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THE CHURCH

IN THE HOLE

One of the items for prayer in our Daily Prayer Diary
is to: “Pray for sufficient funds to purchase more
Scriptures for the world and to meet the running costs THE HOLE IN THE GROUND
of the Association”. We are eternally grateful for all WAS GOING TO BE A CHURCH
the donations we receive and for the work that we can
do as a result, with many reports from GO Mission Trips
featured in the magazine. We work in partnership with
ShareWord Global in Canada and their President, Giorgio the next morning, she got up, put on her shoes and
Gori, recently shared an update on the difference your walked outside into the warm summer.
donations have made and the need to keep going.
“Five-year-old Gabriella looked at her Nan and asked Rosa started walking down the road because she had to
get to Havana. If you've ever been to Cuba you will know
her why she was going to bed in her dress. Nan Rosa there are not many cars on the road and petrol is rationed.
said it was because she had to wake up early the next
morning and didn’t want to disturb everybody. You This was going to be a difficult day for Rosa but she was
see, in Cuba, they don't have the luxury of multiple determined to get to Havana and so she started walking. It
bedrooms and inside bathrooms. In Rosa's family, was pitch black and she prayed to God, “get me to Havana
who lived in this little town about 45 miles away from in time for the meeting that starts at 10:00”. After walking
Havana, the whole family sleeps in one room; Rosa, for about 35 minutes she heard the rumble of a truck
her husband, her two children, her sister, daughter-in- coming behind her so she stopped and she put out her
laws and three grandchildren. Rosa knew that the next thumb and prayed, “God let this truck stop and give me a
morning she was going to wake up at 3:00am and if she ride”. Sure enough they did and the truck driver drove her a
got up and dressed, she would wake up everybody, so few miles to where he was going to turn off the road. Rosa
she went to bed in her dress. Sure enough, at 3:00am carried on walking and, a little while later, she heard and

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