Last week, the children at Casa Esperanza of Angels in the Philippines had a fantastic VBS with the Christian group from Greenville, TX.
One member from the Greenville team commented that it was a good trip due to the enthusiasm of the children and the good meals they enjoyed.
It is a very tiring and long trip for this group of teachers and workers. This is the 2nd time they have gone there. What a sacrifice it is to do all of this work for these precious children. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts! I know the children were blessed to have them and I hope they receive blessings for their Christian service to teach children about Christ.
The children are ready to return to school next week for the next term. Even with a great summer, they are excited about going back to school.
Ronald and Gigi are packing to leave the Philippines to return to the U.S. next week. They will spend the next 4+ months traveling to give reports to congregations about our two mission works in Asia. They are tired from the busy summer activities with the children, getting them ready for school again, and having government inspections of the facility.. Prayers for them to have a safe trip home and safe travels this summer would be greatly appreciated.
This week, Carole Booker from Houston, TX began training to take over the SAS secretarial work. Carole retired from Westbury Christian School after teaching English there for 19 years. She visited us a year ago and inquired if she would be able to assist me with this work. Carole took two weeks of her summer vacation each year to go to one of our safe houses to teach the girls English and Bible. She has met most of our workers and been in the homes where the girls live. This is Carole with one group of girls on an outing following her studies with them.
Carole has raised funds to purchase a new outfit of clothing for the girls in Nepal each year. This was not a small campaign as it benefitted approximately 230 girls each year with a delightful gift of new clothing.
I was 88 in May and had a fantastic day with good food and gifts. Although I enjoy the secretarial work, I know we are in great need to have an efficient secretary in place to carry on this work in the years ahead. Carole is the perfect person for this work with her strong Christian principles and her love for our work. We are busy going over procedures, instructions and explanations about things by email. I think we have covered most everything this week and she is ready to "get her hands dirty" and actually start the work. We don't really get our hands dirty, however, as we can work from our own comfortable chair during whatever hours we find available.
I will continue to teach Carole what I have done since 2015 as we make progress in handling the work. Soon, we will have a database designed by Ronald's IT man in the Philippines and both of us will be learning to input the data into this new system. It is my plan to turn the work over to Carole by the end of this year. It is not that the work is hard, but there's a lot to keep up with and we have reports for girls to send to sponsors from Nepal, Laos, Thailand and the Philippines. It is a little different in scope from country to country.
Ron and I had a good "wellness" check up this week. Ron had an eye infection but medication has almost cleared it up. We try to take care of ourselves, exercise, get enough sleep and eat healthy food. We will be celebrating Father's Day and Ron's 89th birthday at the end of this month.
Thank you all for following our activities and keeping us encouraged. We love and appreciate our family, friends and supporters very much! God bless you all.
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