Tuesday in Laudium

We woke up this morning feeling very refreshed after what we all agreed was our best night's sleep yet. But of course after walking 8 miles yesterday in Sunnyside what would you expect! Anyway our day started out with meeting some of the folks from Victory Baptist Church in Laudium. Their building is a very nice, fairly good size brick facility but it is in a terrible crime area as we were soon to learn. We met pastors Albert and Gideon as well as Gideon's wife Mercy and another faithful member named Memory. After splitting up into groups we walked the hills of Laudium and into the downtown area. This area is heavily influenced by Hindus and Muslims. The temples and mosques are very prevalent and we spent time praying in front of those for God's Truth to shine through these faithful Christian churches into this community. Mercy was so bold in her witness and you can tell how respected these Christian pastors are here.
Not long after our walk began a would be thief broke into our rented van which was parked right beside the church. He broke the passenger's side front window, which here is on the left, and had the upper part of his body in our van when neighbors in the area saw him and gave chase. They didn't catch the guy but they did chase him off before he stole anything out of our van. Well, now we see how important all you prayer warriors are. Thank you, thank you thank you! Mona and Wanda had left passports, money , debit cards, a camera and ipad in that van (not very smart, we know) and we truly believe the Lord protected us through your prayers.
So now we have a white van that cries "tourist" instead of the navy blue, and that story is another miracle in itself that we can share with you when we get home!

Here are some prayer requests that we wanted to let you know about.  Please pray for:

• The Vick family, Clifford's mother died this morning. He'll be returning to the states March 2.  
• A man who needs a bed and a suit, he is getting married in two weeks. 
• Pastor Mbi and his church in Sunnyside who desperately want God to work through their church. 
• A man in Laudium who is very ill and can barely walk.  
• A Christian school in Laudium. There are only Hindu and Muslim schools for children to attend.
• The youth of Laudium where drug use and activity is overwhelmingly high.
• Protection from the Muslim community and for the children who are influenced by its teaching.  
• We will attend an open air service soon and the Muslim leaders want the power turned off, pray protection for the woman who manages the electricity as she provides it for us. 
• For continued listening for God's plan for our church.  
• These are just a few, there is much more to pray for. Thank you for lifting each of us up in prayer daily and hourly. We feel them! Everyone is doing well. 

 Dave playing with the band Sunday at Laudium Baptist Church. We knew most of their songs-it was really cool.

This is a pic of Sunnsyside where we prayerwalked on Monday. We will be back there tomorrow-praying in the parks. Pray with us that the hearts of the people will see Jesus in us and respond.

This is Pastor Gideon, Dave, Pastor Albert, Keith, Pastor Vick, Pastor Julius and Memory. This was taken at Victory Baptist Church after our walk in Laudium. We would like to send more pics but they take a LONG time to upload-anyone have a tip on how to make that go faster-Kevin?