An unfortunate setback

Hi everyone,

It has been a very busy week as we find ourselves completley busy in helping build our church as well as completely busy remodeling our church building. The building project is going very well, we are doing HVAC, plumbing and electrical. We should be ready to start drywalling within the week.

A major reason our church has the forward momentum that it has is the full time effort of our hispanic pastor and his family. Besides Pastor John and Rosangela we also have their 2 adult sons. Ricardo is our full time worship leader and Junior is our youth leader. Rosangela and Junior also are a part of the worship team as singers.

Due to an immigration system that obviously is broken and our local Assembly of God district's inexperience with immigratioin and Hispanic ministry, they can not get their visas finished without returning toBrazil, their homeland for some months. The timing of this mess is unfortunate as their work is finally bearing much fruit. With their help, both the English and Hispanic churches are vibrant and growing.

The good news is that they have sown much into a lot of us. Ricardo has developed all of the musicians and singers much this past year. We will see where all of this goes. We know that God has a perfect plan, even though to us this is all seen as negative. They will be here only 2 more weeks, and our hearts are heavy because they have become some of our best friends.

We feel that we are in the will of God being here at this time. We are so tired of winter weather and want to be in Mississippi. It has been a brutal winter. We have friends that had their water main freeze despite they are using the water. This main is over 6 feet below the surface. Most nights have been between 0 and -20 for 2 full months.

Brian is funtioning as a key player in the remodel. He is overseeing many aspects of the remodel. The boys are also helping. Charlotte and the boys have been pressing hard on school work. For those of you in Mississippi who are reading this, all we can say is that we want to be in God's will and we will come as soon as we can, hopefully yet this year, if it gets too late, maybe we will come to visit, not just work. Pray for our missionaries to be able to return to us.
Thank you for your prayers, we are so blessed.

In Christ

The Haines family