Ramblings & an Urgent Plea

Some musings on our progress:

• We do a daily Bible study with the children and it's beginning to penetrate
• We have waged a long and difficult battle for their custody, but they are now ours
• We have made improvements to the living conditions that have improved their health
• We have three boys in Christian bi-lingual school
• We have treated them for worms, parasites, and anemia
• We have diagnosed one with epilepsy & one with asthma and are treating them
• We have upgraded their clothing, but it's a constant need, particularly shoes
• We have three in extra-curricular activities
• We have two bi-lingual tutors who come to the house 5 days a week
• We have a child psychologist who comes 2 days a week
• We have a social worker who comes 2 days a week
• We have helped them to integrate into the neighborhood and they are making new friends
• We are beginning to see signs of change in their attitudes concerning others
• We are beginning to see signs of reaching out to help & respect each other; before non-existent
• They are actively involved in the chores of the home, learning responsibility
• We serve 36 meals a day; prepare, serve, & clean-up; they set the table, clean it afterwards, and sweep the floor for every meal
• We have great prayer times at every meal and at our Bible Study, we simply ask who would like to pray and many, many hands go up...sometimes EVERY child prays

During Bible Study this week we were talking about how the Lord won the battle for us in the custody case and Fabiola raised her hand. Earlier we had spoken of how Carla had called the authorities and tried to wrest control from us; now Fabiola wanted to share a thought...She said, "Carla thought evil could win!" THAT'S PROGRESS!!!

URGENT PLEA.............

With the battle for custody over Satan has attacked our finances. I told you of the problem with the truck tags and it's one that has to be addressed immediately. They are asking for $3500 and we have $2000, and we need all of that for our requirements through the end of this month. I'm going to Puerto Cortez today to try to get the fees lowered, the first prayer request is that the Lord would make our truck invisible to the police so we don't get stopped and they confiscate the truck. The second is that they would lower the fees, and third is that resources would immediately come forth to pay our bills.

As it stands right now, we have won the battle for custody of the children, but now we can't feed them....PLEASE HELP....ASK OTHERS TO JOIN US....PUT FORTH A PERSONAL PLEA TO YOUR FRIENDS...THIS IS URGENT!