God Had a Plan

Last week we were once again privileged to see the Lord intervene on behalf of His children. We had been able to finally put together enough cash to pay for the sheet metal roofing and the cost of the plane to fly it out to Paruima for the new school cafeteria.  You can only withdraw a few hundred dollars per day here from the ATM.  We needed several thousand--so it took many days to get enough cash together.  We needed a lot of metal to do the whole roof; so we had to charter an entire Caravan plane to fly it out (approx 3000 lbs). We were not sure we could send it all in one load due to the weight. When we got it purchased, transported it to the airport and had it weighed,  it came to 2500 lbs.!!  I was thrilled because I could now send some other bulky stuff up to 500 lbs on that load!  The morning it was to be sent out, we received an email from the doctor/evangelist who was arriving at the airport in a couple of hours (with 2 helpers), stating that their luggage was over 800 lbs.--plus them.  I had chartered a small Cessna (182) to fly them and their luggage out to Paruima the same day, since our plane was still getting the new engine installed.  The doctor told us the Lord had provided all this stuff to bring down for the meetings and her medical work.  The problem was getting it all out into the bush!  We scrapped our idea of sending bulky things on the big plane, and put her suitcases on the scale until it reached 500 lbs. We then weighed what was left (we had taken 3 suitcases out already that will go to the second location); and after adding the passenger's weights,  it was just the right amount to fill the Cessna 182 limit with 10 lbs to spare!!  So God used our efforts to get the metal out to the school, to also provide a way to get the materials out for the doctor!!!  We all stood there in amazement when we saw the final weights, and  we realized this was something that only God could have done so well!

We got the engine installed and the inspection all finished.  Yesterday we were able to test fly the plane.  After 2 hours of flight all the indicators are good!!!   I made make a couple more short flights today.  Tomorrow I have to change the oil and look for metal etc. then get back to flying in the real bush!  We are so far behind, we don't know how to catch up, but God already has that worked out too.

Thank you so much for your prayers on our behalf and the work here!  They make all the difference. Your financial support has been outstanding and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts!!  God is good all the time.  He has been faithful to provide what is needed and we are so grateful.  May you be blessed many times over.  We just got word yesterday on the radio, that there are 25 people already asking for baptism and they aren't quite have way through the meetings yet!!