On to Hamburg, NY for Nomads Annual Meeting

Mel and UMVIM Truck

As we finish up here in Tioga and head to the Nomads annual meeting in Hamburg, NY, we want to thank everyone for their prayers and to ask for your continued prayer.  There has been some struggle with the RV and we are still trying to figure out what could be wrong with the brakes.  We have put thousands into the brake system and still have very spongy brakes.  Everything is new in the brake system and the system has been bled multiple times.  Mechanics from Sarasota, to Winter Haven, to Tioga, PA can not figure it out! Any ideas?

Looking out onto street in Athens

We worked in Athens, PA this week in a home that is still gutted! The family is living in a FEMA trailer. It has been a year (this past weekend was the one year anniversary) since the flood occurred due to rain from Tropical Storm Lee. The people of Athens got the evacuation notice at 3 am on that Thursday morning!

Home in Athens

Trina sanding drywall 

Volunteers with UMVIM NEJ (Susquehanna District) came to help these people right after the flood and are still there helping 2 or 3 times a week.  There was a group working with us this week from the Pittsburgh area.  They are currently working on 13 homes with 16 more still to go! Many more volunteers are needed. 

The Nomads Annual meeting is a week long event.  We are looking forward to meeting other Nomads and hearing the many stories and learning as much as we can about Nomads, mission and full-time RVing.

More pictures from Athens (One year later):

Home in Athens

Home in Athens

Home in Athens

Home in Athens

Mel at home in Athens

Prayer Requests

Please pray with us for guidance on what God wants us to do for the victims of Hurricane Isaac. We have been listening to and seeing the destruction that Isaac left behind and want to help the people.  We are praying for them and want to do more. 

We are waiting to hear from the people in Honduras about the water project that we are looking into for the people of Puerto Lempira.

Please pray for us to have the patience to wait for God's timing in all we want to do.  The waiting to see what God is going to do is the hardest to all.