By Provision is thankful for you! You have touched the lives many of the 2 billion people that can’t read, the 82% of the world that doesn’t have a bank account, the 75% of the world that doesn’t have a pantry or a closet, the people that wonder if they will find enough water to sustain their family tomorrow.
Even in Namibia where medical care is “universal”, most people can’t afford the taxi fare to go to a hospital to be treated. Instead they rely on traditional healers (witch doctors). Believers pray and thank God for each day they wake up, for each Sunday they get to go to worship with fellow believers. By Provision passes on what material goods you have sent, holds their hand, hugs them, teaches, and encourages them. They are our brothers and sisters and in will likely reach heaven sooner than us. That is wonderful! Their suffering will end and they will be there to greet us when we arrive.
People that know no other existence than basic survival are part of our everyday life in Africa. They have taught us how to be grateful. They are thankful for each new day, each cool drink of water, each loaf of bread, each smile, and greeting. Many of them are truly happy and have learned to see through the pain of each day by looking forward to being in heaven with God and enjoying the mansion Christ is preparing for them. They know this hope, because you cared enough to support By Provision, prayerfully and financially.
We, Gary and Elizabeth Wilkins, thank God for this year’s challenges and opportunities to serve Him. You are one of the friends and family that held and shored us up, enabling this year of ministry. Thank you for trusting us to be your feet, hands, and voice in Namibia, Angola, and Botswana to provide a cup of cool water, give humanitarian aid, teach, and faithfully spread the Gospel.
Prayer Requests
* New visas for Angola and Namibian. Pray for favor
and the granting of visas for longer periods of time.
* Shipping LS200 drill to Luanda, Angola. Please pray
for transport success.
* Hafeni, Paulus, and Luis Fernando as they carry on in Namibia, while we are fundraising in the US.
* Permissions to start drilling in Botswana in 2009. Our partners Dries and Jana Isle are working on this.
Thank you for your prayers. We couldn’t endure this work without the constant uplifting of prayers on our behalf.
Pray for us. Pray for the thirsty in Angola, Botswana, and Namibia.
God bless you,
Gary and Elizabeth
