Our support raising trip has been exciting. Several hours from our first
stop in West Virginia our van electronics quit. It's quite noticeable
while you are climbing a steep hill, cruise is on, CD is playing, and
all of this quits. We shut everything down and nervously proceeded. A
few hills later it happened again, only this time, the engine died as
well. 70mph, full van, no power steering... I put the van in neutral and
restarted it. It worked! So, what's going on? We will make it?
We
sent out a request for you all to pray. You did. Praise the Lord for
technology! God provided and we made it safely to Mount Tabor Baptist
Church, Beckley, WV. We shared our burden for serving with Camp David of the Ozarks and
rested Sunday afternoon. After the evening service we visited with some
friends, ate way too much and came back to the church apartment.
For
no apparent reason I began coughing (heavy upper respiratory
congestion) and itching in my hands. My hands and feet began swelling
quickly. This has NEVER happened before so we decided to seek medical
attention. I was given allergy medications and steroids and sent home.
By Monday morning the swelling was mostly down. But the van was still
being really cranky.
It turns out that one of the bolts on the battery cables was stripped. Replaced that and Chevy Astro seems to be happy.
I
am spending most of Tuesday and Wednesday hanging out at Appalachian
Bible College visiting with students. Pray that God will send us (CDO)
many great young people to serve as counselors next summer.
We
spend the evening with Bryan last night, sharing our ministry in
Fellowship Bible Church tonight, enjoying WV Thursday, heading to
Indiana on Friday, sharing our ministry in Pine Ridge Bible Church
Sunday and World Missionary Press on Tuesday.
Happy
Birthday to our middle child, Caleb. He turned 17 on our way here. We
celebrated his life by attacking him with silly string and a cookie cake
in the van. We love you, Caleb!!!
Thank you for being faithful pray-ers,
Bruce Cook
Staff Ministries Director
Camp David of the Ozarks
573.364.2786
Michelle (my beautiful best friend), Bryan (22), Nate (20), Caleb (17), Kaitie (13), Seth (10)
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