My Update /STMO Coming to Bongolo

(Photo of Tim, Amanda Kelly and their family)

I wanted to say a quick “hi” from Bongolo Hospital. I’ve been busy teaching Pathology in the Nursing School, doing hospital bookkeeping and assisting in doing Mission bookkeeping. There is plenty to keep me busy.
Please continue to pray that my old vehicle get fixed and then sold. The Isuzu Trooper is located in Libreville and Arnie Solvig is trying to find someone to fix it. He will then put it “on the market” for selling it.
I am enjoying driving my new Nissan Patrol vehicle. I bought it September 2nd and its two month temporary registration paper has just about expired. The government has not yet issued the permanent Title for the vehicle though. Please pray that the Title for my new car be issued and get from Libreville to me down at the hospital as soon as possible so that I will be able to continue driving with up-to-date papers. Thanks.
November 15-16 I will be helping with a weekend seminar at the Memba Chapel. Please pray for planning for that two day seminar. Pastor Guy Patrick will participate. He is the Pastor at the Lebamba church. The Memba Chapel is an annex of that church.
We have had many visitors at the hospital this month. Seven people from Florida left just this morning. Six other visitors are still here. The STMO is planning to set up a Center here at the hospital. STMO stands for Short Term Mission Office. Tim and Amanda Kelly and their three children should arrive at Bongolo about March 1st to head up a Center for receiving visitors to our hospital. One prayer request for the Kelly family is that their house sells before they move to Gabon.

The website for information about STMO is: http://www.cmalliance.org/serve/stmo/?/stmo.jsp.
The Kelly family has their own website at: http://stmogabon.org/index.html.

Well, I promised you that this would be a quick Update. Thanks so much for your support financially through your gifts to the Great Commission Fund. Thanks for your prayer support.

Halleluhia !

I just got word of some large donations to my Carolyn Thorson Vehicle Fund! When my old ISUZU TROOPER is sold, I will then have enough money to completely pay for the beautiful black NISSAN PATROL that is sitting in my garage! PRAISE THE LORD!

PRAISE the LORD:

For friends who have given money to my car fund during the past few years.

For friends who have prayed for my car fund during the past few years.

Thanks to everyone!

Pray:

That my old Isuzu Trooper be repaired quickly.

That when sold my Isuzu Trooper brings a good sale price.

PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW!

Travel, Seminar, Teaching!

October 14, 2008 Email Prayer Letter

It's been three weeks since I last wrote and you are probably wondering if I am still "Surviving" in Gabon, the theme of my last letter. I have been so very busy but now want to update you. Since I last wrote I caught up after my car buying trip to Libreville, then made another trip to Libreville for Field Leadership Team meetings, returned to Bongolo Hospital and immediately attended a three day seminar. That ended late Sunday yesterday.

This week I am getting caught up on many projects, besides working hard on preparing and teaching Pathology to the nursing students at the Bongolo Hospital. We still have 11 nursing students but Oscar continues to do poorly with his studies so may have to be let go at the end of the trimester. Either way, I am sure he needs your prayers. Please also pray for wisdom for us, the professors.

My new Nissan Patrol vehicle runs great! It has now been back to Libreville for its first “check up” with Nissan Company and it passed.My vehicle account is in debt. I still have my Isuzu Trooper to sell but the problem is that the Trooper is again having motor problems and needs repairs before it can be sold. Please pray that the car be repaired to the point that it can be sold, that it will bring in a good selling price and that I will receive additional gifts to my vehicle fund to make up the difference. I figure that after the old car sells, I will still need $5,000-$6,000 to break even. I want to sincerely thank those of you who have given and given towards my Nissan Vehicle. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks!

This past weekend we missionaries attended a seminar using the book “Beyond Your Best- Develop Your Relationships, Fulfill Your Destiny” by Thrall, McElarthn and McNicol. An attached photo will show us working hard at completing our in seminar assignments! This seminar was taught by Chris and Marcia Braun. Chris is the Africa Area Director for the Alliance missionaries.

Allan Ballard our field bookkeeper was also visiting Bongolo this past weekend. He lives and works in Dakar Senegal. He is our Gabon Bookkeeper and I am his Assistant. It was good to be able to chat face to face about some transition issues and bookkeeping.

I still attend church in Memba Chapel and sometimes do the teaching on Sunday morning. I am trying to get a Seminar together for Memba for mid November. The Gabonese like concentrated teaching times. Please pray that the Lord direct in this. I think the weekend will be November 16^th but this is not certain.

This evening we missionary women here at Bongolo will begin the Beth Moore Bible study on “Daniel”. It will be our first get together for this. We’ll be having Bible Study on Tuesday evenings. Please pray that the Lord use this study in our lives. Thanks.

You ask how I spend my spare time. I am active on www.SparkPeople.com , an online weight loss site. I’ve been able to lose about twenty pounds through the support I get on this free site. Ask me about it if you wish!

Thanks to all of you who give to the Great Commission Fund. That is the fund that supports me. We heard this weekend that so far the gifts to that fund are meeting budget. Praise the Lord that in times of financial crises, people are still giving to the Lord’s work.

Thanks so much for praying, giving, writing, and encouraging me.

Mangoes !

I have five huge mango trees in my back yard. The mangoes will be ripe at the end of October. There are thousands of mangoes on the trees this year! I am looking for mango recipes: mango pie, mango crisp, frozen mango, baked mango, etc. If anyone has a good mango recipe, please send it them to me. Thanks.

It's hard to get fresh fruit and veggies here. Lettuce, tomatoes, green peppers and cucumbers will only grow for a couple of months out the the year. Otherwise it is too wet here in the rain forest of Gabon. We're eating lots of veggies right now. Soon they will be gone and we will be back to canned or frozen veggies.