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was very sick and nowthat he is well again, sheoften comes to visit us.Claras husband was re-

cently held up at gunpoint,whilst returning fromworking in the fields, andthe family are now tooafraid to go out but Claracame straight to us andasked us to pray for herand her family. Pleasepray that the Lord will pro-tect them and open their

hearts to his love for them.We are thankful to all oursupporters for enabling usto do this and want to en-courage you that your con-tribution, no matter howbig or small is making adifference to the people ofParramos and Guatemala!

With Love,

Simon&Sarah

Dear Friends,

We have had a great andbusy month and the Lordhas been our protector andguide. We have often foundourselves called to dothings that are out of ourexperience and face newchallenges everyday butThe Lord has been faithfuland we are reminded inPsalm 37:5-6

Commit your way to the

Lord; trust in him and hewill do this. He will make

your righteousness shine

like the dawn, the justice of

your cause like the noon-

day sun

Many times the lord hasgone before us and led usinto situations where wehave been able to help andpray, for the sick andneedy and we have been

able to build relationships

with and witness to peo-ple, through our deeds andactions, about the lovethat Christ has for them.

The Lord has led somefamilies, who are sick andin need, to our door. Wehave been able to giveadvice, help with medica-tion and pray for them.Clara came to our doorwith baby Gilbert, who

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Violence in Guatemalais increasing. The of-fice of human rightshas released statisticsshowing that 2009 isdestined to become oneof the most violentyears in recent history.The report shows 1,996violent deaths in the

first 4 months of theyear and the number ofabductions has in-creased to.

Prayer Needs STABILITY INTHENUM-

BEROFVIOLENTCRIMES

ANDBOTHINTEGRITY

ANDWISDOMWITHIN

THEPOLICEANDGOV-

ERNMENT

THATTHELORDWILL

CONTINUETOBRING

PEOPLEINNEEDTOOUR

DOORANDFORTHE

RESOURCESANDWIS-

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BACKINTHE UK

Why Mission Threads?The name was given to usduring our trip to Guatemalain July 2008. There werewomen weaving the mostamazing cloths on longlooms. The results are verybeautiful, detailed andintricate fabrics. It was whilewatching this that Godrevealed the importance ofthose tiny threads in theoutcome of the picture. It iseasy to look at the world andthink that our little threadswont make any difference to

the world around us, but webelieve that those threadswill and do make a differenceif we give them to God for hisuse and Glory. Beencouraged that God will useeverything we give him, nomatter how small orinsignificant we feel it is. Hetakes our threads and weavesthem into the bigger picture!

Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor

wanderer with shelter when you see the naked, to clothe him, and

not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Isaiah 58:7

Clara and baby Gilbert - one of her 8 children, in our house

We recently visited the town of San Jorge with some friends and

were able to take new shoes to a family. It was really exciting tosee them with their new shoes! We were able to pray with their 2

year old daughter who has a hole in her heart. Please pray for

healing. What a privi-

lege to be involved in

this trip!

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Contact and

Support

If you would like to support

us financially through a gift,

or on a monthly basis

please contact our home

church, who are handling

our finances.

Mission Threads,New Life Baptist Church,

52-54 High Street,Northallerton, North Yorks,

DL7 8EG, U.K.

Or you can email us atinfo@nlbc.org.uk

Your support is invaluableto us, no matter how small

and we would like tothank you, God Bless,

Simon and Sarah

Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor

wanderer with shelter when you see the naked, to clothe him, and

not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Isaiah 58:7

Finally the rain has started here in Guatemala and we are told it keeps going until Octo-

ber! When it rains here, boy does it rain! We had been watching the building of a large

drain at the bottom of the hill on which Parramos stands, in the next town of Pastores, but

in the first day of heavy rain, the whole thing was submerged by the river of mud gush-

ing down the hill. The roads are in poor condition already and it makes driving treacher-

ous. We are grateful to God for keeping us safe one evening particularly, when we

were driving back from the City and much of it was blocked, without any warning, by

large mud and landslides. When there are no road lights and many bikes, buses and cars

in very poor condition, with no rear (and sometimes front!) lightsyou really do put your

life into Gods hands. Also many people travel by horse and move animals by walking

them on the roads. We have already witnessed accidents and pray for protection when-

ever we need to travel.

We have also had some flooding here in Parramos during which several houses in our

street were flooded with filthy water. One family, who are elderly and very poor, hadthe mud floor of their home washed away and everything in their home was soaked in

about 2 foot of water, after only an hours worth of rain. One house had only a young

girl, Kelly, and her small brother at home, as their parents were at work. Kelly was

afraid and Simon went to help her bail some of the water out, in an effort to protect their

few belongings. We were also able to go and assist other families clear up, and praise

God our home was not badly affected.

The country has recently been shaken by a number of increasingly strong earthquakes

the strongest being in our neighbouring country, Honduras. The quake caused much dam-

age here in Guatemala too, particularly in the area of Izabal, where many homes were

damaged although praise God nobody was killed. The last major earthquake in Guate-

mala was in 1976 where 23,000 people lost their lives and people still live with the

memory and fear of it. Please pray for stability and aid to reach those who have beenaffected by either the rain or earthquakes.

Visit our website atwwwww.missionthreads.co.uk

We had a busy and exciting week when we were visited by a team from Calvary

Chapel, Florida. The week was packed full of activities designed to reach out to the

people of Parramos and nearby towns. There were 4 medical clinics, childrens out-

reaches, a womens meeting and the team showed a film called The Hope in Spanish,

in the town park, which was very well attended. The medical clinics saw many people

come through the doors and every person was prayed for, and received free medica-

tion, basic hygiene advice and vitamins. We saw many people give their lives to the

Lord and there is evidence that the work had a strong impact on the people here, as the

wife of the towns mayor recently contacted Pastor Abner and requested that someone

visit and pray for a woman called Rosa, who was sick and had been consulting witch-

craft. Rosa and her husband both gave their lives to the Lord during our first visit, and

we were able to help her receive medical care. We have been able to visit her and her

family several times since then. Please continue to pray for her and her family.Rosa with Sarah

The youth work at Church, Revolucion

Juvenil ,is continuing strong, with up to

34 young people attending each week.

We would like to take some of them to a

Christian music festival in the city at

the end of June, as none have ever been

to anything like that before. We arebuilding good relationships with them

and feel honoured to be involved with

the work!