Well... I wanted to wait a bit before sending this letter... but Marco has a letter written and ready to go.. and I’d like this one to go first.. =) ...so you’ll be getting two letters from us tonight!
What do a green lemon, a pair of jeans and our fifth wedding anniversary have to do with each other???
Well... read on...
Well... you must have prayed “good” because we saw answers to prayer!!! =) THANK YOU!!!
My head feels like it has been spinning all week... and we haven’t even started the fair yet!!! I told you that the managers gave us a spot in an outdoor area specifically for artisans... it is very tiny – only 1 meter by 1 ½ meters... and its outside... but it’s a spot!
THEN... on Tuesday we got a call from the organizers of the free pavilion – the two secretaries there like us =) and insisted that “El Jordán couldn’t be left out”... We had been given a spot...
There might be people who think baking cookies isn’t high on the “service to God” list...
I do...
God can use ANY ability, skill, gift that we might have – for His glory – and to be a blessing to others... Including – baking cookies... (Consider our body... we don’t think about eyebrows or nose hairs very often... but they serve an important service...) We love Medin... she comes to El Jordan every November/December for a couple weeks... and makes thousands of delicious cookies... she makes them into scrumptious plates... and we give them to churches, individuals, families and businesses who in some way, big or small... have helped/encouraged El Jordan, our students or volunteers....
Well... the many things I want to still share with you will once again be put on the back burner because I would like to ask you to PLEASE pray for two things from El Jordan:
1. Dayana is the 11 year old daughter of Adela – one of our students... She has had fevers, pain and vomiting since Monday... Her teacher told her she was just being lazy (she doesn’t do very well at all in school... she has such a difficult time with retention... I celebrated with her the other day because she got a 40 (36 is between passing and failing)... she usually gets 20s...) Anyhow... her mom washes clothes for other people and her step-father drives a tractor for someone – but it is broken down right now... so they finally got enough money together to take her to the doctor yesterday... and we paid for the blood tests and medicines... Her blood test came back today with the white blood count really high... and we were sent to get an ultrasound... back to another doctor... She already had her appendix out two years ago so we knew it wasn’t that...
