EFRAÍN
I got a phone call yesterday from Efraín. He was again so grateful and filled with joy because they had taken the feeding tube out of his throat. He could now talk effortlessly and I noticed instantly his normal speech. On top of that, he’s now able eat food normally! Wow, the simple things of life, to be able to taste your food!
I don’t see a lot of improvement with his bodily movements, like his arms and legs, but he’s still hopeful. Just wanted to pass on his thanks to you and ask you might say a prayer for him today, as you also take time to give thanks to God for the blessings in your own life. I think of that a lot… To be able to walk, work with your hands, even play sports. How blessed we are. Remember Efraín.
TIM & ROBIN
Robin and I have been waiting on the Lord’s leading regarding our typical missions trip to Mexico and Colombia this year. In light of insufficient funding, we considered not going this year as costs continue to rise. Having prayed and given it to the Lord, we sense the Lord is leading us to go anyway. So we will trust him and go as far as we can. Whether I make it to Colombia remains to be seen. I appreciate your prayers for us in these things. We plan to depart mid November and drive to Mexico.
MUSIC
I have been given the opportunity to professionally record all my P songs which I wrote and composed over the past year. There are 6 of them. I’m scheduled to record on October 28th. Also the Lord blessed Elendie with a new guitar and amp. Last year we had some funding designated specifically for this project and so Russel used it to purchase him new guitar and amp in Bogota. He’s so pumped and he continues to create music in P. It’s beautiful. I am putting it into my radio programs which air 30 minutes per day. The P’s are loving the radio program.
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RADIOS
The Lord provided for 1,000 more radios which are being produced right now! These radio devices are solar powered and also have a huge memory chip inside them. We have included the entire P audio NT so they will be able to listen even when there is nothing on the air. Pray they make it to Colombia in time for the next conference in January. We may be able to produce more than 1,000 as Galcom just let me know that they may have some extra funding for more.
BOOK
I have been co-authoring a small book together with my brother Brent. The book consolidates the imperative sayings of Jesus in his sermon on the mount. It is meant to provide a brief commentary on each saying and promote a time to meditate and pray each day about how to apply these sayings to your own life. The book is nearing completion. When it’s done, it will be available to purchase on Amazon.
BIBLE STUDY
My son Jared and his wife Natalie started a Bible study with another young couple and asked me to teach it while here in Canada. We are going through an overview of the Bible. It’s refreshing to see the hunger they have. If you would like to pray for us that the Lord would open our eyes together as we learn from him, it is appreciated much.
Much love to you, grace and peace from our heavenly Father,
t.