From mail at berkshiremission.org Sun Apr 12 18:22:41 2009 From: mail at berkshiremission.org (Berkshire Mission) Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:22:41 -0400 Subject: [News] 4-11-09 Message-ID: <62826FF8A87F4D8A8FA60449DF1BC299@eric> Hello Mission Friends April 11, 2009 Hope all is well with everyone. Friends God is good. It's been about 6 weeks since our return. Despite the delay of our 2nd groups return home, things went well. My wife is doing very well. I thank God for her desire to stay with the team even though she was banged up pretty bad. She's tough and wanted to stay with me and finish the trip. God did give her a blessing at Tikal, seeing things she only dreamed about. Well let me update you about the trip. I thank all of you for your dedication and your desire to serve God; we got a lot of work done. Thanks also to those of you family members who had to send part of your family to an unknown area. Those of you who helped finance this project are very special and I want to thank you also. There is just so much involved in these projects that only God knows. Everyone stayed healthy, happy and energetic. It made my job go so much easier. On the construction side much was done. Lots of tile set, Septic system installed plumbing, wiring, painting walls built, trenches dug and much more. The medical and dental team treated over 3250 people. Over 1000 eyeglasses were passed out. So many people blessed not only the folks at Machaquilla but all of us. So many stories to tell, many experiences to share. Having the Bible workers preparing the area before our arrival was a real blessing. Pastor Jon was touched by the Holy Spirit as he delivered his message each night. Thanks also to Pastor Rigo for translating the message as God would have it heard. Hundreds of people came including 35 people transported by bus each night that the Bible workers were working with. Children's program directed by Kim Beisiegel went really well. Standing room only! It was hard to keep the kids quiet because of all the things they never seen before. Such as a state of the art puppet program, story telling, etc. 25 people have been baptized, 6 of them children from our V.B.S. program. There is so much to tell. Please check out my wife's newsletters on our website for a blow by blow, day by day explanation of the work in Guatemala. The special trip to the orphanage and academy was a real treat. Providing sports equipment for both, a special puppet show for the orphanage and some cash for sports update at the academy. Who can forget the chat America, America over and over again after the presentation to the academy? Last but not least the fun days going to the swimming hole, jumping off the falls, hiking the trails, the bird watch that several went on, the shopping trips to the souvenir shop and downtown Poptun, and of course our excursion to Tikal. So many memories so many faces to remember, the Myan villages where people still live the way they did hundreds of years ago remind me of how much work needs to be done. But don't be fooled time is short, God is making things happen quickly. Thanks again to all of you. Those of you who would still like to help with the expenses of this trip please do so. As you know we ran into several expenses we did not budget for. One request that's been on my mind is a need for someone who could help with year round fundraising. Berkshire Mission only receives money when I schedule a mission trip. It is getting harder and harder to raise funds as you could imagine. God has been good to us but it is very hard for me to solicit funds. Although many of you have been so faithful it would be nice if we could get someone who could raise funds on a regular basis for Berkshire Mission. It would make things so much easier for me and allow me to spend more time on the mission itself. I know thru experience that there are so many faithful people who would like to donate money for Bibles, literature, medicine, tools, Bible workers, construction materials etc. I just need someone to organize, write letters and raise money. If God moves you to help please let me know. Remember Next year Pastor Rigo from Guanaja Honduras made an appeal to us to help with several projects on the island. Also Maranatha will start work in southern Mexico early next year. Please let me know your thoughts. We did already put a deposit on for Mexico because sites there go very quickly, but I will have to make a decision soon. Last time I asked for your thoughts I received zero emails. That leaves the decision to me. Help Help. I will close with the quote from Jennifer's newsletter #11. "To you Americans, can you hear and see in your minds the chanting America! America! America! And stand a little taller? To all you Christians of whatever country, can you also hear and see in your soul Jesus standing at the finish line cheering you on? You are almost there, hold on and give it that final push now. He is waving you on. waiting with arms opened wide for you, and with every breath he chants your name! Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and lo I am with you always even unto the end of the world. Amen" Mathew 28: 19-20 God Bless you all! Sincerely Bob Young Mission Director -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: