Thank you for your faithful prayers. We need them.

Andoe Kampoe: We have had a lot of rain and it floods a lot at Andoe Kampoe, which prevented one service. This last week Zr. Mowka has also not felt well enough to take us out calling. Therefore we have had another service at her home attended by 6 faithful women and young ladies. I taught from Genesis 4 and 6-9 over Cain and Abel and over Noah’s flood. We then prayed for the Kampoe, which has many needs. We pray that we will be able to hold a service there on Sunday afternoon.

Building project: We hope to see some of the roof go on tomorrow. There are 13 pieces of steel support, of which 10 have been made. The other three must be completed and then placed on the roof. After that we will put 2x3 crosspieces of wood, and then purchase and nail the pretreated galvanized zinc on the roof. It would be wonderful to see it completed next week. After that, the two biggest projects will be the cement floor and the ceiling which we plan to complete with hardboard. Then it is the windows and doors, the electricity and plumbing, and the benches. We hope to see the project move ahead briskly very soon.

One sick young man: A young man came from the interior to live with his uncle and go to school. He was saved and trained somewhat with me a number of years ago. I had hoped to see him return to the interior to help the work there. However, he “messed up” his life in a number of ways, and disappeared only to reappear last week. He went forward in the church service and asked pardon for the way he had left and lived a life that was not pleasing to the Lord. He had come to the city for medical help. This week it turns out that he will need very major surgery to avoid a life-threatening problem. The government is sending him to Columbia for further treatment, as the treatment here is likely to be less than optimal. We would appreciate your prayers for his health, and that indeed he has returned with true repentance like the prodigal son.

I want to thank those who have been praying for our schedule for the mini-furlough this fall. It is now nearly complete; I am waiting for final confirmation from one or two churches. At present, it appears that I will be teaching block courses in three schools, teaching classes in two others, and participating in one seminar on translation.

I am certain that you will all feel sorry for us as we struggle with a cold wave here in Suriname. The temperature plunged to 72 degrees this morning... This is the lowest temperature Liz has seen while in Suriname...

Prayer requests:

1. Strength and health for the work
2. Our spiritual growth and teaching and preaching
3. Safety driving. We have had several situations which could have been disastrous. Today a man stopped to allow Liz to cross a busy street. She was waiting in the middle of the street and the man stopped. Without looking, a lady came flying down the street on the inside of the stopped vehicle on a motor scooter. Fortunately Liz looked as she was passing the car and jumped back, and at the last moment, the lady looked too and stopped. These types of situations are why Suriname has five times the mortality of Holland. Motor scooters are the worst - they do not require any license or training to ride them, and a number of fatalities are from riding them.
4. Moving ahead building the Sunny Point church
5. Andoe Kampoe
6. Independence of the 4 churches