Mustard Seed Jersey Prayer Update March 2011
OUR FIRST RELIEF AID TRIP OF 2011 is planned
for April, when 2 French drivers will drive the aid trailer to Romania (planned
dates April 10th – 16th). Please remember the drivers MICHEL
and his son TOMAS in prayer. Michel has helped our charity ever since we
started. He is based in St Malo and through his work
with Condor he has been involved in dealing with our aid trailers for years, often
assisting us in many ways. Phil and I (Rose) will go down to Romania at the
same time as Michel and Tomas.
Since July we have been really blessed by the
generosity of a French company Garage Godard giving us the free use of a
tractor unit (lorry front) to pull our aid trailer. This was very timely as our
old tractor unit was past economic repair. Michel was instrumental in bringing
this about.
Prayers have been answered about Mustard Seed
Jersey vehicles: You may recall that in the previous prayer update, I asked for
your prayers for wisdom to know how to resolve our vehicle problems. At the
beginning of the year we had 2 very welcome donations that have enabled us to
buy a very suitable second-hand lorry for local collections and to help with
loading. We have also received sufficient money to purchase a new second hand trailer
and if needed a tractor unit. We must purchase a trailer as soon as possible as
we have an almost full trailer ready to go in April and no storage space, so we
need our second trailer quite urgently. [In December when we took aid to
Romania we left the trailer in Romania where it is being used for storage – we
had been advised that that trailer was past its useful life, hence our decision
to offer it to the Romanian charity]. Thank God for the generosity of
people and ask for God’s blessing on them and their families. Please
pray we in Mustard Seed have the wisdom to make the right decisions regarding
purchasing a new trailer quickly.
Since December we have had numerous prayer
requests for FLORI. Flori is well known to many of us
and lives at Casa Mabel. Her health has deteriorated considerably in the last 9
months and as well as her regular out-patient kidney dialysis sessions at
hospital she now spends an increasing amount of time as an in-patient with
various crises relating to her kidney condition. Although she does not
complain, she is always completely delighted every time she is able to leave
hospital and go home.
In September when a major complication
happened it was thought Flori had only a few days
left to live, but amazingly as people prayed, her body responded
and to the doctor’s surprise she recovered.
Phil and I have changed our plans and now
hope to go to Romania next month during the school Easter holidays (instead of
the summer term half term holiday at the end of May / early June). This is in
the hope that Flori will still be alive. Please
continue to pray for Flori’s healing, thank God for
her inspirational cheerfulness, pray when her time comes to pass away, it will
be without trauma and that she will be surrounded by those who love her and who
she loves.
In January we had some good news from NELU
& CRISTINA, following treatment for hepatitis Nelu
has had blood tests showing he is clear of infection. Cristina is pregnant;
they expect their first child in July. Remember them as a family in prayer
and also uphold the work they do among the poor in your prayers.
FLORENCE HOLMES has had various health
problems since returning to Romania from UK after Christmas. Please pray for
healing for Florence. And please remember Florence and Ken in your prayers and
their outreach work assisting vulnerable pensioners and in the Vineyard Church.
There are a number of people associated with
Mustard Seed in Jersey who would value prayer support for healing and wholeness
SUE, DAVID, BARRIE, CHRISTINE and others.
Remember the family of Carol-Ann as they grieve over her recent death and
continue with their lives.
Thank God for our faithful committed
volunteers and the work they do.
Please remember PHIL and me (ROSE)
as we prepare to go to Romania – dates not finalised yet but we expect to leave
on April 9th and back around Easter. We value your prayer support
and each time we are so very conscious of it especially when travelling. Please
pray our time will be well used and that God will especially bless the time we
hope to spend with Flori.
Be
blessed and please continue to bless us with your prayers,
Rose
Helie