My Journey

The support for the work I do at Chimala Mission comes from many people and many places in the United States.  Most of those who send financial support do not know me personally and neither do I know them.  There is one person who sends support from Oregon.  Just before I left to come visit the states, this lady contacted me to see if I would be interested in visiting her in Oregon.  She told me that she would like to help me raise support by setting me up with places to speak. At first, I didn't think I could make the time to go all the way to Oregon...I have family to spend time with, I am already making two trip to Texas to meet people and speak, I have several presentations to do in Oklahoma City/Edmond.  There just wouldn't be time.....or would there? God puts people in our lives for different reasons.  Could this be a door He is opening for me and the Chimala work?  I spend 11 months away from my family, but my dad sat down with me and told me he didn't think I sh

I thought it might be interesting for you to know a little about my first weeks back in the states after being gone for a year.  The week before I left Chimala, I was anxious about leaving....couldn't really decide if it was because I was ready to see family and friends or if I was anxious about leaving Chimala.  It is hard to explain.  I love my family and miss friends, but Chimala is now my home and the people of Chimala are my family and friends too. After 48 hours of travel, I was so excited to see my mother and father!  I do talk to my parents several times a month.  They are a great source of support and encouragement for me and the work we are doing.  I am praying for lots of quality talk time with them both as this is the first time in 3 years that my mother has not been in the hospital during my visit....oops, did I say that out loud?  So praying we continue to stay well! Then there are my sister, brother and their families.  Need time with them.  AND most of all MY DA

I know, I know....my blog posting leaves much to be desired.  There are many reasons/excuses why I have not been writing more often.  Not sure any of them are reason enough, but the main reason is    S-L-O-W internet.  The second is I work until I drop most days.  I am currently in the US at home for a short visit.  I will be here until October 7th when I begin my long trip back home.  Thought I would take advantage of the faster internet and get you all up-to-date. I am here for two BIG reasons.  First to visit my family, but most important is to raise support and work-funds in order to be able to continue my work at Chimala.  It has been a struggle lately with my support.  My budget is $1,500 for personal support and $1,500 for work-funds.  In August, my contributions were $975 for personal support and $210 for work-funds.  This is a bit worrisome, but as Jesus instructed us to not be anxious in anything....I continue to trust that He will continue to provide for the needs of the w

Wow.  Two more months have just flew by!  It is absolutely amazing to be in a place where time is not a priority, yet be so busy that the days just run together.  May and June were jammed full of activity and visitors. WATER PROJECT in partnership with New Life International.  As I previously informed you, we have installed a water purification system for the hospital.  I am pleased to say that after a few trials, we are successfully providing purified water around the clock to all areas of the hospital.  We praise The Lord for bringing New Life  and Chimala together and for providing funds for this project through Harding University.  I also want to thank Steven Uhde for the many hours he put in training our staff to run the system. OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY students.  We were blessed with a visit from 7 students this year.  They helped with painting at the schools, organizing at the hospital and unpacking boxes from the container we recently received from the states.  They

I cannot believe it has been two months since I posted an update for you.  I guess time flies not only when you are having fun but when you stay busy as well.  March and April have been really full months for me and May is shaping up to be the same.  When I look back and when I look forward, the only thing for me to do is Praise the Lord!  There are so many wonderful things happening for the people of Chimala. The week after my last post, the hospital had a big problem arise.  Our accountant left for another position without any notice.  This affected me because I had to step in to help with alot of the accounting work; the payroll, general ledger, etc.  I spent the majority of March trying to learn the ropes so to speak of the insurance, social security fund, payroll and other accounting systems.  I already had a good "over-view" of the systems, but not all the detailed ins and outs.  This has kept me very busy all on it's own.  However, all the other work continued as

Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:7-8 " Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks , the door will be opened." I know without a doubt that God has ALWAYS been with me and provided for me.  He has done this even when I was not following him as I should.  I continue to trust in God to provide for my needs as I strive to follow his path for me.  However, I do not believe I have been doing my part.  I have not been doing enough Asking, Seeking and Knocking.  ASK:  Will you please help me with the financial support I need to stay here? I have been here at Chimala Mission for 14 months.  I have worked very hard to help those who are poor and sick.  I am providing mobile medical clinics to rural villages as an outreach program for the local church to reach out into the community opening doors to teach the Gospel of Christ. It has taken several mont

Thought I would update you on what has happened in the last few reports I have given you.  First, Eli has gone back to school.  I have heard from him once informing that he was getting settled in. The circumcision clinic officially concluded with 668 circumcisions completed.  However, more men and boys continue to come every day, so our staff have continued to perform the procedures.  As of yesterday, the number was close to 800. As for the bathrooms which are in the toilet.  I will be receiving updates on the amount of donations at the beginning of each week starting next Monday.  If you have not put a check in the mail yet, please stop and take a minutes to do so.  If 100 people would send $50, we would almost have the amount we need.  But in order to get 100 people to donation, I need you to be first. And finally, I have some very sad news concerning the 4 month old little girl who had been treated by a local doctor.  She had been cut many times across her chest and due to thi

Help!, I have fallen (into bad disrepair) and can't get up without your help! Below I am going to show you a picture story of the bathrooms at the Chimala Hospital.  When I arrived one year ago, I found many areas which were in need of improvements but sadly could only do one thing at a time.  I am now looking to fix the horrible disrepair of these bathrooms, but without financial assistance from you I sadly will not be able to fix this short-coming. As you look at this pictorial, please remember that you (one person) does not have to pay for it all.  If each of you would send what you can then with God's help we will reach the amount needed to bring these bathrooms into a good state of repair.  We need $6,000 to complete this project.  As you look at the pictures, let me explain that it is hard to clean concrete walls.  When we recieve help from our friends to repair the bathrooms, we are going to tile the walls in order to keep them cleaner.  Also as you look at the pictu