No electricity

We spent the early part of this week without electricity in half of the house. We think that the hard rains somehow caused water to get into the wiring and cause a short. The electrician hired by the landlord is here again trying to repair the problem. There was no electric last night so for five of the orphans, there was no fan. So, we pulled a mattress out and put it in the middle of the floor in a room where we have power. They slept on the mattress on the floor with a fan and were happy as could be.

We have prayer and Bible study tonight in Niroth Commune. I am teaching a series of lessons based on John Piper's book "The Passion." He lists 50 purposes for Christ's suffering and death on the cross. The people are enjoying it and learning a lot. It is helping me also. Pray that our people will grow in their faith.

Youth camp starts next Monday. We have 55 youth attending from our church. The camp is expecting about 400 to attend. Pray for the campers and the speakers.

We are going to have to go to Thailand soon for Cindy's melanoma checkup. This will become a regular thing from now on. We will update you as we know more.