Day of the Child at FeMorZa Daycare

New Faces

To get to know the new preacher in our ministry, we all gathered one afternoon for good food and fellowship in the church one Sunday in August.

Noel, Johana, Karina, Brissa Aragon

Please keep Noel and his family in your prayers as he ministers to the community we all know and love.

Little Baby Boy

Wendy gave birth to a healthy, 9.5 pound baby boy on September 23 at 9:00 am.

Soccer Fun

Terry Reeves' group had a soccer camp with the kids of Mololoa. They took them in their bus to a local astro-turf courts where the kids separated into four different groups based on their ages.

The kids spent time practicing skills with soccer players before they ended the time together playing a game for a short time.

Then, the kids all received soccer jerseys that Terry has printed up for the event. They had a blast playing, but now they have a physical item for the memory which I have continued to see kids wearing long after the group has gone.

Count Your Blessings

Josue and I tried to take pictures of the river rushing through our yard, but there was not enough light. Around midnight the water around our house had gone down enough for us to take these pictures looking into the windows from the outside.

Here you can see that the water is almost touching the seat cushions of our dining table set and the fridge has turned over due to the amount of water in the kitchen.

The water rose high enough to enter the oven, dryer, kitchen cabinets, and fridge.

The next morning, we reviewed the damage to the bridge beside our house.

After all the water was swept out, you can clearly see the line of yucky mess that remained.

Nasty mud was layered throughout the entire house.

The three guys are standing where we used to have posts marking our property line beside the river. Also, the land was as tall as where you see the grass in the middle of the picture.

The majority of the water entered through this side door at the garage.

The front yard is significantly higher than the back yard. Here you can see how high the water got to our bathroom window (approx. 8 feet high).

The path of destruction of the river that plowed through banana trees on the property in front of our house.

Josue's family and friends were a HUGE help in cleaning the majority of the mess and helping salvage items.

On Saturday, President Pepe Lobo and the mayor of our city held a community meeting in the local Catholic church (a stone's throw from our home) to see how to best serve the needs of the families with damaged homes.

Thank the Lord, we are healthy and safe. Storms like we saw could have had much more damaging affects on our lives. The house is still standing--which is a wonderful blessing. But we are in need of repairs as well as a retainer wall to prevent the river from flooding us again. If you are able to help us financially to repair our home, please email me for more information as to how. jmarnold.tmp@gmail.com