Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Please pray for Gabriel


Wow! Talk about moving fast! Irma and Bruno, a young couple from the village of Apolinario Savaria (near Burela, where the training occurred), built a Lorena oven this week! As I posted earlier, the remote village of Manantial is planning to use the oven as a seed project. Well, Irma and Bruno, even though they are from a different village, decided to try to make the first model just to see how it worked.

I got the above photo and the news about the oven from Gabriel, the pastor in Burela. He came to Cordoba today with his family, and will speak at Iglesia Jesucristo Rey´s missions conference this weekend. The other reason he came to town is that he has a significant heart problem and needed to see a cardiologist. He has no insurance. Today he went to see a Christian cardiologist who examined him for free. However, he needs an echocardiogram and this might cost a lot. He might need further studies or surgery after that. Please pray for his health. Tomorrow the Lopez family will help him seek an electrocardiogram.

In my earlier posts, I mentioned that Gabriel is the key contact in the area of Salta where things are really starting to move. He is the one who has contacts with three villages there and has also worked with the Wichi for years.