Power outage again tonight so this will be short and sweet. We finished strong and healthy - just tired but full of praise for what God did here with our hearts. Your prayers were answered - hearts were broken and many began the process of healing as well.  I know it is tough to get your son or daughter to open up and go into detail on what messages they heard (and saw) from God while here, but the extraction effort will be worth it. As usual, God over-delivered on our small requests - callings were acknowledged, sins confessed, gifts were used - and at least individuals (that we know of) gave their hearts to Christ. I suspect there were many more but that is all we were allowed to see.

A remarkable trip - it was and is life-changing for some. Ask them. Ask me. Ask God. Thanks for praying - see you tomorrow night!
Mr. B

Hola,

We finished renovations on one house today and did most of the the painting on the newly constructed house. We had an armed guard to protect us this morning since we're not in the safest part of the town. Our courageous team is trusting in God's protection to finish His work here. It was a joyful day celebrating Rebecca's birthday despite the spiritual opposition.  A few of the team members are not feeling their best, please keep our team in prayer for healing and to finish strong by His grace.

After the great food critique from Nick yesterday, he also led a great devotion with the team tonight and his story really encouraged the rest of us. As we faithfully share what God has done and continues to do in our lives; pray that He will speak into students lives to bring Himself glory.

We miss y'all back home and can't wait to see you again soon!

 Janice

Mr and Mrs. Troung:
This is Mr. B. Just wanted you to know how we celebrated Rebecca's birthday today - something I hope she will never forget. The day started off with all of us singing Happy Birthday to her at breakfast. Next we arrived at Potter's House for another day of work and ministry. As we entered our room for the morning's orientation Rebecca was greeted with balloons and a special card made by the PH staff. Another round of Happy Birthday followed and she I think was hoping that everyone would just forget it was her birthday! That did not happen. I had arranged for some cake and ice cream to be served at lunch when we returned from our morning tasks. After lunch the cake (with candles} was brought it by the PH staff and they joined us (all 50 of them) in yet another singing of the birthday song, and then stayed to celebrate her birthday.  They also presented her with two small gifts (hand made items from the "treasures" in the dump) and, well, she was the center of attention in a way that she had never dreamed of.  She quietly thanked everyone for the well wishes and then enjoyed her special birthday cake - Guatemalan style! This was something unusual and special for the PH staff as well - the fact that we included in them in our "family" celebration. They really appreciated it and did a wonderful job of helping acknowledge her special day. After, on the bus ride home, I asked her how she felt about all the focus on her birthday - and the surprise lunch treat. She said that she was humbled by it - embarrassed but "in a good way". We love her and all of us are so glad that she is here with us. She is a very special young lady and has blessed us and everyone that we have encountered over the past two weeks. Thank you for letting her come and for doing such a good job of raising her.  She is truly our "treasure"!

Hello World,

I am here tonight to share with you about the wonderful cuisine that we have experienced as well as some slightly more important matters that deal with the spiritual matters of this trip. First of all the food at the mosquito infested Casa Blanca is quite atrocious mainly because the scrambled eggs and sausage salsa which consists of a cheesy hotdog and tomato sauce does not float my boat. But on the other hand the catered lunch at Potters House is AMAZING. The tortilla soup and the stuffed fried bell peppers as well as the fruit pie have been in my opinion the best dishes that we have been given. And finally about the dinner, after having a quickly put together dish of rice, untoasted toast, boiled rubber chicken and boiled veggies made by Casa Blance, we have now been given delicioso sandwiches. Well enough about food because Mr. B is tired and wants to sleep so here comes the important stuff. Today we did an activity in three groups called house visits. During these visits each group visits 5 houses and one person is in charge of giving their testimony and praying for the families. The beautiful thing about the house visits is that each person's testimony shared related to their house. It is such a beautiful thing to experience that I wish you can one day experience it. The testimonies worked so perfectly that one man at the age of 26 gave his life to Christ because he was shown that the best way to love his son was to follow God, and that Rebecca was able to share her testimony to a girl that had almost the same problems and thoughts as her own. Yes we have also been working on  the construction of two houses but that is not important compared to sharing our story with others. I thank you for supporting us and I wish you could experience the sights, smells, sounds and most important of all (just Kidding) taste.

Thank You and God Bless
Goodbye World
Nicholas R. Leontiev

PS JAJAJAJAJAJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
(inside joke having to do with janice)