Thank you for your daily prayers.

Today we lay the "foundation stone" for the Sunny Point Church. The church building has progressed to the point of completing the foundation layer of cement, which is one of the more demanding parts of the building. Kenneth Domini, the pastor, asked all the leadership of the four churches to have a brief ceremony at the building site. They have really struggled with the rain. They had to dig a gutter from the foundation to the drainage ditch alongside the church building to drain the water which had been accumulating every day, and was too much to be pumped with a small pump.

Today the weather was beautiful in the morning. Kalow Palata, the senior pastor of the main church, started praying, and then I followed, with other men praying after us. Then a group of six inch building stones were laid along a line. Edgar Zeeman, who was the pastor who began the church seven years ago, laid the first stone, and prayed and encouraged at the same time. He was followed by Kalow Palata, then Samuel Aloina, the pastor of Efraimzegen church, and then myself. Fortunately Mejo Banwarie, the assistant pastor of Sunny Point, who is also a builder, did most of the work in setting the stone for me in cement. Several others followed, and we celebrated with some soft drinks and cake. It was a time of joy. Please join us in prayer as we seek additional finances to continue the building.

Liz went on Tuesday for a lithotripsy. This is a procedure to break up kidney stones without operating on the patient. The urologist showed us pictures of the original apparatus, where the patient was submerged in water. The more modern machines do not require that, but simply that the patient stay in position for about an hour. The urologist was able to bring this machine from Holland when a new updated model replaced it at the place where he had been trained! The schedule is very full. When we arrived, no one was present. It turns out that they do not use the machine on Tuesdays, but opened the place especially for Liz. She said that she could both hear and feel a pounding in her back, but not actual pain.

The urologist explained that the procedure is successful in about 60-70% of cases on the first attempt, but that you must wait 2 weeks before you know if the stone has broken or not since there may well be a delay in effect. Thus she must get an x-ray on June 14th, followed directly by an appointment with the urologist. We are praying that the stone will have broken by that time, so that they can attack the second one which is lower. Otherwise it is a bit difficult to know how best to handle the situation. She remains with the catheter coming out of her back, and is drinking lots of water. She is slowly regaining her strength, and is without fever off antibiotics. We are grateful. However, the catheter seems to be slowly moving outward, and we are praying that it will stay in position until the treatments are completed. We would really appreciate your prayers. As many know, we are scheduled to return to the USA for a mini-furlough and teaching assignment on August 3rd. Our daughter Kim was with us nearly 2 weeks to help out, and then our granddaughter Abigail took over for nearly a week. Both are back in Moengo now after it became apparent that Liz handled her procedure well. They are preparing to depart for a seven month furlough on June 15th.

Otherwise, I don't have a great deal further to report. It has been raining heavily. Both Bible Institutes are going into their last sessions; the advanced Institute will finish the last lesson for this school year next Tuesday.

There has been a great deal of interest in the elections held on May 25th of this year. The major Bush Negro coalition signed an agreement with the party which had the largest number of votes, but not a majority - to form a new government. Other parties may also be in the coalition. Some of our people may end up in new government positions, but this is unknown now. Our paperwork for the churches to become independent is waiting for the government situation to clarify before the requests will be submitted.

Praise items:

1. Liz had her first lithotripsy treatment without problems
2. The building project at Sunny Point is going forward

Prayer items:

1. Liz's health - for the kidney stones to break up and for the nephrostomy tube to remain in position until no longer needed; no further infections. Scheduling for the completion of treatment
2. Our spiritual growth
3. Safety driving
4. Finances for the building of Sunny Point church
5. Continued healing of Gwatoes Palata's amputated arm
6. Church growth and stability
7. Souls saved and discipled