A change in focus: One of Liz's ladies whom she has counseled has major problems with her son's family in her own property. But she is learning to put the Lord first, and reach out to others. We mentioned two weeks ago about her sister who received the Lord. Today we went with her to see a lady across her street. She has begun to bring some of the children, now numbering as many as six from her street. One mother visited twice Sunday evening. Today we went together to visit her, and she also prayed receiving Christ as savior. It is amazing that as we reach out to others, God makes our own troubles seem so much easier to bear. Liz's lady is growing spiritually.

Modern morality: I walk three miles per morning daily, and Liz often accompanies me for two miles four times weekly. There are quite a few vacation houses where we walk in one kilometer loop five times. One house had a man driving in casual clothes arriving about 6:30 AM daily. We wondered - does he stay at a girlfriend and drive home? Does he work at night and change clothes? Liz got a Dutch and English tract out for him, and as he drove into his driveway, I ran to give him the tract. I asked him if he was coming from work. "No," he said. "I am on vacation from Holland, and I visit my girlfriend every night, but she is a police woman and has to be at work at 7 AM. So I drop her off and drive home."

I had just handed him the tracts, telling him that they were God's word, and were from our church. As we came back from walking to the end of the street, he was without his shirt and had three or four thick gold necklaces around his neck. He was putting out the garbage. When he saw me, he ran over and proudly showed me his gold image of Christ on a cross which hung from one necklace. No shame. He seemed to think: "I'm OK because I am religious, and wear a cross with Christ on it." Welcome to the new morality - or is it the old immorality? We pray that the Word of God will do its work in his heart.

Marriage information: We continue to get good feedback from our marriage seminar last week. It so happens that the subject this week and next on our advanced Bible Institute is on the family: man-woman relationships, the "man of one wife", the ministry of marriage, and child rearing. We pray that these lessons will not only be a blessing, but result in more Biblical marriages as well.

Studying prayer: I continue to find concentrated study on prayer is changing my own prayer life, and is a real challenge. I pray that we will be able to help our people here, and also challenge others in the USA toward prayer for worldwide missions as well as revival, and for our work here, while we are there for a mini-furlough. We know that much of the results of our ministry here is because of your prayers for us.

Prayer requests:

1. Our own spiritual growth
2. Our health and strength for the tasks, and knowing proper priorities of what to do
3. Souls saved and discipled
4. Independence of the churches
5. Spiritual growth in our churches