Work in Jubilee Continues...

The work in Jubilee continues to thrive. The relationships we are building with the people in the village of Jubilee are priceless. God continues to place people in our lives who need to know they have hope. Our presence here working along side them with them knowing God has sent us to help, gives them hope. This does not come without persecution. The guys who work with us are being threatened at times. Some of them watch over the property at night to keep the thieves out and are in harms way. Today when they were sharing this with me, I shared with them about you, our friends who were lifting them and us up before the Lord each day. Thank you for caring and praying for our protection and those who are helping us. Today we were able to pour a cement floor in the shelter we have and started placing the tin siding on it. We are continuing to have dirt hauled in. It is a slow process, but God is providing in a way which is not costing anything. If we had to pay for this soil and rock, it would have been 10s of thousands of dollars. Praise the Lord for His provision.

Alex Anderson, Mary's brother in law is continuing to improve. Mary went home last week to be with them during this time. He has been able to walk. His arm movement continues to improve. And his speech has improved. It has progressed to where he was able to come home yesterday. Thank you for your prayers and praise the Lord. Thanks to those of you who have called and encouraged Mary in different ways while she is there. I sure miss her and look forward to seeing her. I will be joining her on the 29th of July and be there with her for a few weeks before returning to Haiti. We look forward to seeing many of you and visiting with you while we are home.

In some of my past news letters, I have shared about Brian Smith and Omaha Rapid Response helping with the work in Gonaives and Jubilee. On Tuesday of this week Brian arrived with his wife Cody, children Kendra, Brad, Emma, and Kara. They will be staying for a month seeking God's will for their family in the future. As they visit, they are continuing to make a difference in Jubilee helping with feeding the children, remodeling houses, and building lasting relationships into the kingdom of God. Cody is also a nurse and has been a great asset to bringing hope to those who need it. They will also fill in the gap part of the time while we are in the states in August by feeding the children and hosting the teams which come. Please pray for Brian, Cody and family as they seek God's will for the Kingdom of God.

Many of you who know Marvin and have asked about him. He is grateful for each of you who ask about him and pray for him. He is doing great. We helped him celebrate his 10th birthday while the team from Brunswick was here. This like Woobens was his first birthday party. Haitians do not celebrate birthdays because there is no money to invite friends for cake and a coke. Please continue to pray for Marvin and healing.

We have had several opportunities to stop at Dorothy's in PAP and see Aaron. You would not believe the changes we see in him. God has truly transformed him. You can feel the seem lines in his head now. He has this great smile when you talk to him. Looking at him, you cannot tell anything was wrong with him and he over seven pounds now. Thank you for your prayers and please continue to pray for him.

The English class has continued to draw interest. Each Tuesday and Thursday we have 120- 150 people there. This week was a milestone for six more students who earned English Bibles. Thanks to those of you who have donated these and continue to pray to these students.

With love in Christ,

Emory and Mary

Prayer Request

Alex and Cynthia Anderson

Work and protection of workers in Jubilee

Aaron and Marvin

The teams who have come and are coming.

Brian, Cody and Family

First Baptist Brunswick Brings Life and Hope

Tony McNorton and his family returned last week with Pastor Tim Nobles and friends from First Baptist Church in Brunswick. There were many highlights during the week which brought smiles and joy to many. One of my favorite was the VBS in Jubilee. They planned for 200 children and 350 attended. They gave the children t-shirts and they really lit the place up in the big open field. The team supplied them with breakfast, a sa-pi-bon, and gave out sandals on Friday.

There were many people who came to know Christ during the week through preaching of the word and sharing their faith in the homes. There was a mother who brought her baby which was 8 days old and was not eating or opening his eyes. After one team member spent some time with God in prayer, the baby began eating and his eyes were opened. Praise the Lord! We met a Voodoo priest in Jubilee and had many opportunities to witness to him. He has not accepted Christ, but knows that God is calling him away from his practice. Please pray that he will be able to have the strength to let go of the old and take hold of Jesus. His name is Lukner.

I can remember a few camping trips in my life where you go camping and set up your tent, after going to bed there is a rain or a heavy fog and water begins dripping on your face right after you go to sleep. It seems that regardless of how much rainex you use, it still finds a way to come in. Knowing how miserable that is, I cannot imagine so many of these homes in Jubilee which have so many holes in them. This week we were able to replace the roof on two of these homes and we will continue to work on more in the coming weeks. The team was able to put rafters up on the building and this week some of the guys in Jubilee and I were able to put the tin on. Praise the Lord! The team has brought joy to these homes with very little time invested. They also did a medical clinic in Jubilee and gave hope to many hurting people. Please pray for the members from First Baptist of Brunswick and others who God is calling to make a differences in Jubilee.

The dirt continues to be dumped on the property. We continue to praise the Lord for this as we need about 3 feet of dirt to rise above the flood zone with the building.

Mary's sister, Cynthia and her husband Alex Anderson need your prayers this week. He had a stroke following a gall bladder surgery last week. Now he is in a therapy program trying to learn how to talk. The stroke effected his speech and his right side. Please be in prayer for them.

Thank you to each of who have continued to support, pray for and encourage us in our efforts here. We could not do what we do without the body of Christ. It is a great thing to see a community transformed and lives changed each day because you, the body of Christ want to make a difference. We praise God for you being a part of the change in our lives and those around us.

Prayer Request
Alex and Cynthia Anderson
Continued provision for the children
Families in need in Jubilee
The teams who have come and are coming