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| "Tie your shoes and pray for the Hughes" |
Dear Friends,
Viola made it back from Canada the 16th of March. She was there just over two weeks helping her
brother’s family while his wife recovered from surgery. Viola kept busy being aunt, housekeeper,
nanny and cook for seven kids. We are
thankful the timing of things here allowed her to go- she hadn’t seen her
brother’s family for 4½ years and she met the youngest four kids for the first
time.
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| Viola with brother Paul J., sister-in-law Loretta, and the kiddos |
The last few weeks we have bumped into four boys several
times. Three times they have sat through
most of a Bible study. Several times we
have talked to them on the street. Often
they hang out near a bus stop asking for money and generally being somewhat of
a nuisance. From our perspective, there
is not much adult guidance in their lives.
Could you take a moment right now to pray for these four boys? Would you please pray for us as well? I see a need for us to love them, but to also
be firm with them. It would be easier to
just do one without the other, but I believe our Lord would have us do both.
In previous updates, I have listed “wisdom to balance
ministry and long-term housing plans” as a prayer request. In December we purchased two small plots of
land in a newly developing section of the city.
Right now we are working on getting the construction permit and
architectural plans. Our goal is to have
the house roughed in by late September.
This is another area in which we would appreciate your prayers.
In His service,
Jacob and Viola Hughes
For Prayer:
1. The Lord to use our services, classes and studies
2. Viola and Sarah studying Romanian
3. Our attempt to minister to S., K., E. and I. (the four
boys)
For Praise:
1. Viola’s return from Canada
2. God arranging details of Sarah’s arrival
3. Relationships in the city continuing to grow
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