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Current Praise and Prayer Requests

(Beginning with the most recently posted)

Ongoing Request for Prayer Needs

1.    (Revised.) Car is running again, but I still need to correct a engine leak and a transmission problem. (I hope to complete repairs and offer it for sell ASAP, Lord willing.)

2.    (Praise, Ongoing, and revised) We need to sell our old bus or recondition it. We must constantly watch the temperature gauge and add water to it because it needs a radiator. It must be replaced soon or we could lose the engine. Linda recently had a brake line to burst while she was taking folks back home on a Wednesday night. She was able to get stopped with the Lord's help. I replaced the lines and we are using it once again. However, it now looks so bad from the November accident it is not likely we are going to get much out of it if we sell it. It would also cost us much to get it repaired and fixed up. Thus, we would like to be able to purchase another bus outright and sell this one for whatever we can get. We will need to about $10,000.00 US to get another used bus that should give us trouble free service. A new one would cost about $35,000 tp $40,000. Buy the way, the bus the Lord provided us with last year is running fine. It is also beautiful. See for yourself!

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It is a 1999 Toyota Hi Ace, 19 Passenger "Bus." It is powered by a 2000 cc engine that gets 15 to 17 mpg.

Thanks again for those that helped. We praise and thank the Lord for it!

Click here to check out our transportation (i.e., 'bus' ministry.

3.    (Ongoing.) The purchase of welding tanks so that I can make repairs to our vehicles and the security bars on our church building.

4.    (Ongoing.) We need to have a sign made for our meeting place in Windward for Windward Bible Church.

5.    (Ongoing.) Purchase of several sheets of decorative plywood to replace paneling on the walls that was damaged in our meeting place during the storms and subsequent rains.

6.    (Ongoing.) Completion of electrical wiring for our meeting place so that we can get our own power meter.

7.    (Ongoing.) A small desk and chair for my office in our meeting place.

8.     (Ongoing.) Paint to repaint the concrete floor of our meeting place.

9.     (Revised) Funds to pay for the purchase of two small window air conditioners and a closet-shelving organizer arrived in April. We must keep one room in our house with controlled humidity to protect precious books, electronic equipment, and recorded media from the salt air and constantly high humidity. We are currently using my office in our home for this. I estimate the total cost at $250.00 (US$).
(We received these items in April. So far, the church that purchased these items and shipped them to us have not told us how much we need to pay, though I have phoned the pastor and asked twice. I am currently waiting for his response.)

10.  (Ongoing.) Funds to build a restroom attached to our meeting place. We need a toilet, sink, pump, and other plumbing necessities, construction of a septic tank, and a small cistern (or tank) to store water caught from the roof.

11.   (Urgent and Revised.) For a few additional churches or individuals to begin to support us until we take furlough around July of 2006. We may have to take furlough sooner because of the pressing need of additional support as explained above.

12.  (Ongoing and Urgent.) As explained above, we desperately need another family to come and work permanently with us in the work here. We need a man to work as both an assistant pastor and youth pastor. A woman is needed to help in the ministry to young children and help Linda with ministering to the ladies. They would also help in our transportation ministry.

13.  (Praise and Revision) Pray specifically for Bill and Ruth Stoll as they look to the Lord for support so that they can come to Carriacou the middle of June and relieve us for furlough in July. Pray also for another couple or individual to be led to come and work with them. Either one could help for the entire year, or two for six months, or four for three months each.

14.  (Revised.) Ongoing health and continued improvement for me (Walter). I have been doing much, much better concerning the health issues that were treated last year. However, in February this year I began suffered with what doctors believe to be either a kidney stone or diverticulitis. Off and on I have some discomfort in my lower left abdomen.  Linda has also been doing well. My back has been doing much better the last few months. (Please remember to continue praying for this need, and especially for the Lord to strengthen my back and heal it and also to clear up the discomfort in my side.)

15.  (Revised - Ongoing and urgent) For guidance and provision as Jeshua seeks to learn the Lord’s will for his life as he plans to further his education. He finished his twelfth year and is now looking forward to attending college. He is interested in medicine – specifically dentistry. He is considering a couple of schools at this point, one located in Huntington, West Virginia, and the other in South Carolina. His mind is not yet made up and he is still seeking the Lord leading and provision.

16.  (Ongoing.) As was predicted, this hurricane season has broken many records. Some on the mainland and on Carriacou still had not yet recovered from damage and destruction from last year, and now they are contending with damage and destruction cause by Hurricane Emily. Please pray that all of Grenada will be spared from another direct hit from hurricanes and tropical storms this year.

17.  (Revised - Praise and ongoing needs) Proper repair of our meeting place for Windward Bible Church in the Village of Windward. Roof is covered once again, but looks iffy and still had a leaks as the middle of March.  We have much work to do yet by way of painting and some wall repairs.

18.   (Praise and Revised) A couple has committed to supplying a new standby generator for our home (made in the 1960s). Our old one is worn out and burns one quart of oil every one to two hours of operation. They are planning to purchase a a new Briggs and Stratton “7KW Remote Start Home Backup Generator.” This is not a luxury for us when the current goes out for long periods after a hurricane or for other reasons. We need it to keep our refrigerator cold and to supply water to our house by the electric pump. It also enable us to keep our internet connection up so that we can maintain communications to the states during emergencies. We do not yet know what it will cost to ship. But we estimate the import fees will be about $700.00 US. Pray with us as we look to the Lord to supply this for us.

LCM is now supplying audio message in MP3 Format

We have begun to post Audio Messages in MP3 format recorded in our services at Windward Bible Church (and in the future we hope to feature other speakers and occasions as well). Now you can attend our services virtually! Click here to go to that page.

Please pray that the Lord will lead people to that page and to the messages that will be used by Him in the lives of many. This is truly a wonderful time with many opportunities to reach the world with the word of God!

February 17, 2003

Team of 16 from Cross Lanes Bible Church comes to Carriacou and conducts Vacation Bible School and special services the latter part of July. Click here to read about it.

Walter suffered another cerebral event because of an abnormal opening in his heart (a congenital defect) early in February, but mostly recovered from it over the next couple of months.

Ongoing Prayer Requests

(Beginning with the most recently posted)

	Health and protection for Walter, Linda, Jeshua, and Tabitha (working in West Virginia)
	Increase in financial support
	Increased prayer support

Walter

Prioritizing and proper management of time

	Personal growth and walking in the Spirit
	Message preparation to feed the flock
	Winning of lost
	Encouraging those struggling
	LCM website development and maintenance
	Good articles submitted by others for LCM
	Making needed vehicle repairs
	Begin holding Bible studies for men and teenage boys
	When all else is up-to-date work on editing and completing my books in spare time (I have heard people talk about this 'spare time' but I am wondering what it really is!)

Linda

	Personal growth and walking in the Spirit
	Bible study preparation for women and children
	Prioritizing and proper management of time
	Teaching Jeshua in homeschool

Jeshua

	Personal growth and walking in the Spirit
	Homeschool
	Maturity as he proceeds from childhood to teenage adolescence
	Learning to be responsible and following through

Windward Bible Church

	Personal growth and walking in the Spirit
	Increased numbers
	The salvation of souls
	Growth of new believers
	New believers Seeing their need for Scriptural Baptism
	Dependable and prompt transportation to and from services
	Another family to work with the Robinsons

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Support Needs for the Robinsons

(Beginning with the most recently posted)

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For real examples click on sample costs that links to our section that supplies more specific information about living and working on Carriacou.

We are also incurring an increase in rent for our church facilities, as well as increased costs for the utilities.

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URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS

(Beginning with the most recently posted)

Walter Was Injured In A Motorcycle Accident On Christmas Eve! See December Prayerletter for details

With some hesitation and reluctance we canceled all services for today. It looks likes we made the right decision.

As of 4:00 PM this afternoon, (Saturday, September 30, 2000) it now looks like what is left of tropical storm Joyce will pass through our location tomorrow (Sunday) morning at about 8:00 AM. The storm was downgraded yesterday from a hurricane to a tropical storm (which was still bad) due to some disorganization and decreased winds (50 MPH) that began on Friday night. BUT, earlier this morning it had showed sign of getting better organized and its wind speed (60 MPH, [74 is hurricane]) and intensity had increased. It was expected to become at least a Category 1 hurricane some time later today.

Click this link for information about Carriacou's rather sparse past hurricane history.