If we are the Body why aren't His hands healing why aren't his words teaching......
A couple of questions have come up about our plans, how are we going to afford Bible School? and what about Robs health? What is the weather like? Is there a church there? What else will we be doing? What have you done to start preparing the Kids?
Bible school is something I will be doing online and Grants may cover almost all of it and quiet frankly we're not worried about it. I also got the question "Is this something that the agency wants?" No they would take me as I am and when I told them what I wanted to do they were totally excited and it was cool with them for me to finish over seas if I need to. "Why pastoral studies?" I want an over all education of every ministry that can be in a church and how to get it started. I want a taste of everything so that I can share what I learn. The area we have been called to has no church. They are almost all muslim, and the missionaries that are there and the contacts they have had for Christ are the only church. I plan to be able to not only nurse the wounded but feed the spiritually hungry. I want to be able to do VBS as well as have the ladies over for a bible study. By the time we get there, there may be a group meeting and what knowledge is learned can help it grow. It is also a Calling.
Is there a Church there? not in the village we will be in. It is primarily muslim like I said earlier. God has softened their hearts in the last 9 years and they are not only welcoming but they are trying to find out why these Christians are here and are continuously asking the "Christian Lady" (Petra Wirrell) to pray over their sick.
Rob's health? When we were presented with this opportunity MR. Lane with GOM said if we're suppose to go God will take care of his health. His point was proven this week. On monday we were told that the hernia repair surgery was going to be postponed because his sugars have been impossible to control. They wanted his sugar to be down below 150 on the day of the surgery. He hadn't been able to touch 250 in the past 3 months since these hernias. We tried to do our part and cut out as many carbs as we could without going too low. About six weeks ago he saw a new endocrinologist and he asked Rob to write down everything he put in his mouth and how many carbs and how much insulin he was using. On thursday he saw a diabetic educator and she looked at his journal and told him there wasn't much more he could do to his diet. Everyone automatically assumes that when you have diabetes you can't have any carbs at all. That's type 2, when you have type 1 even when your sugars are high you have to have at least 1 to 2 servings. She told him he has to for his insulin your body does not give you a bolus amount all at one time like when you give yourself injections. It's not healthy to go without carbs your body needs them to balance with that shot of insulin. She couldn't stress that he was already doing all he could and now it was up to his endo. Last time we made an appointment it took a month to see him. Thursday he called after his DE appointment and she actually had an appointment for the next morning. Rob walked out with a whole new insulin control base and last night he was 116. Today he never came close to 200. They are 2 people that are fighting for Robert and following up every week until he has recovered from his surgery. The last few days have overwhelmed Rob because he finally is getting the education and support that he needed 2 1/2 years ago and to be told he was doing everything right was so encouraging. His surgery has been scheduled for 10/7, they didn't postpone as long as we thought. God will take care of Rob's health now and on the field.
The weather where we will be, is going to be interesting. The temperature only flunctuates about 20 degrees between 65 and 85. There are 2 seasons dry season and rain season. This jungle village is not far from the nearest city but the road conditions make the 30 mile trip almost impossible to reach the city in under 2 1/2 hours. When someone is in desperate need of medical care that is a deadly length of time. So this hospital is crucial.
What will we be doing other than working on fixing up the hospital and nursing? Rob would love to get a community garden growing. This would not only feed our family but the patients at the hospital as well. I'm sure that VBS's and other community outreaches will be planned and then follow ups will be done and hopefully a church will be started over time of course. We will also see where we will fit in with the team that is there already. We also will be helping to host short term teams that will be coming a couple times a year to help us medically.
Our children know what we have been praying about but they don't really. Robby has a better grasp on it than the others. We have also been trying to teach them that you can be missionaries anywhere. We handed out flyers to VBS this year to all the neighborhood kids and we got 22 children over the course of the week to register. We then borrowed the church van and got them all there. Some of them only came once but it planted a seed. As a result we will be starting a character club on fridays. They will be coming to our house to learn about the Lord and to have some fun. We will be doing this through Children's Bible Ministry who is giving me the materials I need.
Pray for Us!
Pray for Robs surgery and recovery.
Pray that I find a job that God wants me to have to help prepare me.
Pray that our children remain healthy.
A couple of questions have come up about our plans, how are we going to afford Bible School? and what about Robs health? What is the weather like? Is there a church there? What else will we be doing? What have you done to start preparing the Kids?
Bible school is something I will be doing online and Grants may cover almost all of it and quiet frankly we're not worried about it. I also got the question "Is this something that the agency wants?" No they would take me as I am and when I told them what I wanted to do they were totally excited and it was cool with them for me to finish over seas if I need to. "Why pastoral studies?" I want an over all education of every ministry that can be in a church and how to get it started. I want a taste of everything so that I can share what I learn. The area we have been called to has no church. They are almost all muslim, and the missionaries that are there and the contacts they have had for Christ are the only church. I plan to be able to not only nurse the wounded but feed the spiritually hungry. I want to be able to do VBS as well as have the ladies over for a bible study. By the time we get there, there may be a group meeting and what knowledge is learned can help it grow. It is also a Calling.
Is there a Church there? not in the village we will be in. It is primarily muslim like I said earlier. God has softened their hearts in the last 9 years and they are not only welcoming but they are trying to find out why these Christians are here and are continuously asking the "Christian Lady" (Petra Wirrell) to pray over their sick.
Rob's health? When we were presented with this opportunity MR. Lane with GOM said if we're suppose to go God will take care of his health. His point was proven this week. On monday we were told that the hernia repair surgery was going to be postponed because his sugars have been impossible to control. They wanted his sugar to be down below 150 on the day of the surgery. He hadn't been able to touch 250 in the past 3 months since these hernias. We tried to do our part and cut out as many carbs as we could without going too low. About six weeks ago he saw a new endocrinologist and he asked Rob to write down everything he put in his mouth and how many carbs and how much insulin he was using. On thursday he saw a diabetic educator and she looked at his journal and told him there wasn't much more he could do to his diet. Everyone automatically assumes that when you have diabetes you can't have any carbs at all. That's type 2, when you have type 1 even when your sugars are high you have to have at least 1 to 2 servings. She told him he has to for his insulin your body does not give you a bolus amount all at one time like when you give yourself injections. It's not healthy to go without carbs your body needs them to balance with that shot of insulin. She couldn't stress that he was already doing all he could and now it was up to his endo. Last time we made an appointment it took a month to see him. Thursday he called after his DE appointment and she actually had an appointment for the next morning. Rob walked out with a whole new insulin control base and last night he was 116. Today he never came close to 200. They are 2 people that are fighting for Robert and following up every week until he has recovered from his surgery. The last few days have overwhelmed Rob because he finally is getting the education and support that he needed 2 1/2 years ago and to be told he was doing everything right was so encouraging. His surgery has been scheduled for 10/7, they didn't postpone as long as we thought. God will take care of Rob's health now and on the field.
The weather where we will be, is going to be interesting. The temperature only flunctuates about 20 degrees between 65 and 85. There are 2 seasons dry season and rain season. This jungle village is not far from the nearest city but the road conditions make the 30 mile trip almost impossible to reach the city in under 2 1/2 hours. When someone is in desperate need of medical care that is a deadly length of time. So this hospital is crucial.
What will we be doing other than working on fixing up the hospital and nursing? Rob would love to get a community garden growing. This would not only feed our family but the patients at the hospital as well. I'm sure that VBS's and other community outreaches will be planned and then follow ups will be done and hopefully a church will be started over time of course. We will also see where we will fit in with the team that is there already. We also will be helping to host short term teams that will be coming a couple times a year to help us medically.
Our children know what we have been praying about but they don't really. Robby has a better grasp on it than the others. We have also been trying to teach them that you can be missionaries anywhere. We handed out flyers to VBS this year to all the neighborhood kids and we got 22 children over the course of the week to register. We then borrowed the church van and got them all there. Some of them only came once but it planted a seed. As a result we will be starting a character club on fridays. They will be coming to our house to learn about the Lord and to have some fun. We will be doing this through Children's Bible Ministry who is giving me the materials I need.
Pray for Us!
Pray for Robs surgery and recovery.
Pray that I find a job that God wants me to have to help prepare me.
Pray that our children remain healthy.
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