Saturday, August 14, 2010

"Ask and you shall receive."


Hi Everyone,
"......wash me, and I will be whiter than snow." Psalm 51:7b
Weekly we do ministry with OLA, the childrens' home about 1/2 hour from where we live. Picture, if you will, six in diapers and five more older children and NO washing machine. They used to have one but it broke a long while back and now each day, when the kids have had their baths, they just take the leftover water and put all the soiled clothes and sheets, etc. and put them in the water and wash it all by hand. Nothing gets really clean; it made us sad. I blogged about their predicament a few months ago and some very lovely people came forward and provided the funds for the washing machine to be purchased. Thank you, thank you!
Once we notified Sister Fidelia that there were funds for a washing machine, she went and picked out what they thought would be sufficient. We were all very attracted to the years'
warranty that was provided - which most of the time is NOT given. So this past Thursday, Crist and I and Alphonsus went to pick up the washing machine at the store and then met up with Sister Fidelia who was in town with a truck and she took it to OLA. The second picture shown was taken at the store with the two sales clerks and the top picture shown is of me and Sister Fedelia.
We're hoping that in the near future when we have a work team here, that this might be a project to tackle - to clean, paint and make almost like new a functional and clean room to do the washing. The room they have now isn't very nice at all and just needs some attention given to it. Little by little God's work is being accomplished.
Chat with you again soon.
In-joy,
Eileen and Crist

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