Bring on the Rain!

The rainy season has begun – and apparently it lasts until July! Although so far the only change we have noticed is it is overcast during the day and will rain and thunder sometimes at night. It is still has hot and humid as ever though – but without the sun beating down on us, it does feel a tad cooler.

Practice, Practice, Practice!
This past Sunday we had another practice with the team. We started teaching them a new drama [Thief] which was exciting! I’m getting really good at counting to four in French ;) We discovered it really helps them learn better if we count out the entire drama – so that’s what we do! On Sunday we also handed out leadership applications to those we are considering for the leadership team. It was an exciting moment for Jamie, Carleigh and I! Please be praying for us as we are in the process of figuring out who God wants on this leadership team. Our goal is to have the team formed by April 4

An Encouraging Meeting
On Wednesday we met with the President of the Baptist Churches in Benin and had the opportunity to share with him about the DRIME Ministry. The president and his colleagues became very excited about what we are doing here and have offered to help us out as much as they can. They have already invited us to come share what we are doing at a gathering of Pastors from some of the villages! This meeting will be happening on Saturday! We were also invited to go to Porto-Novo [the capital – about 45min away] to share with some more Pastors and churches! It was such an encouraging meeting because they became very excited about the DRIME Ministry and thanked us for choosing to come to Benin. It truly is an honour to be able to serve the Lord here and work alongside the local churches and mission organizations to shed the light of the Gospel in the dark country of Benin.

Another Ministry Opportunity
On Saturday we will be travelling to a village called Abomey to do some ministry with Dr. Rogashen from our church! He has asked us to minister with him in the afternoon; this allows us to share with some village Pastors about the DRIME ministry, [as the President of the Baptist Churches arranged for us] in the morning at the same village! I am very excited about this opportunity to minister in a village. I can’t wait to see what God is going to do there! I’d love it if you could pray for us on Saturday – pray that God would break that hold voodoo has over the people in this village.

Answered Prayer!!!!
I want to share with you how God has answered a huge prayer request in my life! As you know, I am in the process of coming on full-time staff with DRIME and my goal was to have $1550 coming in each month through monthly support by the time I left for Benin. In December I only had $600 coming in each month through monthly partners. To say the least, I was a little worried – I had no idea where the rest of the money was going to come from. In January God blessed me with a handful of new monthly supporters, but I was still a couple hundred short when I left in February. I checked my account balance with Power to Change just last week and found out two more people joined my monthly support team. Get this, with their support there is EXACTLY $1550 coming in each month, through monthly supporters! WOW! Praise God, hey?!?! Isn’t it incredible! I’m just blown away because I know that only God could do something like that!! It is such a good reminder that God IS faithful and He WILL provide all I ever need!

“Let God be your strength when you feel weak,
Your fortress when enemies come against you,
And your refuge when you need to retreat from life’s pressures.”