Last time we wrote you, were were in Costa Rica for our visa renewal. When we returned, we spent several days in Managua doing paperwork for the airplane. All the meetings with government officials went well. Our airplane has been down here working for over a year now. Our permission renewal comes up the end of August for the airplane and our annual insurance, required to fly in the country, is due the end of July. The villages are very grateful for our medical evacuations. We have had several medical transports this month. We had the main bridge go out between here and our major town, Puerto Cabezas. This has made it necessary to transport more patients from the local hospital in Waspam that use to be able to use the road. It is also economically depressing this whole area as prices of food skyrocket and many standard items such as diesel and gasoline, flour and sugar, become limited or unavailable. We are stocked up for a month on necessities, but after that will have to figure out how to get items here from Puerto Cabezas.
This last month we spent working on our house. Late last year, we received a donation of some money specifically for our house, and we are finally blessed with a water tank that provides us running water, an inside bathroom with a real flushing toilet (after using an outhouse for 3 years), and a shower. We also will soon have a roof over our truck. It also give us a separate bedroom and office, as well as a small separate rooms for Brandel and Bethany.
Since this is now the rainy season, it is raining almost every day, most often in the afternoon. Flying is much slower, due to the weather, but river transport is much easier with a full river for San Carlos, one of the main places we help with medical transportation. Runway construction in Raiti has slowed for the moment due to the rainy season, but will resume as soon as the rain stops in a couple months.
Yesterday I flew over a new village 40 minutes flight South of here (close to the village of Lapan) that has cleared a runway. I need to go by ground and inspect it. I hope to do that within a couple weeks. It is only 7 minutes flight from Lapan, but I am told it will take 4 hours of walking to get there. The name of the place is Kukalaya, and it is in a lagoon area with no road access, even during the dry season.
We are going to go to America for a couple months this fall, August and September. My mom has a painting job that will help pay for our trip home. It will be 1 1/2 years since our last trip home. We look forward to visiting family and will be happy to speak in any churches where we are invited.
Please keep Gary Roberts, a friend of ours who is a mission pilot in Africa in your prayers. They just lost their 4 year old son to Malaria. We worked with Gary in Guyana. We realize this line of work has dangers, but God is more powerful and we pray God brings some good out of such a tragic situation. We treasure each moment we get to spend with each of our family and friends, never knowing how long we may be together.
Our small church is consistently growing. From the regular 1 family we had attending with us, we now have several more people regularly attending each Sabbath. We have also started a Sabbath afternoon Bible study, and that is being quite well attended by many people who aren't in church. We are happy that slowly the seeds of the Gospel are spreading and Holy Spirit is working on our fellow friends here in Nicaragua. We are grateful for your prayers for our little church and weekly Bible study.
Even through this depression of the economy, we are very thankful we are able to continue with our work program and keep the airplane flying. Your support is unwavering, and we know many of you make sacrifices for the continuation of the work down here. We know the Lord will bless you for your efforts and we appreciate your help.
In Christ's service,
Clint and Marilyn Hanley
www.wingsovernicaragua.org
PS. Please be sure to delete this letter when replying as it is quite large for our very slow Ham radio e-mail system.
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