Good morning, everyone.  It's a beautiful morning in Guatemala, but in a few hours it will start raining again and continue through much of the night.  That's been the pattern the last six weeks.  We are told that it will be this way thru much of October, then it will begin to dry out and wind will pick up.  We ned a couple of dry days to retile half the roof of one of our casitas we bought the materials for.  The other casas roofs are holding up well, praise God.but this one needs help!  I'll soon be able to add "roofing" to my experience list.

I started thinking through the many ways God has used multiples of partners to help us in our ministry here. Example...our projector bulb died, and a partner who was schedueled to come down to do a mission thing at a nearby city orphanage went to the trouble to just days before he left the U.S. to have two lamp assemblies rushed to him to bring to us and have us up and running in under two weeks of the burnout!  What a guy! What a God!  Similar helps have come from MANY of you....and you know who you are!  Our monitary support partners who are so integral conitue to be a blessing as well.  Thanks to you all!

Diana went up to a market in nearby Solala, and in the very crowded conditions was relieved of her wallet and money, including crfedit card and liscense.  It hard to feel "violated"in such a way, and to try to make all the calls  & cancellations needed.  I have thought of giving her a bag full of scorpions or something nasty and going back to the market....

We stopped with Di's sister at the school in Patzun on our way home from Guat City (had to go o some VISA work, do our monthly shopping, and pick her up at the airport) and gave all the kids toothbrushes and paste that she had brought down.   Also, some materials and supplies for the teachers ...allwas much appreciated.  Thanks, Linda!  We will be taking a small group from son Aaron's Greenville school there for the preparation of a longer term helps committment with educational materials, building groups & supplies, as God provides..

For us....still much to do in upkeep/upgrade of our facility, and we have expanded our ancillary ministries to helping a "colegio" (high school) in San Andres.  One of our ESL students is headmaster there.

More real soon.  Hope to be able to post more pictures soon.

Blessing to yhou all.  Thank you for keeping up with us! Niel.