Hello!
Thank you so much for praying for
us! Sorry for the LONG break in blog posts. We're hoping to get back into it again, maybe with shorter posts. :) Every week has been so different it is hard to summarize our time since the
last blog post.
God has been abundantly answering prayers:
God has been abundantly answering prayers:
·
God is doing a lot in the older girls. Last
week, Pastor Earl and Damaris called for all the staff to fast and pray with
them for the hearts of the older girls. A lot of the girls and young children
fasted as well. Earl and Damaris met privately with a bunch of the older girls
over the week as well as in a big group every evening during the fast to pray
and share. Damaris seemed very encouraged and excited about how all of those
times went. Thank you so much for praying, and please continue! Pray for open
hearts.
·
I’m feeling much
better after a long drawn out sickness! :)
·
God has opened up the door for Emily and I to go
to Krin Krin to visit the Lees! I’m not positive on the date.
·
God opened the way for me to spend two mornings
a week at the clinic here that is right next to the Verbo Church. I’ve been
more humbled than helpful, but I have certainly been learning a lot and having
some bizarre experiences. Emily has come to know the nurses by the names I’ve
given them when I tell her the stories… “And THEN the nine-fingered-man nurse
tried to hush the old-grumpy-nurse and the nice-nurse-who-speaks-Spanish who were
shouting about…” :)
·
The idea to re-paint the inside of the women’s
jail with the older girls is steadily taking shape, as well as Emily’s hope to
do weekly visits with the ladies there.
Thank you, God!! And thank you all
for you for praying!
Please pray...
·
Lord willing, we would like to make a journal
and write and song that center on a passage of scripture for each of the older
girls. We’ve been giving the journals to the girls when they come over for
sleepovers. The songs, we hope to record and give to them at the end of our
time here. That way, they would have them to listen to in their rooms. Please
pray that God would give us just the right passage for each girl. Pray that God
would give Emily songs. And please pray, most of all, that God would take these
very humble and simple gifts and use His Word to soften and plant seeds in the
hearts of his daughters.
·
Pray for Saraina (15) and Jainina (14). Lord
willing, we will be having them over tonight or tomorrow. Pray that God would
break through to their hearts and make His Steadfast Truth sink in deeply. Saraina’s
passage is Isaiah 62:3-4. Saraina means “princess”. Jainina’s passage is
Ephesians 3:7-19. Jainina means “Strong Grace”.
Thank you! Much love,
-Liesl
