UPDATE - Larque & Rose Vaye - National Church Planter, West Africa 7/13/10

It is already July, and soon December will be here. It reminds me of the words of the Lord Jesus; that we should “do the work of Him that sent us while it is day, because the night is coming when no man can work”. The Apostle Paul also said that we should “[redeem] the time because the days are evil”. We need to do this, because the Lord will be here at any time.

God has been good to us for the past six months. The children are all fine. Our new daughter, Gifty, has now gotten used to everyone in the house. At first she would not come to me. School has just closed; the children passed and will go on to their next classes. At present, Rose and some of the kids have gone to the farm to plant cassava. The three older boys are with me at the house.

The church is also fine. We just interviewed more than 25 baptismal candidates to be baptized next Sunday. The Discipleship Class graduated 23 students who completed Basic Bible Doctrines. Regarding our Bible School ministry, Pastor Barnes and I just returned from teaching at the Bong Mine Theological Institute. Ten students will be graduating on July 18 from the institute. The next module at the Jake Memorial Baptist College has begun. I am teaching the Book of Romans.

Please pray for:

• My visa: I have been invited to attend IGM Mission Training School in New York in August and I need a visa. I will be going to the embassy next week for the interview. Pray they will grant me a visa.
• Building project: The next phase of our home building construction will be starting in August when the rains cease a bit. We have more than 3,000 bricks and will need loads of sand, crushed rocks and steel rods.     
• Flooding at the parsonage: Today it rained the whole day. The water has come close to the back porch again. The filling will start soon.
• Pastor Moses U-Joe Weidehgar’s wife, Helena: Sister Helena has been very sick for close to a year now. She is paralyzed in both legs. The doctors have not been able to diagnose her case. The family is thinking about taking her to Ghana.  Pastor Weidehgar is the pastor of the Matadi Baptist Church and teacher at the Jake Memorial Baptist College.  
• The children's schooling: School will be opening in September and we want to put all of the children in school, including the two little ones.

May God richly bless you all.