of corn on the cob >I will go and help now. I love it with lime and salt.
God Bless.
Workshop & Funeral
July 18th
The workshop turned out great. .Twenty – Four attended everyone was their, but August Pine Ridge and they were in the process of changing pastors. Their were some ladies from San Lazero that said they would teach their also if needed. Everyone was in good spirits and shared about their Bible schools. What they loved and how perhaps it could be improved to meet the needs of the village. But one thing was certain they wanted the VBS.
Praise God the storm missed us. We were prepared it if hit but thank God it went around. We pray for those it struck though. We went to church yesterday morning and headed to a Funeral for Gloria’s dad. She works for the mission. Her dad was 98. He had the same Birthday as I do. He had 12 children. It was a two hour ride in their past Kings College in the middle of no where. We arrived their was no place to sit the church was full. Their was a tarp but it was also full. We found a large tree. Their was about 75 people standing their, someone brought a bench out .That I sat on. We were given programs. I was very proud of mine. It gave the mans history and a lot about the family but the old lady next to me had none. As we talked she said he was a dear relative. She had so many good memories. I gave her my program; perhaps she needed it more than I did. Their were several hundred people their. The funeral lasted about an hour and a half. It was very impressive. Gloria came out and spoke to us. someone must have told her. We were their. All the daughters sang. Their were testimony’s of their love for him and also sorry that they had not always obeyed him and followed a Godly life. It was very impressing. Their was a lot of singing. And Praise. The message was well put together. After the service they followed the casket for a mile walking. Don and I decided we would leave at this point .Their was a bad storm coming in from the hurricane. The roads were terrible and water gets over the road. We had a two hour drive ahead of us. We made it to the main road before it hit. I don’t know if they had him in the ground or not. I hope so. We got back in time for church. Clifford had not come up because of the storm. He had ask Don to preach in his place. Morning and the afternoon. He went to preach but people from camp started to testify and make amends for a problem they had with each other. Everything was worked out with the youth. It started a testimony meeting and Don chose not to preach but to follow the Spirit and let God lead it was a good night of prayer.
We have worked all day getting ready for the teams. We will pick up our team tomorrow and the Alabama team on Friday. We have had a lot of company all evening the ladies in the village and their families... Shelly has started a large pot of corn on the cob >I will go and help now. I love it with lime and salt.
God Bless.
# posted by Don & Pat @ 4:59 PM 
