Dear praying friends,This was almost laughable but it was a good reminder of how God can use anything to glorify His name and extend His kingdom . . . Just before we left for deputation last summer we had a flood in the bathroom downstairs which we assumed was caused by a bad leak in the upstairs shower pipes. We stopped using that shower for the couple of days before we left. When we returned home in November we noticed that there was another leak and it seemed to be connected to the upstairs toilet which was leaking into the downstairs bathroom. We finally contacted our landlord who sent over a plumber who works in the city water department. It was concluded that they would have to tear up the floor of the upstairs bathroom to find the leak. They spent several days working on this in the afternoons. The bathroom happens to be right next to the garage and while they were working upstairs on Thursday evening a couple weeks ago we had our joyful (and apparently loud) Kid’s Club going on in the garage. When the plumber finished up that evening he asked me about the “party” we had going on. When he found out it that we were teaching kids the Bible he asked if he could bring his own kids to the Club the next week. Well, the week went by and we wondered if he was really going to show up. Sure enough, on Thursday evening, a half hour before the Club started he knocked on the door to come and do some more work on the bathroom. As we went upstairs he told me his kids were waiting in the car. When he finished up his work he came out with a very happy expression on his face as he saw his kids working on a Christmas craft we were doing. As they got in the car to leave he said, “We’ll see you next week.” So please pray for Ramiro, the plumber, and his family. And praise God for the way He uses our troubles, however frustrating, to bring people into our lives who are hungry for the truth.
Would you please pray for the dad of a couple kids in the Tuesday club? Omar and Rubis’ dad is a construction worker who has been out of a job for over a month now. Pray for a job for him and also that this circumstance would create a hunger for spiritual things in their family.
Todd and Barb Schierkolk
