{"id":1325,"date":"2015-11-13T23:36:39","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T05:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2015-12-29T00:47:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T06:47:03","slug":"fall-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pottershome.org\/?p=1325","title":{"rendered":"Fall Newsletter Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Newsletter.2015.11\"<\/a><\/div>\n
PottersHome-November2015<\/a><\/div>\n

Flora\u2019s Graduation<\/h1>\n
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\"Flora<\/a>Our school year has just ended. Celia & Alfonso have finished 8th grade, and Flora has finished high school. Last week was her graduation, and we enjoyed celebrating\u00a0her achievement. She\u2019s already found a job, and this week she started working at a dollar store near our house. She\u2019s such a wonderful young lady and she has lots of hopes and dreams for her life. We\u2019re so happy to have her in our family, and we\u2019re excited to see what the Lord has prepared for her future!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Welcome, Carlos<\/h2>\n

\"Version<\/a>Carlos is the newest member of\u00a0our family, but he\u2019s actually\u00a0someone that we\u2019ve known the\u00a0longest. He came to live in\u00a0Casa Shalom in the year 2000\u00a0at the age of 10. He was only\u00a0able to finish 4th grade because\u00a0of a serious learning disability,\u00a0and he left the orphanage when he was 19 in order to work. For the past 4 years he\u2019s lived and worked for his step-brothers in their taylor shop. It\u2019s just a few blocks away from our house, and we\u2019ve had regular contact with him over the years. In September he told us that the family was tired of him living with them, and that he didn\u2019t know what to do. So we immediately welcomed him in to our family!<\/p>\n

One thing that we greatly admire about Carlos is that through all the difficulties and problems in his life, he has consistently sought the Lord and faithfully goes to church. And in our nightly devotions he wants to read the Bible even though it\u2019s difficult for him. He\u2019s very inspirational and we\u2019re so blessed to now have him as part our family!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Under Construction<\/h2>\n

\"construction\"<\/a>In September we started building the second story of our house! We currently have 3 bedrooms in our house which serve as our room, the guys’ room and a guest room. The second story would allow us to give Margaret her own room, have more space for more guys, and move my office out of the living room.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve just finished building the walls and we hope to finish the cement roof in December. Then early next year we\u2019ll finish the stucco and waterproofing of the walls, putting in the floor, doors, windows, electrical wiring, and bathroom appliances.<\/p>\n

Please join us in prayer<\/strong> for the remaining $6,000 that we need in order to finish the final steps of the construction. Please pray that God would continue to fill us with His love and wisdom as we minister in Guatemala. Please pray that both our past and present children would continue to see the Lord\u2019s will for their lives. And please pray for all those that will come to live with us in the future, that our home would be a place of refuge, peace, hope and love.<\/p>\n

\"Everyone<\/a>Thank you so much for your support and prayers!<\/p>\n

Brent, Yuliza & Margaret<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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