Dear brothers and sisters,
THIS SUNDAY'S GUEST: Atlantic County native Phil DiGiacinto, will be the guest on America's Silent Ambassadors this Sunday, July 22, at 1:30 p.m., on station WIBG, 1020AM radio dial. A realtor, Phil is a member of Praise Tabernacle Church in Egg Harbor Township, well-known for its mission outreach program. For the past eight years, Phil has been a member of his church's short-term mission team committed to the redevelopment of Rancho Los Amigos, a children's home run by YWAM (Youth With a Mission) in northern Mexico. (His teen-age son has accompanied the team the past two years.) Phil speaks with passion about the work the team does and how it has impacted not only the home but the surrounding area as well.
Remember, if you live outside the broadcast area, you can listen simultaneously online: www.wibg.com
PRAISE! Word has been received that our sister, Trish Cohen, long-time missionary in Panimaquin, Guatemala, now in Florida, who recently underwent surgery for removal of her L kidney, "is doing well and sleeping," according to her husband, Bernard. He added that "everything went smoothly." Praise!
For those of you who know Trish and would like to send her a card, her address is: 2315 Adams Lake Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32221. From the family: "Many, many thanks for your prayers!"
More reason for PRAISE! One of the most heartwarming e-mails I received this week came from our sister, Jill Mascena, RN, who, as many of you know, volunteered 10 years (from 1997 through 2006) on Gospel Outbound medical mission teams to help in the free medical/pharmacy clinics of John and Sharon Harvey's ASELSI in Guatemala.
Now "retired" (ha!), Jill wrote in part: "As you may remember, a few of us from our church have been doing health screening for the migrant workers in Hammonton. This past week, our outreach worker/interpreter was Carlos, a 29 year-old almost pastor from Peru, who is married to an American girl who was originally a short-term missionary to Peru. We had a couple of great prayer times Tuesday night (even though we work with a secular agency and prayer isn't part of it). ... "It was a wonderful night. .. Each week as we drive down, we ask the Lord to work through us however He chooses. [Although we don't see the results], we do realize that what we expect to happen is dumb compared to what He has in mind!"
Thank you for sharing with us, Jill, and may your faithfulness continue to inspire all of us!
And More Praise! In her weekly e-mail update, Yvonne Parr, missionary in Rwanda, wrote: "Trying to teach others how to stretch the money God has given them so God can bless it with increase has been challenging at times, but very rewarding. Then there are mornings like today, when you go outside to pay the little old man for the grass he brings for the sheep -- 60 cents a day. You see his tattered clothes, no shoes, skin like leather from hard work in the sun, yet he is happy to receive that 60 cents just for bringing one load of grass. ... God has a plan, the poor are with us always, but we are required to do what He asks -- sometimes with more sacrifice than other times."
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS -- Greentree Church's S.T.A.M.P. team currently in Portugal, due to return home Monday, July 23. Pray for safe journey mercies and that God will bless their efforts.
Peace and Joy, Jo
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