*    We seem to be surviving the blockades alright.  I haven’t been back to the market since they started, but I’m hearing that things are a bit sparse and over-priced.  We need to pick up a few things in the next couple of days, so we’ll see.  There was video on the news of more trucks dumping loads of dirt to block more highways into the city.  There’ve also been rumours that the government will shut off water to the city in response to the blockades.  So far that’s just been rumours though. 

*    The guys are doing well.  There are still a couple of situations we’re dealing with, with specific boys…but we’re working through it all.  Yesterday my co-worker Marcee had lunch with us and shared her testimony with the guys.  It sparked some good conversation later.  I also saw one of the guys reading his Bible for about an hour last night in his room.  He’s a fellow that I don’t think understands much about his relationship with God…so it was good to see that.  I get the sense that there’s a growing desire in him to learn and grow.  He was reading a Christian book on dating the other day because he “wanted to learn when it was okay to have sex”.  =) 

*    And on that note, I’ve started a new Bible study with the guys on Thursday afternoons.  We’re reading a book together, Neil Anderson’s “Purity Under Preasure”.  An excellent book on sexual purity.  One of the guys was commenting early on that he “doesn’t read books”.  But after our first study, he was out on the patio reading the next chapter…so I took that to be an encouraging sign.

*    Finally, my truck is finished with the mechanic today.  It’s been given a clean bill of health.  Now it’s off to the autobody shop for a bit of cosmetic repair.  It got a bit banged up on the trip down.

Thanks for praying everyone.  I appreciate it!  And we need it!  Talk to you again soon…