God's Provisions!

Sunday, September 30 was not like any Sunday we have had in Nauru. Since it was the 5th Sunday of the month we had lunch following the morning service then we closed the day with an early afternoon service. Leo took everyone home while I cleaned up the church area and did the dishes. We had a couple of hours rest and we headed to Bro. Danio's and Mona Lisa's Naurun church. What a blessing it was to be there, everyone was so friendly and kind. The singing was special and a real blessing to our hearts. Bro. Danio did the announcements, in Naurun, and gave the pulpit over to Leo, he preached from Matthew 9:35-38. We said our good byes and headed homes because we had arranged with a church group in the Netherlands to say hello to everyone on Skype. We had 'stood in the gap' with this group in 2011 and it was good to 'see' everyone again. What a blessing these folks were to us during our time there.

This is for you Bro. Richard ~~ God has provided in many ways including bananas growing in the front yard.

June 4, 2012

 June 8, 2012

 

 June 20, 2012

Ripe Bananas. October 1, 2012

They look wonderful. October , 2012

 Yummy! October 1, 2012 

Ready to eat!  October 1, 2012

 

Even though they look very ripe they really aren't.

A good flavor!

 

When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder *Washington* Will Be There!!!!

On September 2, 2012 it was Father's Day in Nauru.  The man on the far left is Washington, he was a first time visitor ~ After the service during our fellowship time Leo sat down with him and showed him from the Bible his need to be saved. PRAISE The LORD he saw his need and accepted the Lord Jesus as his personal Saviour. He had called early Sunday morning to find out what time the services were.

 

 

Sunday, September 9, 2012 Washington returned bringing his youngest son with him. We had a wonderful day with 34 in attendance, we were excited to have Merhonda back to the services.  The day began with dark clouds rolling in and so we had Sunday School / Junior Church inside. The children have been learning the books of the New Testament and we played a game which they really enjoyed.

 

 

 

The boys won this round. Two of the children are able to say the New Testament books  'backwards' ~ I was impressed. 

 

 

~ This is for Pastor Adam ~

 

(We know we are a few days early but ...)

 

 



 

 

 

Visitor

We had an unexpected visitor the other day, a

visitor that is not at all demanding. It

keeps the bug population down and that

is a HUGE blessing.

Not that I would want one of these

critters all over the house but I do like the

fact that they take care of some of mosquitoes.

 

 

Although the attendance was up from the

week before the number of children

were down. Ever since we had vehicle problems

the number of children attending has gone

down so ...

We are going to make

Saturday visits to encourage them to return.

It was extremely humid Sunday morning and

since there were so few of us we met inside. (That

was more for the teacher than the kids~the kids

don't mind the humidity at all)

These children loved class and ALL participated.

Left to right

She, Sina, Mabel, Dash, and Joe.

 



The Sunset

After a busy Sunday we decided

to watch the sunset over the

ocean...

Isn't it beautiful????

Psalm 68:19

"Blessed be the Lord,

 who daily loadeth us with benefits,

even the God of our salvation.

Selah."

Mail from home!

A package from home filled with all sorts

of goodies. The box included gum,

yellow mustard,

dvd's, coffee, and much more!

Mailed on July 2 and arrived today,

July 31~that is a reasonable amount of time.

On the other hand,

my Mother's Day card arrived today

and that was mailed on May 5th!

~ ~ ~

Teen Time on Friday night and we are

looking forward to devotion time,

fun and games, of course the all important

snack time.

Please pray for the 3 young men that

last month raised their hand

indicating that they are unsure

of their salvation.

~ ~ ~

More Than It Appears

Standing In The Gap is just that ~ we stand in

for missionaries who need to go on furlough

for whatever the reason.

While we are here in Nauru our duties include:

preaching and teaching, Sunday School, 

visitation, hospital visits, counseling,

weekly Religious Instructions for

high school students, 

providing transportation for all services,

Teen Time, ladies meetings,

watching over the missionaries home, pets, etc.

Letting nature do the work...
Taking care of plants  and pets!

This morning we set a trap to catch

some ants...and it is working.

Satan sets traps for us too...

The trap of focusing on earthly things

instead eternal things.

Hebrews 13:5

"...and be content with such things as ye have;..."

~ The Island ~

We have been on the island of Nauru for 2 months and a few days. We have learned names, still have a few children's names that we get mixed up like Steve Austin, Pecos, and B Johnson, but it gets easier each week. We have found our way around ~ how do you get lost on an island of approximately 8 square miles?   The heat is something we are getting used to - sort of!!

Life is simple and slow on the island, the people are friendly but generally not too open. The children that come on Sunday morning listen intently  and answer with raised eyebrows, an island habit. Some learn their memory verse and some even remember the Bible story from the week before. They enjoy helping to serve the adults their juice drink after service. Most rather climb the side of the wagon than to climb the stairs.  Kids are kids all over the world.

Teen Time on Friday night went well, some would say the numbers aren't too impressive BUT the boys that attended all responded that they are not sure of their salvation ~ a real matter of prayer!!  They enjoyed the devotion, snacks and games ~ we were thankful that Bro. Junior came along to help.

We are learning to trust the LORD more and more and that is what its all about. We ask you pray concerning our next stop for 'Standing In The Gap'.