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I can\u2019t say that house-cleaning is my favourite activity.\u00a0 How can so much dust accumulate in a month with only two people living in our home?\u00a0 However, my philosophy all through my life has been if you are facing an overwhelming task conquer it by working on it a little bit at a time.\u00a0 Our guest room needed some paint touch-up on its ceiling and wall cracking fix up in one corner so after Christmas over about a week Gary and I took on the challenge of those repairs plus major cleaning of the whole room.\u00a0 It looks lovely.\u00a0 Time for you to pop in for an overnight visit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s one room done for now.\u00a0 We only have seven other areas to go before spring when spring cleaning actually kicks in!\u00a0 But wait! Maybe we should just hire Scott and Chrissy Lockhart\u2019s cleaning business (healthyhomescleaningcompany.com) for a little bit to get us over the hump.\u00a0 It seems the older we get the more we look for the \u201ceasy\u201d which is actually understandable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our friend Thomas and his family in Myanmar have been renting his neighbour\u2019s land to grow vegetables and flowers in the local market for sustainable income.\u00a0 His neighbour has decided to sell the property which Thomas has wanted to purchase.\u00a0 A couple of months ago it seemed impossible, however, since then our Kainos International Ministries charity has been able to raise about half the funds required to be used as a down payment. That money was sent last week, and this deal will be partially closed tomorrow with the remaining money given in installments over the next ten months if it can be raised.\u00a0 Each installment will be about $500 CDN.\u00a0 Please pray that our charity can meet that need (send to: kainos@kainos.org).\u00a0 We were excited to receive Thomas\u2019 description of the property.\u00a0 \u201cThe property is almost two acres 200 feet wide and 400 long. Two sides of the land is slope and there is plain area in the middle. There are more than twenty avocado trees in the slope area. There is already a pig barn, so we don’t need to build, just repair. And we need to build a tent for the keeper or storeroom (very simple one). I and my son David can build this. The sales of the vegetables and flowers can provide enough income. But we need to redig the water well so that we can plant vegetables every season.\u201d\u00a0 As Thomas\u2019 orphans get older and older, they can learn a little bit at a time over the years how to manage the use of this property.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t that a great investment?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is interesting to note that Jesus, when training his twelve disciples, dispersed information regarding the plans he had for their futures only a little bit at a time.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure it would have been very overwhelming for them if he had told them everything in the early days of their friendship.\u00a0 The apostle Paul understood that young followers of Jesus require \u201cmilk\u201d rather than \u201csolid food\u201d as he stated in I Corinthians 3:2 \u201cI gave you\u00a0milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it\u2026\u201d In the long run, the disciples certainly got the picture because of the very far away places many travelled to spreading the good news about Jesus\u2019 life on earth and then his death, burial and resurrection which we can now know about today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We would really appreciate your prayers for the growth of Hillside Church this year.\u00a0 We must work on various ways as to how to reach our Milton residents for our church.\u00a0 In Milton\u2019s society and elsewhere very few have any spiritual background that we can build upon a little bit at a time so that they can understand what it means to fully become a follower of Jesus.\u00a0 M & M our two Punjabi students have been attending our church quite regularly since last summer and still don\u2019t know even though we have been providing information a little bit each time they come out.\u00a0 The Lockharts and us have become their dependable Canadian families.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you facing a troublesome task?\u00a0 Why not break it down into manageable chunks to get it done which will make you very relieved and happy.\u00a0 In the meantime, I will wish you an early Valentine\u2019s Day.\u00a0 I wonder if Wiarton Willie will predict an early spring this coming Sunday morning.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope so.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wendy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wendy.carter@kainos.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Myanmar Orphans<\/a><\/blockquote>