Wow, time really flies down here. I was checking my blog files and realized I haven't blog for quite some time. The days are filled with so many activities and before I know it the day is over and I am exhausted and ready for bed. There doesn't seem to be much time to blog but knowing I am connecting with many friends in the states and allowing them to understand what we are doing continues to encourage me to keep at the blogging process. So that being said here comes an update for the last several days.
We have been enjoying the company of one of our close friends this last week and a half. She came down here the day after she passed her boards to become a licensed nurse. She also has much interest in doing mission work down here in that capacity. We continue to pray God will open the door for her down here to work with us and the children in need of medical care.
We continue to increase the work we are doing in La Paz. The members of the church have asked that I teach them conversational english so two weeks ago I started teaching at the church. I have about 20 students ranging in age from 8 to adult. We have plenty of fun and lots of laugh because I really can't help them associate an english word with a spanish word because I don't know enough spanish yet. It has been a challenge to figure out how to explain things to them in english when they don't understand very much of it.
We have also enjoyed Mrs. Raye Morgan coming down for a few weeks. She is in charge of the ministry Hearts to God and Hands to Work. Their ministry also works in La Paz and helps Lenin and Sarah with their church. We have been delighted with the invitation from Mrs. Raye to join them in working out in La Paz. Many exciting events and activites have been happening for that ministry. This past week they purchased land out in La Paz that will help the community in so many different ways. Lenin and Sarah will have a house built for them because they ministry in La Paz but currently live in Leon and the drive is about 30 minutes one way. The ministry is also planning on starting a garden for the community to help with. They will be planting vegetables of every kind and several more fruit trees on the property for the community to help grow. If the community helps with this project they will also be able to benefit from the produce that is grown out there. Mrs. Raye is also planning on building a mission house for the teams that come down and work in La Paz. It will be such a blessing for them to be able to live in the community in which they work. The people in La Paz are so welcoming of them and really have a great need in the community. We have been so excited to see how God is really working there. We continue to pray God's blessing on the ministry.
On another note, some may have been following the story of Eliazer these last two months. He is a little boy aged 4 months old now with several medical problems. The problems were discovered during one of the medical teams. We have been helping Eliazer to try and get to the right doctors so they can do corrective surgery on his fontanelle and in the process have discovered he has several other problems. The latest information we have found is as follows: He now has been diagnosed with hydrocephalis as well as a closed fontanelle, additionally we think from the CAT scan he is also unable to see out of one of his eyes because he has a detached retina and no tear duct has grown in that eye as well. There appears to be no real fix for his eye but they are planning on doing some sort of surgery on thursday of this week at 5:00. I will continue to get more information and of course post anything new regarding his situation as soon as I find something out. My heart just breaks for Eliazer. So many of his medical problems could have been avoided if his mother had been able to have proper medical care while he was inside her. There are so many children down here in the same situation. For example, we have been getting better acquainted with another mother how is currently carrying a child as well. She was told two weeks ago the baby has an irregular heart beat and was encouraged just to go home and rest more. That was the solution to the problem. It might turn out just fine but without proper medical care it could also turn out terribly. There is such a great need for doctors down here and certainly a better medical system to help these young mothers carry the babies full term and have them start out life healthy.
Another family we have been working with I want to give you an update on: David and Martha some of you know are in great need. Martha needs surgery and the babies have been diagnosed with scabies and mal nutrition. We visited them last week and found they have moved to a different location and the babies although they were improving from the scabies are not completely healed yet and they should be. David and Martha say they will continue to treat the children for the bug but because they no longer live close to the church there is no one that can help them look after the kids and they are on their own now. When we visited their "house" little Martha the three year old was just screaming her little heart out because she was so afraid. My heart continues to break for them and since they have moved away our hands are tied with what we can do to help. Martha is not planning on having surgery and continues to bleed. She refuses. What can we do when someone doesn't want to get better. God will have to intervene in this situation because we have done everything within human possibility to make it better and are no longer able to do anything more. Please join us in praying for these families and ministries in La Paz. We need several miracles in the next few days and weeks for these situations to improve. May God receive all the glory and may we all know that what ever happens God has a purpose and plan for each of these peoples lives.
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