Hello Everyone!!! I hope everyone in the States is enjoying their summer. We are having winter here and it is still very nice. No Snow!!

So many wonderful things have been happening. Abigail is still doing everything she can without having our final paper from the Government. We have a new President in the country and the new First Lady has heard about our ministry. She asked for a letter describing what we want to do. That was the first time I have ever written a letter for the First Lady of a country. I wanted to say that we just need her husband to sign our final paper so we can get moving full-time, but I was more diplomatic than that. Ha Ha I still need that paper from the government for my final Immigration papers. But talk about favor. My papers with Immigration officially expired on June 26, but they have given me extension after extension and this week I should find out the length of my next extension. They said it would be at least 60 days. No one who lives here can believe the favor I am receiving with Immigration. But we can....... The lady who has been living at Abigail is now working full-time teaching school. She is loving every minute and looking forward to the day very soon when she can reunite with her children. We are assisting her in every way possible with that.

The "Food From the Father" program is such a huge success and blessing for both those giving and receiving. We have had several outreaches in very poor areas and have had the chance to touch the lives of many. As an extra blessing, we had 7 missionaries from the States join us for two outreaches. One was to an orphanage here that has 48 kids. The other was to a very poor community with over 100 kids there. Both outreaches were such a blessing for us!! We performed skits for the kids and gave out lots of toys and hugs in addition to all the food. I am not sure who enjoyed the time more; us or them! We also had planned to do an outreach in one of the prisons here, but due to the large numbers of cases of H1N1 in the country, that had to be postponed. I will follow up with that outreach whenever the officials give us the green light.

The Adopt-A-Family program is also going well. This month, it was not a family, but a precious little old lady. She has no family here and has had a horrible life. She was raped when she was very young and became pregnant from that incident. Her twins were take from her at their birth and she never saw them again. Later, she was abused again and had two more children. She never married and her children left home early and have no contact with her. She is just precious but has very little income and is not in good enough health to work. So we adopted her for this month. (I think I will actually keep her "adopted")

I also had the pleasure of receiving my family for a visit. My parents, sister, and brother-in-law came for 10 days. We did and saw everything we could and managed to spend some time at the beach as well. I think they may have all gained a few pounds while they were here. I know I did!!!

Please pray for the family I am living with. Many of you have met Juanita and some of you know her husband has cancer. It has spread to several parts of his body and his future is not good. He is here in the home and we are trying to take care of him as much as possible. He is not able to eat or drink anything by mouth so everything is going in through a tube in his stomach. It is a difficult time for the family and especially for Juanita. She is trying to play the role of a nurse but it is very hard. I am trying to support her as much as possible. We just want to keep him comfortable.

So in a nutshell, that is what is happening here in El Salvador. We still have the Bible Study every Tuesday and the Prayer breakfast every Thursday. One at a time, we are touching lives and more importantly, touching them for Him. I love and appreciate each one of you. I know the economy in the States is very bad and I appreciate the sacrifices you make for the work here. I continue to thank Him for meeting every one of my needs. Thank you for being His hand extended. Together we are doing this work. Every piece of bread I give out, is given by you as well. Your prayers and blessings are received with a thankful heart and I will continue to pray the Lord's blessing on you as we work together.