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Hi Everybody,   I hope you are well. I really want to say how much I really appreciated all of the prayers and concern for James last week when he wasn't feeling well. He was still trying to function even though he felt rotten. I begged him to stay in bed. God is the great healer and so James fine now. It did delay our plans and he couldn't get out of Georgetown until Friday.   We are staying with the Bible Worker at the TV station. He has been very kind and helpful in letting us stay with him and helping us learn how to get around here in Lethem. I never thought we would have the TV on in our house for 10 hours a day, so that is a new experience. :) They broadcast 3ABN, so it's really nice programming.   Today, we were able to meet with the regional health officer (RHO) at his home. He is in charge of health for the entire region. We had a very nice visit. We were able to discuss our plans to help Shea and the region as a whole. He told us he could use someone to do continuing education for nurses. That would be great since I enjoy teaching. He also needs someone to help with transporting supplies, personnel to do immunizations, and so on. He is a really nice Christian man with three children.   Sunday, James was disappointed. Because of the opposition to our coming that was started from a key person in another village, he decided to not go to Shea that day as planned, but to wait and talk to the RHO first. Well, the Lord, brought a blessing out of that. When we talked to the RHO today, he told us that he and his wife are trained to treat bed nets. Tomorrow he is going to show James how to treat all these nets James purchased last week. That should be interesting. They are going to suit up with personnel protective equipment. This substance is supposedly not harmful to humans. It makes a person wonder.   We tried to buy chemicals for net treatment in Georgetown before we left, but they were out throughout the city. The next order was due in one month. Even Ministry of Health didn't have any. Well, this RHO helped us find a place here to buy some. James is going to fly these nets to Shea as soon as they are finished.   We have a couple more hoops to jump through before the RHO can grant me final permission to work out in Shea. We are hoping the process won't take too long. Please pray for the barriers to be removed in this situation. God can work miracles and his timing is impeccable so we're counting on Him.   The captain of Shea Village, Larry, called this morning. He is very anxious that we come. He is wondering why the delay, since the village wants us to come so badly. He told us that the malaria problem is still an issue. It's a little hard to explain about why it takes so much time to go through the proper channels. Hopefully, our presence here in Lethem will help speed things up.   A 1 inch long unidentifiable creature just scuttled under my feet and a lizard just dropped something on my hand from his perch above. I think that's a sign I need to go to bed while I'm ahead. The eves are open on this house and surprisingly I haven't seen one bat. It's weird.   Thank you again for your prayers. They mean a lot!   Joy James & Joy Ash 121 Durban Backlands Georgetown, Guyana 011-592-227-2184 www.guyanaaviationevangelism.org James & Joy Ash Gospel Ministries International Project Name: Guyana Aviation Evangelism 874 South McDonald SW McDonald, TN 37353 1 (423) 473-1841 or 1 (423) 473-1842