Sunday update from Inagua by Bahamas Methodist Habitat Director Abe McIntyre

Meet Mr. Alfred "My Frienda" Bain....he is 89 years young, traveled all over the states with "rich white" families as their butler, has one of the strongest handshakes I have ever felt, is very concerned about the US economy and the Hurricane victims of the US, especially Texas. He is also very excited and thankful for his brand new roof that he says, "will last for 1,000 years!" It was wonderful spending time with him today. He is finally back in his home tonight, after 2 weeks in the shelter.

The ministry is working!

It has been wonderful knowing how much persons have supported us from the States and we are incredibly thankful. We also realize that not everyone can come down right now to volunteer with us and that is okay. There will always be needs to fill and lives to touch, so whenever your time is right, we would love to have you come servre with us. If you are not able to volunteer with us please continue to support us with your prayers. They mean the world to us.

Today in Inagua we:
.Finished MyFrienda's roof and fell in love with him.
.Finished 80% of Cestina and Berkey Finley's roof...and ate some great snapper with conch and rice.
.Helped coordinate the landing and delivery of more donated materials from Nassau.
.Took over some of the responsibilities of NEMA for the weekend so that the director could go be with his kids for their Confirmation.

...and I was also called an Abaconian, which means that the lady I was speaking to, thought I was White Bahamian from Abaco...I love when that happens.

I am continually amazed at how God is pulling everything together down here. Sometimes I think it's "me"...haha So wrong I am.

We are tackling a huge roof on Saturday..."Pa" Williams is the next on the list, and this is going to be big one.

Peace and Love.
Abe


ps: It is my hope that with these emails, I am allowing you all to be a part of the ministry and relief effort from so far away. Please feel free to pass these updates on to anyone that you think would enjoybeing a part of Bahamas Methodist Habitat.

Abraham (Abe) McIntyre, Executive Director
Bahamas Methodist Habitat
Camp Symonette, James Cistern
Eleuthera, Bahamas
615-469-7974 USA
242-335-6210 Camp
242-422-9318 Cell
http://www.methodisthabitat.org/

Relieving Disaster, Promoting Community

If you wish to contribute to rebuilding projects through the Bahamas Methodist Habitat click on the following web-address: http://www.bahamashabitat.org/wordpress/?page_id=81