Praises & Prayers<\/p>\n
Praises
Greetings! We have had so much rain and cold!? I think we are all ready for some warmth! April & May are behind us now and hopefully we will see the rains cease so we can start on the Girls Dorms you have generously gave to. The rains have been heavy and frequent enough, even here in June but we are counting on the slowdown. One of the problems here, if you hire the crew to be on site, and the rains delay, you pay the crew regardless. Which is fair.
The final paperwork to start the build should be ready anytime and the rains should reduce?! We are looking forward to starting.
Every year I think about June being the longest day of the year in Colorado, and December the shortest. Why, I don\u2019t know but I do think about it?! I have women all over the globe and those in the south are headed to winter and you in the north have this time of year that I love in Colorado. A time to plant and be excited about the summertime there.
All days here are about 12 hours, with a slight change as the rotation occurs. Its interesting to see the very small change here. I\u2019m including a sunrise\/sunset cycle for you.
We thank God that we had April and May to work on the chickens. My oh my what a learning session and curve. For so many reasons and for all of those contributing to the success. We have just sold off the first batch that were delivered and looking forward to the second batch within the next two weeks being sold. Some complications, we\u2019re trying to adjust and order the next set. We should have a better success rate, we had a 10% mortality rate, should be closer to 5%.
Of course chickens are really a departure of our normal work, please pray the team can carry on without much more effort from me or Clare. There is some repairs that will put the next purchase on hold for a couple of weeks.
I don\u2019t mind helping but they need to be able to function without hand-holding. I think they\u2019re close!! Clare\u2019s always too busy!!<\/p>\n
More Praises & Challenges!<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve mentioned the white furball Mootska. I know you all are not pet, or maybe just not cat lovers but we sure love this guy. You may remember that his right ear is gone because of cancer. Early March Bill had to go for a training session out of town and Moots became very ill. We thought we would lose him then but he has made an incredible recovery for which we are grateful. I tell you this to make a spiritual principle connection.
I am Moots person. He loves everyone, but I\u2019m his person of choice. I will pick him up and he will try to get closer to me by grabbing me by the collar and pulling himself up as close as he can get. Unfortunately sometimes my collar is really my skin. Oh, I digress. My point is I have been reminded by God, am I like that with Him? Do I seek to be in His presence, or as close to His Face as I can be? And of course there are times I am, but how often am I distracted by a gazillion other things. Too often for sure!
With BSF off for the summer months, I\u2019m blessed with one of my younger members in India that has put all the efforts in to lead\/host twice monthly for our group to get together and study & fellowship. This of course helps me. Not that I have an especially hard time staying in the Word and keeping on track where I\u2019m pulling myself closer to the Lord. I do have a tendency of not being as structured while on break. So this is helpful in adding a bit of structure, as well as desiring to seek His Face and be in His presence. It is a break for me from leading and great opportunity for Jolly to grow and spread her wings in this setting! As well as a Hebrews 10:24-25 time!! Win, win!!
Another blessing for Laura and I, we traveled across the country to Jinja and attended the Journey Women’s conference again in April. I did agree to photo taking and put a little video together for the group. I also brought goodies and helped where I could. There are women from all over the world that are serving here that attend these and it is always a time of insight and refreshment. I wish there were men\u2019s conferences that Bill could go to but we never hear of any; the only one was in Kenya.<\/p>\n
Prayers<\/p>\n
\uf0a8 Please continue to pray for the new staff at FMLK to be honest and upright, including the Chicken House crew!! Prayer that the unseen is seen!!
\uf0a8 Pray for another couple of streams of funding for FMLK. This is an ongoing prayer. We certainly see God providing from these young Spanish volunteers and even in this there are parameters and stops. Please keep the relationship in pray-er between the founders of both groups. For a little more understanding, the Spanish team is branching out yet still will be involved with FMLK but is also taking the volunteers to new schools. One of the hardest parts is that the kids are the ones that don\u2019t understand so we are trying to address the ability for them to work without having the children impacted!
\uf0a8 Pray for the fundraiser for the Fencing (not on the docket yet?) needed as the requirement from the government. We are fully funded for the dorm!! Thanks to you!!
\uf0a8 Please continue to pray as Bill teaches at the 3 churches. He has many pastor trainings to do but getting the groups scheduled is an issue since those pastors have to arrange meeting places, transport and food. Please pray for he and George to be successful getting these scheduled. Also pray that more of the young Christian adults would be willing to be trained in godly leadership. Too many just want money and are not willing to do success God\u2019s way. Please pray as I work with the Remand House (youth detention center), that it is part of His Kingdom building and not just an activity. I\u2019m using scripture to assist in teaching English!
\uf0a8 Please continue to pray for the Muslim community. Pray for the Lord to invite these friends into a deeper relationship with the Christian community, dreams\/visions, and the Lord Himself. This is the Ramadan season.
\uf0a8 Pray for the Muslim woman I love and having great Spiritual conversations with and that it is all worthy of her considering Christ. There are always tricky things with her husband who\u2019 I\u2019ve purchased some of his work for ourselves, the conferences and gifts. He doesn\u2019t respect boundaries and I need to be firm with him.
\uf0a8 Pray as we serve to see with Spiritual eyes and boldness in these days. Pray that our every effort will make God known and pleasing to Him.
\uf0a8 Join us in prayer, for all of us to see Him as the author and finisher of our days and the desire to fulfill His purpose for each of us!! You too!!
\uf0a8 Pray as Bill works with Robert who is in agreement to work with the FMLK Chapel. He is new to \u201ctruth teaching\u201d but is willing and teachable. Praise God that he is there to learn and this will impact many long term!!
\uf0a8 Pray for injury from Princess. I\u2019m I\u2019d say 95% good, June 20 is 6 months. I have a bit to go and looking forward to being drug free. So grateful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Praises & Prayers PraisesGreetings! We have had so much rain and cold!? I think we are all ready for some warmth! April & May are behind us now and hopefully we will see the rains cease so we can start on the Girls Dorms you have generously gave to. The rains have been heavy and … <\/p>\n