Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The Boys Are Back in Town
Monday, June 7, 2010
More to come, but for now...
Friday, June 4, 2010
Invitation to Pr*y
Dear Pr*yer Helpers,
Our hearts are very sad. This afternoon the city government bulldozed down “Tent City.” It was the slum where we have begun B!ble stories. Over 100 desperately poor people were pitched out. They were land “squatters.” Their little blue tarp tent houses were pushed down. Families are in shock and pain. Children came to our house telling us in Kannada what happened. Finally we understood. When we saw it, our hearts ached too. Rain started. Tiny children, nursing babies, young ones, old people, and others stood wet and sad. Mothers and fathers were walking about picking up what they could salvage. These adults left home this morning to work with all OK, but returned to nothing this evening.
Then rain came hard. As P3ggy started home, several kids and some mothers followed her. How could we refuse them? They were the two ladies who had been saved in our house. Their kids came too. Others joined them. D8vid tried calling pastors, Chr!stians, and anyone who could help. Nothing worked. How do you leave 100 people homeless, hungry, and sitting on the street in the rain?
We took about 12 of them into our house. P3ggy cooked a huge pot of rice with the small amount of chicken we had. All ate and got dried out. We have no idea what to do next. The L0rd will have to guide and help us.
At least we expect a big crowd to attend church with us tomorrow! We were able to use our weak Kannada language skills to show our sympathy and concern. We hugged, talked, encouraged, and cried a little. We believe G0d is able to help our friends. We just do not know how HE will do it. Maybe we can rent a truck and carry their stuff to some other place. We’ll see.
As your Sunday Scho0l classes and church services meet, will you take a moment to pray for the 100+ poor slum people of Tent City? One asked us, “We wondered, has this come on us because we began to pray to Je$us?” One month ago B!ble stories and, and we love them. The L0rd Je$us will work as you intercede.