No Internet

Hi friends! I haven't been on here in awhile because we haven't had internet. We still don't, we have come into town to send our emails and put an update on here. I think we will be back up and running by Monday, but we shall see?!?!? We are all doing well. Annie continues to amaze us with her Spanish and is quite outgoing lately. The boys are enjoying school and that is always a blessing for me. Jerod is loving many of his subjects and looks forward to school. He loves a challenge, he is like his daddy! Alex, well he is like me, "What do I have to do to get done the quickest?" Anyway, we are doing well.

Adolfo did go to the Dr. and his daughter went with him. He does have Shingles and isn't doing very well. He is extremely week and has so many bumps all over him and I am the one that has become his nurse. I give him his meds every day and rub lotion all over his bumps. I actually like it because I know how well I was treated and now is my chance to give back a little. Please continue to pray for him.

Group of English students from the street.

Adolfo, a few years back.

Annie selling tp in front of our bathroom!

Our adopted dog, the one that came with our home when we returned is pregnant. I have no idea how to help her when she gets ready to give birth. If anyone has any ideas please let me know. I think she will give birth very soon. Love all of you! Missy

God is moving!

Well, The House of God as our group formally calls themselves is definitely changing! Tonight when the hour approached to go to church, Greg said, " Well, I don't expect many will come tonight because of the rain." However, Greg was dead wrong. These people amaze me, they really do. Would you walk a mile to get to church; in the rain, in high heels, on a dirt and rock road, with a child on your back? Well I wouldn't either. However, I am not as hungry as these people. SHAME on me, I am sick at how little I care about growing in my faith, I am sick at how my simple mind thinks I had my quiet time, I prayed for 20 people, I should be done for today. These people are willing to do whatever they can just so they can hear more of what the Bible has to say.  We had a full house, I mean we had to bring in 2 extra benches and they kept coming. It was like the floodgate had opened. We had about 45 in total and it was an awesome night!

I was so proud of my little Jerod. He has prayed so hard for his friends and for his group of  kids and by golly if that little group of his isn't growing by leaps and bounds. Each night we have more. Tonight was a night for all boys. There were 11 in all. He is doing a great job and they really love him and well, they understand him far better than they will ever understand me because he talks like a native and well.... I don't. Anyway.... the biggest praise there is that 2 of his friends that he has prayed for, for a long time, have decided to participate the past few weeks. They used to make fun of him and try to bother all the kids while they were doing their craft, but Jerod didn't let it bother him, and now.... well, they are listening instead of being a bother. Yay God!

So after we had a great night together we walked over to Adolfo's house and gathered in his kitchen. From our large group, about 20 of them followed us to pray over Adolfo. It was a sweet time as some of the men placed their hand on Adolfo and prayed for his comfort and healing. He was humbled and very thankful. One woman told him how her daughter was dying and how our group came and prayed over her and now she is healed. It was enough to give you chills. We plan on taking him to the Dr. tomorrow. That is our desire anyway, we will see tomorrow. Please pray  the family allows this and they don't just think of how much money it will cost. Thank you all for praying when you can, and if you do nothing else, just pray for our safety, cuz in this world, I think we all need prayer for that! Love you! Missy

Pray!....at 9:00pm

Hi everyone, I know most of you, if you read this, you read it at about 7 in the morning or 7 at night. So, for those of you who read this today, please pray for Adolfo at 9pm tonight. Our group is going to meet here at his house and pray over him. Now...... I am embarrassed because I don't put near enough faith in our prayers as they do. They told me today that they would wait until tomorrow to decide about going to the Dr. They wanted to wait until after we pray over him tonight to see if the prayer is answered. I assured them we would pray and I would have many others praying for him until then. Love ya! Missy

Adolfo

Hi friends, I am writing you with a heavy heart. My sweet Adolfo is suffering horribly. I went over yesterday to bring them some chicken and rice soup and I saw him without a shirt on and he was in a lot of pain. I asked what was wrong and he showed me a ton of blisters all over his arm, upper back and all around his ear. I immediately thought, " Oh NO!!!" I am sure he has Shingles. I have always tried to put into perspective the things I go through; thinking, " Hope something good comes out of this." However, when I had Shingles I didn't think that, I thought, "Nothing good can come from this!" Well, I am so thankful that I had them so I would know what it is he has.

 They had gone to the "Clinic" here and whoever is in training there gave him some vitamins, hydrocortisone and ibuprofen. He was in such pain and I am one who definitely understands the pain he is in. I asked him his symptoms and I knew that is what it was. So I ran and got Greg and we prayed over him and said we would talk to his family about taking him to the Dr. The day went on and he suffered and we went back over there to talk with the family last night.

We explained what we thought he had and explained how serious this is for a 94 year old man with diabetes. So as the culture may go, they talked it over between themselves about what should happen. Then they looked at us and said, "Well we ( Adolfo's two daughters) can't take him until Saturday morning. Of course I wanted to scream, " THE MAN COULD BE DEAD BY THEN!!" But... Greg calmly says, " That will be fine we will be ready at 8:30am on Saturday.  So, Adolfo stands up and says to them, (in their language) "Tell them that today when they prayed over me that I was in a lot of pain. Tell them my head hurt and my whole body was hurting. Tell them that while they were praying something cool came over me, a powerful breeze that touched my body and took the pain away." He said that in front of his one daughter that we believe is into some kind of witchcraft. It was awesome!! Anyway, will you pray for Adolfo, I told him we would and I know it means a lot to him. This just may make him a believer after all of this is over with.

Okay, on a lighter note, my computer has it's days. Some days it is fine, like today, and some days it starts out bad and then it fixes itself. So, who knows?!?!? I will keep you up to date on Adolfo and I will try to write more later. Love to all! Missy

Keep prazying!

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lofve, JMisxsy

Prayer works!

Well, prayer works because for some unknown reason, our computer is typing perfectly now. I am hoping it stays that way. If it starts to act up again, I will tell you because someone out there has some awfully strong prayers! Love to you all!! Missy

Adolfo

This was when our team came. Adolfo is in front. Please pray for him.

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