Prayer request regarding our vehicle

Just today as we were returning from evangelization, and were about a 1/4 of a mile from our house, the engine of our truck blew. We already knew it needed a new transmission and other major work but with other important items on the priority list we have had to put that off for the time being. It would have been the second time our truck has needed a "new" transmission". We purchased it back in January of 2011. We had taken it in a few months ago to have some other work done on it and the mechanics talked David through the possible variants to repair it completely. We had decided it was more economical to repair the truck than to try to replace it with another vehicle. We wanted to get it painted as well. We just didn't expect the engine to blow before we got to the other repairs. 

This is a stock photo. This is not our actual car. :)

The timing was good for us to be near our house and not out with all the family, but, not so good in that tomorrow we are holding services early here in Elita so that we can then go into the city to attend services at Krasnoyarsk Baptist Church as the church celebrates their 20th anniversary. We really wanted to be able to attend since we worked in that ministry almost seven years upon our arrival in Russia in 1999. We also have our church family here in Elita who would like to be a part of the day. The others were planning on going in other vehicles since our vehicle could only our family.  We now will be calling a taxi to get our family into the city and back. 
We would like to ask you to please pray for us in this new need. It is very challenging here to exist without a vehicle.  Praise the Lord this did not happen two weeks ago during our Vacation Bible School preparation and program. 
We would have loved to have already purchased a newer vehicle but with the cost we felt it was best to repair this one. Now, the cost of the repairs has grown and well into the amount of money we would need for a new vehicle. Please pray for wisdom for our family and for the Lord to work in this situation to meet our need as He sees best.

Photo of the Week

Okay, so this week there are two photos of the week. I had to show both. :) We have had a good week although we barely remember it. It was the first week after VBS so we were all striving to get back into the "usual busy" and try to rest off the exhaustion of the previous week as well. Before we knew it, it was Friday and none of our family could really tell you what we did on Monday. :) One day this week, our daughter and I were invited to a Tajiki (from Tajikistan) friend's house where they were preparing for a big feast the next day where they would have over 100 men in their home. This young lady in the green loves our daughter and the Momma loves to visit with me. So, they often beg us to come over for tea and to chat. They asked me to bake their favorite chocolate cake and come over, so we did. We never go home empty-handed and were given some of these "lepyoshky" and other sweets to take home to my husband and the boys. They are a sweet family and we are grateful for the relationship we can have with them. We pray they come to know the forgiveness and freedom only Christ can give. 

"Lepyoshky" in the process.

"Lepyoshky" ready to eat. :)

Photo of the Week

We just finished up our ninth annual VBS program yesterday. Here is a pic from one of the two days we almost got rained out but there were still a good group of kids (not all in this photo) who came out in spite of the rain and huddled under a tent to participate.

Update 2 on prayer request shared...

I apologize for the delay in updating about our young boy here in the village who was electrocuted. I have only received three updates from the family but the second one I found out just before our VBS started so I was not able to update right away.
The little guy had to have two toes from one foot amputated in addition to the surgeries when they amputated his arms. At that point, they told the Mom there would be no more surgeries. The doctors had decided to not operate on his stomach. I was also told that he kept asking his Mom where his arms were until she finally told him to ask the doctor. When the doctors told him that his arms had to be amputated the boy started crying, got angry, and refused to eat. That is when the doctor called in a psychologist and a psychotherapist to talk to him. They told the mother to treat him just as she did before the accident and not to make a handicapped person out of him, meaning not to baby him or treat him differently now that he has lost his arms. So, at that point I was told he was still in ICU but was stable.

Fast forward to yesterday, Saturday, June 11th. Our week of VBS had just ended and we made a quick stop at our house to unload all the tables and equipment from the day's activities. then quickly jumped back into the car to make visits to the kids who come to Sunday school but were not at VBS that day. We stopped by this little boy's cousin's house as we do every Saturday to see if he had returned from visiting his Dad in the city yet. While there I thought I would ask the SS boy's Mom (the victim of the accident's Mom) if there were any changes in his condition. She told me the doctors ended up amputating yet a third toe from the one foot, as well as, more of his one arm that was initially amputated to the elbow. Now, he has completely lost both arms and they even had to remove more tissue above the shoulder joint from what the aunt said. She said that the skin cells are dying and the damage is more than it was previously. This just broke my heart. I can not be sure I was getting completely clear information from the aunt but still, the fact remains that now he has no arms at all. It seems to me that he is not as stable if they are saying the tissue is still dying and they had to remove more.
The aunt said she wanted to wait until they put him into a regular room and then she asked if we could go to the hospital together so that we could take him some healthy food and snacks. I wanted to visit him as well, but, we all have been waiting to avoid having to go into the ICU one at a time so that we can visit with him and his mother. We will be sure to update if we hear more news or are able to visit him.