Interesting study place and other News

Ellen is one of those people that like to study in strange places--especially on the floor. She was studying on the sun porch on the second floor when a storm came up with very wild winds. It blew so hard it was coming in the screen all the way across the room so she had to protect herself and books in the doorway from the rain......

OTHER COMMENTS

We have had an interesting time with these young ladies, Ellen White and Katie Matthews. They are cooking something all the time which everyone enjoys. Besides that we have people giving us food often. I have wondered why, but I guess it's because they think we don't eat right or something or that we need to learn to eat Guyanese food.

Ellen and Katie are very busy at the Centre on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. You can read their blog at www.ellenandkatieinguyana.blogspot.com to find out all about what they are doing. I read it just to find out because I am not there much to see what they are up too. I go on Fridays and last Friday they were teaching the young people to line dance. Some of the staff also joined in.

If you read their blog you will see that they have had some problems with stomach ailments. I am grateful that I only had a problem with it once. Occasionally, something doesn't set right but it hasn't lasted long.

John has not had to run to #57 Village to keep paying people as he has the checkbook for the Mission now that the carpenters are through working. We have spent all the funds that Brother Almond Katryan was able to send from the Churches where he presented the work except for $700.00. As I mentioned we have all the electrical work to do, plus get the water turned on, build a platform, have the gates made, put up gutters and furnish the building. Brother Almond is shipping some pews that will have to be adjusted. We have some pulpit furniture here at Corriverton Baptist that they can borrow until they are able to get their own. Roadside has an offering box for them to use, and we have some benches and chairs we can use in the mean time until the pews can be prepared.

We would appreciate your prayers on behalf of the work that is yet to be done. Also, a crusade is being scheduled in a few weeks and we anticipate holding a service in the new building at that time. We would also desire your prayers on behalf of the Crusade as it will be conducted in both Churches and the #57 Mission. John will be speaking and we have a number of special numbers that Ellen and Katie are helping to work up. Pastor Terry Rohit is handling the details and setting up the announcement on the public address system they use for announcing funeral notices and special meetings, etc. (a vehicle that drives all over the area with a speaker on top of his vehicle blaring the news). Its kind of like a "town crier".

#57 Mission Building

This picture is the back of the new building at #57 Village. The carpenters have completed their work and now the electrician is due to come in and wire it. You see we also need 2 gates. The building at the left of the picture is the washroom.

This is the front of the building where the main entrance is. The carpenter cemented this area for us as a special favor. He did a nice job and his crew were there every decent working day which is unusual. We are grateful for the Lord's provision of this building.

Library

The Library at Corriverton Baptist Church

I have been working on the library at the Church here. It appeared that someone shuffled the books as they were not in any semblance of order. I have the books all neatly on the shelves in most areas but am working on the children's section and young adult sections. I want the children's books on their eye level so I have to move them off of the top 2 shelves. I have to try to get the non-fiction out of the fiction area so they can be found. Many books don't have numbers or they have fallen off, many don't have cards or sometimes pockets. Unfortunately, there have been some literal book worms munching on some so they have to be removed. It is a long process. Besides that the accession book is missing all except for one page, so they need to be re-listed. That will be a major undertaking. I'm not sure I will get it done but maybe someone can follow me and finish. I have the promise of a member of the Church who is a librarian in the local library to help me on several days. I have had the library open for 2 afternoons and had a couple children come in to get books. I also had another child show up after it was closed wanting books, but we were headed to #57 Mission so I couldn't help him and invited him to come back on Thursday. Pray that this resource will be used of the Lord to open conversations about the Lord.

Things Don't Always Come Out the Way You Expect

Just thought that I would apologize for the crazy address for our newsletter. It is 2 addresses together. I had one on one side of the page and the second one on the other but they all went left together.