Wednesday Oct. 24,2012

Today started out with a visit to one of the water stations. We had one of the elders of the station area telling us about how blessed they feel to have water available to them without buying it from water trucks in the street.  Many of you know the story of these people spending one third of their income for water.  Our church now provides funds annually to establish a new water station each year.  As these stations are installed, the ownership and control is given to the community it serves.  It is up to them to control and pay the monthly usage charge.  This particular community decided to increase the price of water by a few pesos and use the extra for needed improvements.  The woman telling the story told us that because of having the water station, they have been able to create a concrete play area for the children, pup up light poles and lights for dark walkways and pay for the electricity. All this while paying less for water than before and all because  water was brought to them.

As we returned to our LMC home, as we call it, we stopped at the children’s home to visit with the workers.  They are so happy and excited that we remember them.  What a blessing they are to the children. 

It was 9:30 and time to leave to help with a feeding for homeless and displaced families from the last typhoon.  Some of the homes are still under water and these people will need help for quite a while.

After returning home and having lunch, I had a chance  to visit Errol.  He was a teacher at one of the local school.  Because of errors of his actions, he was released from teaching.  His heart was heavy and hurting.  We talked about love and forgiveness and that God is the only judge.  After sharing, we prayed and he was encouraged to seek God and accept the consequences of his actions.

We next went shopping for items we needed.  After each showing of the Jesus film, we give those present a gift of an apple and cookies.  It is a treat for them.  We also went to the grave of a boy named Michael.  His mother’s name is Malou and she does the cooking and takes care of any need we have.

Our day concluded with a visit to Josie’s Angels.  We spent time with the girls playing, trying to make journals, singing praise songs and praying.  Some of these girls do not know Jesus so we hope to reach out to them.