Follow Ups

Tuesday, April 8

Another great day!  We completed the painting today and had the church ready for its Tuesday evening worship service.  The elders were pleased and thankful for the way it all turned out.  During the day, we had a few neighborhood children with us.  They were great fun, helping us do things and playing.  At the end of the day Catheryn and Audrey learned how to play marbles and they each were able to hit the target.  The tile setter got the baptistery done and ready for us to grout later this week. 

As a follow up from Monday’s post – the young lady we met in the dump accepted the invitation and came to the church with her son and her sister.  (I am guessing her sister’s age to be 11 to 13).  Her son had experienced a burn on his leg which was looking infected and he was suffering from a severe ear infection.  The church elder arranged for him to be taken to a nearby clinic where he was treated and given medicine to treat both infections.  She will coming back to the clinic daily over the next week to continue the antibiotic treatment.  As a group, we were able to talk with her some more and pray with her.  KMC will be following up with her and work to share God’s love. It is so good that there is a church body that is putting the love of God in action and caring for those who would otherwise be suffering and alone.  Please pray for John as he recovers from the infections and for his mother – that she would know that God loves her and that He has a plan for her.

Another follow up: It was shared before we left Spokane that there was a fire in Korah that destroyed several tarp homes.  We discovered that there were 5 people who passed away – 3 on the scene and 2 later at the hospital.  At the guest house we are staying at, the manager was caring for a brother of one victim that was still in the hospital.  He was a little boy, about 3 years old.  His clothes were being washed and because his clothes were destroyed in the fire, he was walking around the guest house in an adult t-shirt.  Since we had so many kid clothes generously donated, we were able to give him some.  Thank you for those donations!  Your gifts make a difference

~Melissa