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"All things are possible for those who believe." God is teaching me much about believing, and praying in faith. I have many answers of prayer that I want to share with you, but first want to ask you pray on Monday, March 29 for our tax exoneration for materials coming for the construction of the hospital. God is moving in the hearts of the gov.t as they have agreed to exoneration but we still need one more signature to make an official. It is a bit complicated, and I won’t go into details but Randy Young, missionary who is working diligently on this issue is going to the customs office tomorrow and staying there until they sign the document. We have a container waiting in port over two weeks and cannot take it out without paying if we do not have the document. A team is arriving in two weeks that need the materials on this container to do the next phase of work. Please pray on Monday that God would bring us this signature for the tax exoneration so the container can leave port!!!

I also want to share I have found a language partner!!! Her name is Rakiya. She is a muslim woman who has 4 children. She came to visit with Alain and Katherine Niles as she is a friend of theirs. I really think she is the right lady to help me. So I will be meeting with her each day starting Wed. Pray for me as I start full time in language study. So praise God for bringing Rakiya and pray that I might show her the love of Christ as we meet. Pray as for me that God would give me the intelligence to understand and hear the language correctly.

I was excited to have several neighborhood kids come over last week. We colored and read a story and kicked a beach ball around. They seemed to really enjoy coming over. Several of the kids live in the house behind me. The father of the kids is a soldier who works here in Mango, so it is nice to know that he lives right behind me. Please pray for these kids, Maurice, Monique, and Foside and Fousina, that I might love them like Christ as well. I have had some conversations with their moms as well. I am really enjoying living in a neighborhood and being able to go walk around and talk to people. This has been a dream I have had for a long time, and praise God for this opportunity he has given me.

I have a guard that is here each night. It is not that people are violent here, but just to let people know that there is someone at the house at night. His name is Soukala. This past week his youngest brother was killed while riding his bicycle. Soukala had to go to Ghana to bury him there as that is where he lived. When he came back I had the chance to talk with him about eternal life and that we all need to think about the life after here, as we never know what will happen each day. Today was the funeral here in Mango. They came to pray for the family and his brother. I stopped by this afternoon as I was traveling back from Tamberma this morning. I just wanted to show him that I cared and give my sympathies. Pray that this might make Soukala think about his life and what God has given us in Christ Jesus.

This past Friday I went to Kara to meet with several people, one of was a lady named Veronique. She is praying about moving into my spare room in the back of the house. In Africa, many houses have living quarters separate from the house for people to live who need a place to live. So pray that God would make it clear to both Veronique and myself if God would want her to come to Mango.

One of the other reasons I traveled to Kara was to attend a Women’s conference for the women of our churches in that area. It was encouraging to have 7 ladies from Tamberma, which is over an hour to Kara, able to come to the conference. There were over 100 ladies and it was a great day to see all of them together. The teaching was great, about how to be victorious over problems in the home, using God’s word and putting it into practice. Pray that these ladies would practice what they learned at the conference.

God showed me again how he is a God who is sovereign and is in control of all the details of our lives. One of the ladies from Tamberma showed me her son, 9 months old, who had strange bumps on his skin. It was apparent that it was spreading over his body and was uncomfortable. I thought we could go to a local pharmacy and see what they thought they could give him, as it was about 6pm. We arrived at the pharmacy there was a man at the counter getting medicine. He stood there for a minute when I explained the problem with the child. The pharmacist asked us why we had not gone to the hospital as he was not sure. I explained that

they are from Tamberma and we just arrived. The man that was waiting at the counter heard what we said and told us to bring the child over the car as there was another man in the car who was a doctor. He looked briefly at the child and told us what to ask the pharmacist for. I was just so amazed at how God led us there at that time when this doctor was there and was able to get what was needed. God is good!!!

Keep praying as well for our Kabiye NT Bible translation project. The consultant is coming this week for the last check and I will be meeting with him on April 7 to discuss the last details of the project. We praise God that we needed $10,000 for the printing and God has provided over $11,000. Pray for Pastor Lomdoh, the translator that he might finish these last few steps in the next month or so. We have been working on this project for over 12 years and it is exciting to see it coming to the final stages.

Also, a huge praise is that the Agou church building is going to start construction this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a huge praise. Pray for a team that is coming the day after Easter for a month, these men include the brother of Beky and some friends of his. Pray for all those who will be working for protection in the heat and that might get much done. We hope that it might be done in a month. We are so excited and thankful for how God is bringing this to pass. Thank you all for praying so faithfully for the Agou church building!!!!

I know I am giving you lots of things for you to pray for. I have much to pray for!!!!! Please pray as we try to make some important decisions about hiring at the Hospital of Hope in Mango. We are discussing alot of important issues and we really need to know the mind of Christ in these decisions.

Finally I want to wish you all a joyous Easter!!!! It is a wonderful time of rejoicing for us who believe in Christ. He is alive and because of Him I am redeemed and my name is written in heaven. Let us rejoice greatly in his sacrifice and grace that has given us new life!!! We will also rise with Him one day!!!

For His glory in Mango,

Cindy

 


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