Prayer and feelings of fall

I sit here tonight, thinking of Costa Rica and the many who are experiencing difficulties and even some who've experienced death due to major rains this week. It has been raining almost non-stop since we arrived home Monday night from El Salvador. We learned yesterday that the entire country cancelled school because of the excessive rains, landlsides and flooding. It really hasn't caused too much damage for us here, although it has rained and rained and rained...However, it has caused mahor problems in other parts of the country and so tonight I ask you to pray for the country and those deeply affected. Please read the following email from our friends, Bob and B, who are serving in San Jose:


"Blessings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus!

I am writing to ask for prayer for our country, Costa Rica. We are in our wet season, which means rain every day but in the last three days there has been an incredible rain for a tropical storm that is over us right now.

We have received more than 20-30 inches of rain in these 3-4 days. There are hundreds of people without houses and many of the main highways are closed because of collapsed bridges and parts of roads. We are in the group of 805,000 people who are without water and the authorities do not know how long we will be without because several major plants are affected.

The worst news was received this morning after a very long night of severe rain, that there had been a land slide of great magnitude and that as of now 20 people have lost their lives and there are still several missing.

Please pray for a night without rain! The report is that it will not stop until sometime on Friday. The schools are closed and their are lots of people who cannot get to their jobs or leave their homes.

Please join us in asking God for His mercy on our nation and for His peace to reign in our hearts. Please pray for those who have lost their loved ones and their homes.
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Blessings,
Barb

http://bobandbsbriefs.blogspot.com/ "

All of this rain has caused the temperature to drop a good 15 degrees, I'd say and the evenings and nights have been chilly. Today, I wore jeans and a sweatshirt all day- a first here. I have a pot of yummy home made soup on the stove and can't wait to eat it up. Matt called home today and Roger said that it was snowing- the first snowfall of the year...all of this makes us miss the 'home' back there, as it is our favorite time of year...

Thank you for supporting the ministry here with your prayers. Thank you for those who pray for the people of Villarreal, thank you for those who support our family so we can make disciples and feed hungry kids here, thank you for those who have begun to support Potter's Field Ministries, thank you for pray for those we know back there, and in other parts of the world when we ask you too, and thank you for your prayers for our family.