Monday, July 28, 2008

GUESS WHO JUST CALLED?

~ It is so wonderful and so sad at the same time!!!!! She is stuck in that little cinder block box all day with no phone and no transportation - I REALLY wanted to go visit her one last time for the Summer. I had a feeling they would be leaving this weekend, but I too was stuck this time!!! I kept hoping they would be there tonight and we could manage to get out there after Jack came back from work. Thank you Lord for work!

So when I heard the little boy's voice on the phone, "Miss, it's Fernando, I'm moving to OHIO" at first I PANICKED! Because I thought it was a different Fernando about the same age who has been living here for years. The thought that this other family was moving was something I was not mentally prepared for right now. But then, with the signal cutting in and out, I finally realized it was little Feranado from the Hollywood camp. I asked to speak to his mom. We talked and she said they had left and this was her first chance to call. I TOTALLY believe that! She probably had to tell her husband that Fernando needed to call me in order to be able to use his cell phone and call me. She is used to the machismo culture where her son is of higher value to her husband than she is, but I would go stark raving mad living like that! {NOT all Mexican men are like that!!} So I'm happy-sad right now as I write this. We just got off the phone not too long ago. I'm thrilled she called. She said she is going to try to call again when they get to Florida and she will give me her address. I pray she will have that opportunity. She is very lonely. I'm thrilled that she does seem to know the Lord [see the post Margarita La Predicadora]! So pray for them as they travel the rest of the way to Ohio and work there for a few months. She is so precious, shy and sweet. I'm again reminded to ask for prayer for Manuel - I've been trying to pray for him in my daily QT. Please do pray for Margarita and her family and for Manuel to be free from the bondage of sin/alcohol to serve Jesus. Thanks friends. God bless.

I'm going to include the same video I put together for aforementioned post.

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THE STORY "How It All Began"

 *Photobucket *                                         * Photobucket*  Here is the story of how it first started. This was written a few years ago for a mission fair at JIPC. Since it was already written there really is no reason to re-do it : ). Jack was not in the picture then so he is not included in this story, but his entrance onto the scene is a story for another time : ). The following is the text from years ago:


In the summer of 1987, I went out with Stono Baptist Church to Jenkin’s camp. There were a guy and girl taking out groups from the Charleston Baptist Association. Immediately, my heart jumped inside when I saw the little children and their excitement to learn. By the end of the time, I saw that not much was made of the wide door of opportunity and was sad. But my prayer then was that I would be able to teach children like that one summer. Little did I know what God already had planned. The next year I was a sophomore at Columbia Bible College, one of my friends was Angela Thomas from Charleston. We were just about out for the summer, in the midst of exams and all the end of the year craziness, when Ange asked me if I’d be interested in teaching out at Migrant camps on John’s Island. Her mom had been asked by Reverend Richard McQueen if Ange would be interested, and since she was unavailable and knew that I lived on John’s Island asked if I might be willing. It seems the person scheduled had bailed last minute and they were trying to find someone. But I know better!
Writing this now April 27, 2005, I can still remember being on Petty Hall like it was yesterday. I was not only willing – it was an answer to a prayer I’d forgotten that I prayed! So with little time to prepare and not knowing exactly what I was getting into, I began what would become the most fulfilling, difficult, heartbreaking, rewarding, joyful, sorrowful, love-filled, exciting summer days and nights : ) of my life. God so perfectly put it all together. It started with CBA, then my local church, Samaritan’s Purse after Hugo when I met Franklin Graham and eventually led to meeting Mr. Henry Meeuwse at James Island Presbyterian Foundation. Teaching children the powerful, life-changing Word of God gives me some of the greatest joy in my life. I also love the food, culture and language : ). The children and their families have become a very rich part of my life. I’m so thankful the other person was unable to go out that summer. I’m sure in God’s sovereignty He had something well suited to him for that summer, also. God’s love and control are boundless; I’m thankful He has given me the blessing of summers with so many wonderful people.

~ So there it is. That is how it began in 1987 as a seed, and then in 1988 as a dream fulfilled.