Leo & Cathy Paine "Standing In The Gap" for the missionary.
Filling the gap through FURLOUGH RELIEF!
Contact us: landcpaine@yahoo.com or Skype: leo.paine

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Prayer

~ Prayer Request ~
 
 


We are asking you to please pray with us regarding our next 'Standing In The Gap' field. We want to be exactly where the LORD would have us to be. We are available from Mid-June 2013 through April 2014. We have a 'tentative' place to be for a missionary from June 2014-November 2014.  Please contact us through our email address: landcpaine@yahoo.com or Pastor Bill Marshall at 816-279-9967 or the Global Independent Baptist Missions office at 972-221-5600.

Matthew 21:22 "And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing,
ye shall receive."
 

Monday, November 26, 2012

Provisions



Psalm 68:19
 
"Blessed be the Lord,
who daily loadeth us with benefits,
even the God of our salvation. Selah."
 
~ ~ ~
 
We are so thankful for the Lord's daily provisions in our lives. Sometimes we think we may need this or that but HE always provides us with what we need.

The weather has taken a bit of a turn the last two weeks, after a bit of a dry spell we are having a lot of rain and a drop in the daily temperatures (in the mid 80's instead of the mid 90's).  We are again experiencing car problems and are not able to use the Land Cruiser at this time (waiting for a part to come from Australia) and so we used the Cub Cadet to go and run the 'Monday errands'.  We got caught in a rain storm and by the time we got to the store we were drenched. We figured we might as well do our shopping and hope that by the time we were done the rain would have stopped. Well, it did not stop but it did reduce to a sprinkle.  

Life on the island of Nauru can be a bit of a challenge but we are thankful for the privilege of being here and watching over the work of missionaries Adam and Christie McGeorge.  Please pray for them as they continue on their furlough and report to as many churches as is possible.







Sunday, October 14, 2012

Monday, October 15, 2012

 
The Lord has provided in all sorts of ways since arriving
on the island ... look what we found last night.
 
Pawpaws growing in the front yard. They need
to start yellowing before they are ready to eat.

 
The church folk helped Leo celebrate
his birthday  in September with cake and
they gave him a shirt. It was
very thoughtful of them to do that for him!

 
Beauty all around the island ~ Frangipani as
we call it Plumeria.
 
 
Ocean view
 
We are very thankful for all the churches that support 'Standing In The Gap' without you we could not do what we are doing.
We are asking you to pray in regards to our next area of
service. We return to the U.S. in April of 2013 and have
been asking the LORD to 'open the door' to what HE has for us next.
 
 "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
 In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths"
Proverbs 3:5-6



Sunday, September 30, 2012

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!
 

Sunday, September 9, 2012

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 ...)
 

 

 
 
 

Sunday, August 26, 2012

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.
 


Monday, August 13, 2012

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."