Back to school....

Dear Loved Ones,

It’s way past my bedtime, but I wanted to get a report to those of you who have been praying this week.

Helen’s husband, Craig, did get the job last Monday – in fact, he got a better job in the same company. Pray with us that he will keep this job and some of their financial difficulties will ease. We praise the Lord for answered prayer on Helen’s behalf.

Our friends came in on Tuesday, and it’s been a whirlwind ever since. We had an elementary chapel each day starting Wednesday, and then a middle-school, secondary chapel.

We are thrilled to report that ten students, one staff member, and a teacher accepted Christ this past week. Thank you for praying! We are praising the LORD! Great way to start a term!

Pray with us that these will grow in the Lord as we continue to work with them. Friday evening, we had a youth meeting and interestingly, the lesson directly paralleled Steve’s recent sermon series. We had a great time playing Apples to Apples and Spoons – both favorites with our youth. Saturday noontime, found us together eating lunch and then we separate devotion times for the men and women.

Our attendance was great and we had a wonderful time together. Unfortunately, something disagreed with almost everyone that came and some were unable to attend church today.

Today we celebrated Mother’s Day and recognized all our wonderful mothers with special gifts like many of you do. For those of you who have prayed through the last years for Anne, she attended the first Mother’s Day service since the death of her baby today. It has been amazing to watch God heal her heart! She said, she wanted to just stay in bed, but she said, no, I’m going no matter what!

We have a special request tonight for a young man, aged 21, named Thabo. He is the brother to Ruth who has attended the church since the beginning. This week his mother found a small box in his room that he had made into a coffin shape and put his picture inside and “Rest in Peace” They do not know why he would do such a thing and it has been very alarming to them. Thabo is unsaved. Pray for Ruth to be able to talk with him and tell him about the Lord Jesus who alone can heal whatever hurt he is experiencing.

Also, some may remember Mmapula who was saved at the airport as we left to take Devin to America a couple of years ago. Although we have known all along that she is HIV positive, this week she was told that they will start her on ARVs (anti-retroviral drugs) next month. She is afraid. I had opportunity to pray with her just after she heard that news at the clinic on Friday.

I hope you will remember to pray with her, that she will find her strength and comfort in the word of the LORD.What God has done and is doing here still amazes us every day. We thank Him for giving us the opportunities we have each day. At present, each day is both challenging and exciting.

We are so thankful that so many of you are praying for us every day. We know our strength lies in the Lord’s answers to your prayers.

Reaching the Unreached,Steve, Pam, Amanda, Derek and Devin