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Quick Update & Prayer Request

We spent our first night in the new place. Wow. There is a vapor light just outside our bedroom window. You can read without turning on a light. As of yet, we have no curtains. Mom, you'd love it. And maybe we are not the best at choosing matresses. It was like sleeping on a table with a thick tablecloth. I guess we'll adapt. The sounds are also quite interesting. Various shouts, semi horns, lots and lots of dogs barking, roosters crowing (not just at dawn, by the way), lizards, and last, but certainly not least, some exuberant birds. We were up long before the school bell sounded.

Today we continued settling in to the new place. More unpacking and organizing. More finding places to hang drying laundry. We also got our cell phones. This is a first for Nathan, who would not have received one in the States for a long time yet. Christian was very helpful in getting the cell phones taken care of.

This evening I met with Jose to go over the current ministries and schedules of the La Palma congregation and make plans for more ministries and events. I can't wait until we get going on some of the things we discussed.

Jose asked me for a special favor. He asked me to pray for a friend and hermana from El Salvador who is now living in Salina, CA. I am passing that request on to all of you. Last week she had surgery to remove gall stones. They had to take the gall bladder and apparently nicked the pancreas in the process. She is now in the hospital with infections in the kidney, lungs and intestines. She also is accumulating fluid in at least one lung. Please pray for Sister Flor De Jovel. I will try to update her status as Jose has more information.

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