July 1, 2002

Today is a gorgeous day outside! You could almost say that it is a perfect day. We pray that all of you are doing well and that our Savior has blessed your life. God has been wonderful to us. Sometimes when our troubles seem to be great we tend to forget that God is always faithful and His timing is always perfect. When it seems like we have no where else to run to, God uses His people to fulfill His promises. A few days ago, a man came to set his part of shares on this building. He did not have all of his documents, and said that he would be back some other time. That was a good thing because we had no money and were struggling to pay for our every day bills. Thanks to many friends who gave special offerings and gifts, we have been able to get our bills paid up to date. Well, the old man showed back up again with all his papers ready. This time God had supplied enough money for us to buy his part. We are learning to trust Him more and more each day.

We are having the privilege of Pastor Steve Wainright and his family and three teens from his church visiting us. Steve has been a long time friend and supporter of our ministry. It is really great to have him here. We are getting ready to have VBS at our church here in Garça. The schools are on break during the month of July. We pray that we can reach several kids to the Lord.

The home is doing really well. We have had five new kids come in the last two months. We now have 104 kids, which is about as full as we can get! There are several of our workers out on vacation, which keeps everybody else busy and doubled up on their chores.

The ministry team that my wife works with that represents the Alpha and Omega Home has started back going into schools. Last week they were in a school and five teenagers accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior. This school is in a city where we have one of our mission points. We took the Pastor from this mission point with us so the people could meet him. The names of those who were saved were given to him to follow up on. In the cities where we have mission points, and where we do presentations, we always try to take the Pastors to meet the people. This has been a great blessing.

We are especially glad this summer to have our daughter KathyLee back with us, even though it is just a short time. She is always a blessing to have with us. Pray for her this next month as she returns back to school.

A word from Kathy: Last Sunday night in church, one of my girls wrote me a note which said: "Mom, I need to go downstairs to talk to you now." I told her that it wouldn't be very good to get up in the middle of the service because the preaching had already been started. I wrote her a note and told her to come back and sit by me. When she came back, I wrote on the piece of paper, "what's wrong?" She answered by writing me a note that said, "Mom, I can't stand it anymore. The thought of dying terrifies me." I asked her if she had been saved, and she told me no. I wrote a small plan of salvation on the piece of paper and told her all she needed to do is believe, ask God to forgive her and accept Him as her Savior and if she wanted to do that now. She said yes and we bowed our heads and softly prayed. That is so wonderful, but it is sad to think that there are millions outside just like her, terrified of dying. May God make us more sensitive to other people's needs, and make our hearts more willing to obey Him.

We want to thank all of you for your prayers and support. Without your help it would be very difficult to be able to minister. May God richly bless you and your loved ones.

Love,

Odali, Kathy, and family