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So it's over. I arrived back in Winnipeg on Wednesday, May 13th and
have been enjoying home cooking and family company ever since.
Thank-you for your thoughts and prayers. I hope to connect with you
soon.

- tim

It's been a while

So much has happened since I last wrote and there is no way that I can
recount it all. First of all, to those who are praying, thank-you so
much. My grand-parents have told me that they pray for me at least 2
times a day and others have told me they're praying as well. I am so
blessed to have people who have very truly joined the ministry out
here. If you haven't started, feel free. I'd just like to tell you
about something that happened that really encouraged me and that might
encourage you too.

As you may or may not know, I live with a guy from the church named
Rafael and some of his extended family. I love them. They are
Jehovah's witnesses and Rafael and I have been praying for
opportunities to share our faith. Anyways, the other day I was on my
way to the bathroom when I was called to the living room. I came and
saw one of the teenage girls looking very sick and"out-of-it"on the
couch. Somebody asked,"Can you pray for her?" I couldn't believe it.
I thought they might be playing a joke and after I was done praying
the girl would jump up and it'd be all funny for them. But I said I
certainly would pray if she wanted me to. But before I could start
praying she said very clearly"I don't want it." I thought maybe she
wasn't in on the joke with the others and told her I would just pray
for her from my room. However, later I found her having trouble
walking and falling to the ground unable to talk or move. I looked at
the others around and they all looked really worried. Maybe it wasn't
a joke after all. We got her to the bedroom and put her in a
comfortable position. I asked the others around if I could pray for
her because she seemed unable to talk. They all nodded their heads.
So I began to pray with half the family watching (Rafael was out at
the time) that God would heal her of her sickness. Nothing happened;
at least not immediately. After I had prayed everything I could think
of praying I stood up and told them there that the power was not in my
hands but in God's. I had asked God to heal her and that was all I
could do. 5 minutes later she was back on the couch, still looking
very sick. But after 20 minutes she was eating, laughing, and joking
again. I was pumped. When Rafael got home I shared with him what
happened. He was so pumped and we praised God for what he is doing in
our family's life.

Isn't that cool?!! I thought it was pretty sweet. I'll try to keep
you updated on what's happening in my family here. If you want to
pray for them their names are Abwee, Chuspi, Scorpion (Chuspi's
boyfriend), Ramani, Dodo (like the bird), Claude, and Thomas.