UK team blog: Another Hot Hot Day!

Wednesday, 20 August 2008

Another Hot Hot Day!

Wednesday 20th August
Today we again were scrub clearing at Sister Vernes house again, this time we burned all the wood and garden waste and started clearing rooms inside to lay lino down on Friday, Was a very hot day today with no break of rain for a change! We then rested in the heat and played cardgames, hair braiding (a running theme) and generally cooled down. In the evening we had a very successful Vacation Bible School with over 30 children again, the under 8's studyed Noah, and the Over 8s Daniel and the lions den. We had a show from the older ones with some very loud roaring!
Please pray for all those receiving GCSE results on thursday and that communications get through.
Ruthy

2 comments:

Chris Jones said...: Dear Liverpool gang - writing from a cold and rainy Edinburgh! Pleased to hear someone has sunshine! Have been thinking of you especially today and am writing to say hope results day went well. Have only ever needed to deal with one at a time and know that a few of you waiting for news. Take care, you are over half way now and the time will go very quickly. Enjoy the friendships and cherish the moments, can't wait to hear all about it. With love and prayers, Chris and Trevor Jones; 21 August 2008 at 11:05
Chris's dad said...: we've just come home from a few days away and it rained every day at some point! usually the whole afternoon! so make the most of the sun and heat; you'd need it to dry you out here!! hope you are all enjoying everything, especially the vacation bible schools......and the beach, of course!!:)
sounds like you're doing some great work with clearing the 'yard' and stuff too, it sounds like something from 'scrap-heap challenge' on tv!!
love to all the team, and thanks again (and happy anniversary!) to sarah and al for being the 'mum and dad' out there while we here cant be!!
from andy, christine and sam lee, and barney xx; 22 August 2008 at 11:21

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Prayer Requests

We give thanks for our marvellous hosts here in Grand Bahama and for Timothy our main minibus driver. Please pray for the teachers, Principal and children of St Paul's Methodist College as they prepare for the return to scholl next week. Please pray for the Old Folks at the Home we will visit tomorrow. PLease also pray for our preparations for the Sunday services.
We give thanks for the hospitality and love that we have been given here in Andros. We give thanks for our generous home stay hosts and families. We pray a special blessing on all those we have touched in our time here, especially Sister Verne and family, Donna & Mary, the children at the Vacation Bible School, the young people of Andros, Revs Mark & Stacia, Sister Terese, Mary & Rose who ran craft lessons for us and especially Johnte. We give thanks for the good GCSE results for Katy, Caitlin and Rae and pray for Tim & Chris who have decided to wait for their results until they get home. We pray for our last day in Andros and for travelling mercies as we fly to Grand Bahama.
Please pray for all those who are receiving their GCSE results today -which is about half the team!, and those who are back home who are also getting the results today. Pray that whatever results the team receive they are content with their performance and that Gods Spirit is with them in whatever their response. We also ask that you pray for those back home who could not come with us. We pray that they are content with their decision and pray that God is with them through the tough times and through thier day to day lives.
Please pray for Sister Verne Duvalier and her grand children. Please also pray for our outreach work. And the Vacation Bible School that many children come and hear the word of God. We give thanks for the opportunities for outreach and our brilliant homestays and the huge welcome from the local people. We also ask for prayer for storm Fay, pray it doesn't turn into a hurricane, we pray for the people in Florida and Miami who will probably be affected. We also pray for the families of those killed in a bus crash in Haiti. We give thanks that the tropical storm is not affecting the Islands we are on. Please hold the team in your prayers as some are still homesick and feeling slightly tired. We ask you pray for the holy spirit to come and sustain us through the tiredness and the heat.
A Prayer used at this mornings worship - God of Love, we have come here tody for a family reunion! We know that we are sisters and brothers in Christ. Each of us is your precious child. And yet there is division in this family. There is sibling rivalry, old resentments, new irritations. We are quick to anger, slow to forgive. We would rather choose our relatives, than acknowledge the all-inclusive nature of your family. Open our hearts to your love, and show us the way of reconciliation. Teach us to see each brother and sister with your eyes. Help us claim our heritage as your own children, and live together in unity as yout family. Pray this with our Bahamian brothers and sisters and each other. The world church and beyond.