Dear Prayer Partners,
Thank you for your prayers last week. We had 8 children and did a fun turkey craft after the lesson about the Bible. We are having a contest to encourage the children to listen and participate. At the end, the children will be able to use their point to buy things at Barbara Russ’ pretend garage sale. I have toys left by families moving back to the US, beads from crafts sent to me, and various toys I have bought for other events. I even sent out an SOS to our Guesthouse Director in El Paso to buy me $20 worth of boy’s toys from the Dollar Tree. So I think we are set to have a good time.
Tomorrow will be our club again. I invited some children who said that others had already invited them. So I am excited to see who the Lord brings over.
Pray for Dorothy who will do the lesson; Beth Mclellan will do the music; and I will do a craft.
Praise the Lord for help to clean up my bodega and create a small room at the entrance with tarps. It is nice a cozy for those winter days.
Pray for Juan as he teaches the teenagers at night. They did not meet last week, pray that they will meet this week and Juan will have a good lesson in English and the Bible.
Well, finally we had the Clinic for Dogs and Cats in this village. Amigos de Animales were able to get donated supplies from several Vet pharmaceutical companies. There were three veterinarians and a dozen other helpers. Even a trainer came to ward off dog fights for those dogs coming to get vaccinated. It was great! Sixteen dogs and 2 cats were spade or neutered. Many dogs came to be vaccinated. One gal and I chased down some pretty poor looking dogs with rabbi shots and shots for mange. We had fun doing so.
Because I do not really have a set job with the Amigos de Animales group (they seemed confident to do what they were doing) so I took time to visit with the various families bringing their animals. I invited families with little ones to come to our Children’s Club. I am inviting the mothers as well.
The clinic was so successful, the president of our village asked them to come again. We only were able to cover one fourth of the village. And the AdAGroup seems excited to have been useful. They have tried this before and found it unsuccessful, no one showed up. This is only the second time they have done this in a community. So they were pleased with the results. We hope to do another one in March.
Thank you for your prayers.
Oh, yes, my Brown Recluse Bite, well I think it is improving. I will be off the antibiotic on Friday and I am praying it does not return. I talked to a friend who is a doctor in the mountains. He said that the venom is probably gone by now and that what I am seeing is the damaged tissue rising and shedding. It seems to peal away and red skin is exposed, then it is purple and the process happens over again. I was sick with a bad cold and stayed home from school. This kept my foot up while I was in bed and it looked really good this morning. Please keep praying.
Have a great day.
Love in Christ,
Barbara Russ
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