May 2019: Photos and a Prayer Request

I write to you from the Living Waters Ranch, our rural ministry homestead on the northern strip of Honduras.

Please enjoy the following collection of photos taken from our daily life of love and Christian discipleship among the youth whom we serve through our little discipleship school. (We have many newer photos we’ve taken in the last several days, but first I want to share this batch before revealing the others.)

Farther down I have also included a new prayer request in addition to follow-up regarding our previous prayer request shared several weeks ago.

Twice-weekly Bible study with our younger students (ages 12 and under)

After-school dance class with all of our female students and foster daughters

A devotional during an after-school Christian dance class

My husband Darwin teaching an introductory choir class

Boys’ organic agriculture class on the Living Waters Ranch property (where we live, teach and serve for God’s glory)

Two local students working in the pineapple patch

Learning a good work ethic in organic agriculture class

One of our local Honduran missionary-teachers who has been serving alongside of us in discipleship/education for the last three years

The entryway of our rural ministry homestead

My husband Darwin leading our teen boys’ weekly P.E. class

One of our local students doing a presentation on the book he read in Spanish class

One of our foster daughters presenting publicly as a character from the novel she read

My high school Spanish class the day of their book presentations (they had to come dressed as a character from the book they read)

One of our local missionary-teachers leading a couple teen disciples in a community service project (leveling out a very rocky road)

Our newest missionary-teacher leading our pre-teen boys after a Christian dance presentation

Thank you to all those who had prayed for our previous request in regards to our relationship with the local educational authorities – my husband has had a few unforeseen breakthroughs in our communication with them and we are currently enjoying a more peaceful season under their supervision although still with great paperwork demands and certain external pressures. Please keep this ongoing petition for peace with government authorities in prayer (and that their ever-changing regulations might not become a stumbling block or distraction to the calling the Lord has given us to form young people in Christ), but let us also give thanks to God for having acted on our behalf in the last few weeks! Thank you for praying.

NEW PRAYER REQUEST

I now will ask for prayer in regard to my sleeping patterns, as the arrival of our newest teen foster daughter (named Soad) roughly five weeks ago has triggered my insomnia and I have had great difficulty sleeping each night since.

Her arrival was accepted out of obedience to God as He called us to offer our family to her, and we are fully convinced that we made the right decision. Nonetheless, some of her behaviors in these first several weeks have been very taxing on me personally and on our family as a whole, and we are looking to God for continued healing for her and wisdom for us in how to best parent her for God’s glory.

Also, our other 6 foster children are all going through their own emotional ups and downs and insecurities with having a new “instant sibling” in our house. Last night we had a very long and productive family meeting in which many laid their feelings bare in a very honest and loving way and at the end we all prayed together, but there is still a long way to go to establish a “new normal” for all and assure God’s best for everyone in our household.

Please pray with us for Soad, that her transition into our family might bring with it peace and joy to her heart (and the hearts of our other 6), and for me, that the Lord might grant me total peace and trust — especially at night — as I rest in Him and don’t try to take things on in my own strength. Thank you, and God bless.

Sincerely in Christ,

Jennifer, for Darwin and family/mission

One thought on “May 2019: Photos and a Prayer Request”

Thank you, Jennifer, for the wonderful photographic and journalistic tour of Living Waters Ranch! Your faithful ministry is both highly significant in God’s “Big Gospel Story” and deeply inspiring to us here in little Saint Helen, Michigan. You have helped us to feel connected to your ministry there in a way that compels us to carry on in faithful service ourselves. You and Darwin are doing an amazing work for the Lord, even in the face of setbacks and challenges, and you can be sure that He will continue to bless and reward your zeal for the Gospel and making disciples. We continue in prayer for you, “that you may stand perfect and complete in the will of God” (Col. 4:12). And that sweet sleep blesses you soon!
Love and prayers, Robert and Michele Amor.