July 30/08

Hi, all.

Many thanks to offer right now.

Thanks to those of you who made donations to help send our young friend to camp. She's off next week and really looking forward to it. It's fantastic that she'll have a week away from the Motel to have fun, learn about God and enjoy the world.

Thanks to the individuals and groups whose contributions this summer have made it possible for Dinners to continue all the way through. St. John's Anglican in Port Hope, Grace Evangelical Missionary, Brenda's group, Judy's group, the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Port Hope have all stepped up and worked along with us to make it work. We've only got the last week in August and the first in September uncovered.

We're thrilled that St. John's will be continuing to share once a month going into the fall.

Thanks to those of you who've been praying for us. We've had a sometimes bizarre and scary summer and everything is still as unsettled and unsettling as ever. So many of our friends are dealing with health issues (COPD, angina, blood pressure, circulatory problems, back and neck trouble, HepC etc.), many with addiction issues, depression and other mental illnesses that we can't really understand. Our friend G is going in this week for heart surgery and won't be home for a week or so. Her man isn't going to be able to go visit her, so it's difficult for both of them.

Please pray for M&M. We don't really know where they are right now, but they're probably living in a tent somewhere nearby. Pray for safety and mental health.

Please pray for wisdom for us as we find ways to work around the things that would otherwise be obstacles and that our hearts won't harden.

Please pray that God will fill one role in our team that needs to be filled. There's a particular type of person we need to see come along before we can take a next step. We'll know them when we see them, but we don't want to push or recruit or pursue. We want to trust God to bring them in his time, just as he has been doing with people from the start. Pray that we'll be wise in what we 'bind and loose'.

Thanks again for being there and I hope to send more consistent prayer letters in the future.

Ruth
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