Saturday Post -- 11/08/12

By popular demand, the latest from puppy world...

...and from our plot of land, where, the shell of our house is slowly but surely taking shape.

I write on Friday evening from Trinidad, where I've put in a shift this week at the Foundation, but we're still dealing with some issues in Santa Cruz, for which reason, Amanda has had to base herself there. More details in the coming weeks, but by all means keep the prayers coming. Thankfully, she's not alone as her sister, Joanne, arrived in the wee small hours of Tuesday morning at the start of a three-week visit. I'm heading through on the bus tonight to catch up with my wife and sister-in-law.

We'll also have the chance to belatedly mark my birthday as, today, my third decade officially came to a close. While sad not to have Amanda around, I was able to somewhat make up for it by having a small celebration with colleagues from work this morning after our usual daily devotional time, with the help of a couple of boxes of salteñas (Bolivian breakfast pastries).

At work, I had the usual R.E. and English classes to teach, with the English class reaching the end of the Biblical Application lessons. As part of the lesson, we translated a 'sinner's prayer' together and my own prayer is obviously that, after months of stimulating discussions, the students take those words to heart. Furthermore, thanks to the recent generous gift from Strathaven Evangelical Church for the Foundation's Education ministry, I've begun the planning process for next year in earnest, when we hope to significantly extend the reach of our Community Classes, for example, by taking the classes into other neighbourhoods. It's fair to say that I've never had so many material resources at my disposal -- scary, in a way, but there's great potential there.

I have a bus to catch. Some prayer points to close...

Prayer

• For the English students as they ponder the Biblical teaching of the past few months.
• For wisdom as I begin to allocate resources for next year.

Praise

• For safety on our travels so far between Trinidad and Santa Cruz.
• For the Lord's goodness to, and patience with, me over the past 30 years.

¡Que Dios les bendiga!

Craig & Amanda