Finlayson Newsletter

Saturday, September 27, 2003 10:19 PM

We would like to take a few moments of your time to share with you what the past 3 months have held for us in Enmore, Guyana. In order to keep this short, we may give it to you in a couple different e-mails over the next few weeks.

Let us begin with the month of June. We started out in June with a Medical Mission team consisting of 28 persons from Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Florida, Missouri and I'm sure we've left someone out. It was a well mixed group who worked great as a team in order to see over 1,400 patients in 5 days time. Not only were we able to treat these patients free of charge but medication was also distributed at no cost. New reading glasses were given to those who have problems reading because of eye problems. After each person finishes with his physical exam, we offered them an opportunity to be involved in having a spiritual exam. Over 100 Bible studies were conducted during that week. Five precious souls went down into the watery grave of baptism to have their sins washed away. Two of those persons were a man, Samad, and his wife, Farida. Samad has been the carpenter for HOPE Children's Home and the Church for the past 5 years. Coming from a Muslim background, it took him a while before he was ready to study the Bible. They, along with their 7 boys, are doing well. Also during this week we had a family of 3 who worked very hard all day long holding special "love" classes for the children of HOPE. Much love, hugs, kisses and some tears were shared during that week in those classes. Many stories about Jesus were planted in these tender hearts. Two lovely teenage girls helped out each day at HOPE by reading stories, combing hair, putting on shoes and anything else that they saw needed to be done. We appreciate them for being so willing to assist in those areas. The ladies of the Church/community were blessed each day with a ladies class taught by one of our friends from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Linda McAnally did a wonderful job relating to the ladies and helping them to know better how to pattern their lives after Jesus. She also was a great babysitter for Ezekiel. I don't know who enjoyed it more...Ezekiel, Linda OR Samantha!! Each evening we would gather for a Crusade to hear the word of God preached in it's simplicity. We had great attendance from the Church as well as many visitors from the community. It is great works like this that help us to better establish the work of the Church here in Enmore. We cannot close out without saying what a wonderful job Gary Hill did in organizing this team. Much hard work goes into these efforts and usually takes 8-12 months of preparation before the actual event takes place. Thanks Gary for a job well done! We look forward to seeing this team again next July. We are still seeking doctors and dentist for our next team. If you are interested, please contact us or call Gary directly at (270) 328-8559 (office) OR (270) 328-8556 and he will be more than happy to assist you with any questions you may have. I can assure you, working with one of these teams will be a life changing experience.

That was our month of June. Over the next 2 weeks, we HOPE to tell you about our OUTSTANDING VBS that we held in July. Don't miss it!!

Sharing HIS Love,
Kenneth and Samantha