Wednesday, January 23, 2008

home at last

Hello everyone!
We are finally home in Tronquera. Our house is dirty but exactly like we left it.
My garden is growing for the most part. Some of it is overrun with weeds but it is still growing.
They harvested sunflower seeds while we were gone. I think I will plant more soon.
The carrots are big enough to eat. We will enjoy those. We also have green peppers and chile peppers. I am very glad for those. I will write more to everyone soon.
Please write us here at this address now. Clint has the radio and email up and working.
Love
Marilyn

Friday, January 18, 2008

Truck update

Hello everyone!
It is Friday evening.  Tonight we spend our first Sabbath hours rejoicing at the Lord's leading, guiding and providing. 

Since we arrived in Managua on Tuesday evening we have been praying and looking for a truck.  After two days of fruitless searching we were a little discouraged.  We had planned to get a Toyota Hilux, which is well used brand of truck down here.  We were starting to think that we should not be looking for a truck, maybe a SUV would be good enough.  There was a SUV in the paper that Clint called on.  The man wasn't going to be home until 6 pm.  Clint left around 6 in a taxi to go look at the SUV.  He decided to have the taxi driver call to make sure the man was home.  The man wasn't home and was not going to be home until after 8 pm.  When the taxi driver found what Clint wanted, he introduced him to a friend with a car lot

They agreed that the car lot owner would pick up Clint in the morning to look at the trucks. 
First thing this morning Clint went to look at the trucks. There were no Toyotas, but there were two Mitsubishis and one Mazda that were all double cabs with four-wheel drive.

The best mechanically looking one was the Mazda, so we bought it.
Thank you so much to our donors who made this possible. 
We ran around crazy all day trying to get enough done that we could leave today after purchasing the truck.  We were not successful finishing all our errands in a timely manner.  Since it was so late we will wait to leave. 

We are looking forward to traveling to Puerto Cabezas Sunday, in time to get the container that is coming Monday. 
Please continue to pray for us as we are amazed by the Lord's generosity, provisions and guidance. 
Sincerely,
Marilyn and Clint Hanley


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Wings Over Nicaragua / Tronquera Mission
Clint and Marilyn Hanley
Nicaragua, Central America
www.hanleymissions.org
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Getting ready to leave

Hi folks,
I am in Washington getting ready to leave back to Nicaragua one week from today.
Please keep us in your prayers as we get ready to buy a truck and get the container into the country.
Thanks
Marilyn