Tired

Hi friends! I am sorry I haven't been on here in a while. I just get so tired lately. It seems like we are going all the time. Greg is gone one day a week as he is trying to prepare for us a new home to live in. We are looking forward to moving to our new village in then next 4 or 5 months. Our new home has proven to be quite a challenge to get it livable; but Greg is doing a wonderful job of finding the people and buying the supplies to finish this house. Please pray for him as he travels each week to and from our new village.

I have also started a women's prayer group each week and it is going wonderfully! Once a week some of the women gather together and we pray over just about everything. From drugs in the village, to financial burdens, to health issues, to unruly teens. Just about the same things you pray for in the states. Well... all except for the drugs in the village part. ;o) Recently we have had to pray over a new issue. There have been some prostitutes being brought in from the larger city and they are creating a brothel. It makes me sick to my stomach for the village and for these women. They are truly slaves. Please pray for them.

Many of you have asked about Lupita. She is still at her home and she is still praying for a miracle. She is truly begging God for a way out of this situation. She still has no desire to get married. The guy I mentioned who is addicted to drugs is her brother and he is doing ok, I think. However, their father who was a recovering alcoholic and hadn't had anything to drink for almost 2 years; drank all weekend long. This family is being hit at every angle possible. Please pray for them. They are all suffering miserably.

The believer who was baptized a few months back, who is blind needs your prayers as well. Her daughter (who was also baptized) has run away. We know where she is and she is safe. The problem is that she was the main caretaker of her mother. Now there is no one to cook for her and wash the clothes and generally take care of her. She receives dialysis 4 times a day and she helped with that as well. So... her sister and I have been called on to help. I have now learned how to administer dialysis and if I need to do so, I will. It is amazing the things you learn in this profession. We are also rotating on who makes her meals.

Greg and I are getting tired. Everywhere we turn someone needs us. We need you to pray for us; for energy, for rest and just in general! Thank you, thank you! Without you, we just simply couldn't do this job! love to all! Missy