Monday, May 19, 2003
Greetings Dear Friends,
Happy Mother's Day to all
the mothers out there! Wow, another month has slipped by and it's time to write again.
Well, a lot has gone on recently
and a lot of activities are going to be taking place in the next few weeks. So,
let's get you caught up to speed.
This past month of April was interesting.
I gave the message at our local
church on Palm Sunday. The message followed Christ and His disciples from Palm Sunday to the Passover night of His arrest and it
incorporated all four gospels. It
went for 50 minutes!! I only had one complaint about the length but, hey, that
was Christ's last 5 days squeezed into
50 minutes! We also had an enjoyable Spring Break-a time to kick back and relax at home.
School
has been back in session for several weeks and we only have 4 and half weeks of school left! We ask that you
lift up in prayer the time
that we have remaining. It gets tough as the school year winds down. Pray for
stamina and endurance. A lot of kids (and teachers) have "vacation fever". Speaking of vacations;
Patricia and I embark on the Junior/Senior
class trip to Trinidad this coming Wednesday. We are really looking forward to this event. Amy
and Rob Krieg left Virginia today for
Trinidad. They are going to help us with the chaperone duties. Pray for
everyone's safety as we travel. Prayer that all the flights are on time as scheduled. This is a common problem
when travelling in this part
of the world. Also, be praying for some of our students' passports and visas to check out once we land in Trinidad. Otherwise, this is
going
to be a great time in the Lord. This will actually be some of our kids' first 'mission trip', however it has not been billed as a
missions trip. Along with fun in
the sun, the kids are required to do several
Christian service activities. We are looking forward to a great time.
Some other prayer needs: A prospective
principal interviewed with us this
past week. We just ask for God's leading to be accomplished in this task of finding a new administrator for the school. Also, keep Dr.
Frank
Martens and his wife, Ruth, in prayer as they make their transition
into retirement. We also ask that you pray for the remaining 5 vacant teacher positions. Pray that
God leads the right individuals to fill these
positions.
We continue to ask prayer for our home in NC.
We've had one nibble about
possibly selling our home. We ask that God will work all of this out in His own perfect timing.
Continue
to pray for our safety here as there have been several more burglaries in our area. We are having to give
Nina back to her owners next
week, so we are breaking down and actually hiring a home security service. This is a 24/7 security firm that installs
alarms in your home and actually
comes on site within minutes of the alarm going off. This is a little expensive, however God has provided us with the funds to
afford it. All of this, for peace
of mind.
Please click this link to see some pictures that we took this past
week: <https://johnmcclung68.tripod.com/mcclungphotoalbum/id20.html>
If you are interested in us sharing with your home church, please
contact us via email. We have some
open dates. We would love to share in person with you.
Take care
and God Bless you, In Him,
John and Patricia
