This month of October has been filled with lots of rain, sleepless nights, and just waiting. Finally, last Thursday Camilo received a call from the U.S. Embassy saying that they approved the visa! It should be in the mail now. We are so thankful for this answer to prayer and thank you to everyone for your support during this process!
Our travel plans are to leave El Salvador by the end of November. We'll keep you all posted. Please pray for this last month here, and our transition time.
Another answer to prayer...
Thanks to those who were praying for Yeni, one of our youth who had an accident at school and broke her mandible in 3 places. She made it through her operation, and is still recovering, but last week had a breakthrough and began talking again! (now we can't get her to stop!) A blessing for her family is that her mother who left her and her sister when they were young to go to the US returned for this emergency and his here for good. Her father returned about a year ago, and we are praying for restoration and healing of relationships in this family.
Blessings from Iglesia de Dios in Reseda, CA...
We have been enjoying visits from Ojos de Agua natives that have come from Reseda, CA for a visit. They spread the news to their church that we were in need for more chairs and members from their congregation sent a generous donation to buy more! Praise the Lord. We look forward to filling all the seats in hopes to buy more! :)
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| José Melgar from Reseda with Pastors Camilo and Heber, and church member Gilberto and son Benjamin |
Lots of Rain...
Hurricane Jova hit us hard this month. It didn't stop raining for more than 10 days. El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua were mentioned in International news because of this emergency. The main problems we had had in our area were landslides that made it a bit difficult to travel. And on the other side of the mountain, there was a huge landslide that is still blocking the road and people had to leave their homes. The entire country has been in a state of emergency and thousands are still in temporary shelters in schools and churches. We are thankful that we weren't affected drastically. But people in the communities lost many days of work in the fields and couldn't leave their homes to buy provisions. Despite these obstacles members from our church made a generous donation of food staples to a MCA church in Coyolito that was serving as a temporary shelter. We are thankful to the Lord that we were able to contribute somewhat to the efforts.
Please pray...
- For our transition out of Ojos de Agua and saying goodbye to this wonderful community
- The church is in need for a larger vehicle to transport people from the surrounding communities to church services. We are praying for provision for a bus ($10,000 - $20,000). We are thankful that so many people are wanting to come to services, but we need a way to bring them.
- Construction needs: doors and windows
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