Del Prado News UpDate Del Prado News UpDate Saving the turf Our Ballinasloe team PRAISE Etienne passed his WHERE’S WALLY (WALDO) driving test & has a This year’s Impact Ire- Ireland, South Africa had it for the last 2 job! land saw 7 teams go- and of course Ireland. years and ministering Impact Ireland was ing out all over Ire- It was an awesome in a nursing home. awesome! land. Our Ballinasloe team and we had a Aaron was able to go team was made up of great time doing prac- The theme this year was “Where’s Wally” to TeenStreet and OMers and church tical work in the com- looking to search for work with the 10-12 folks from Australia, munity, doing Kids Jesus in the Bible. y/o kids. America, Northern clubs where we have Aaron has started ani- mation at AIT. Both boys received grants for college! THE NEW TEAM MEMBERS HAVE ARRIVED! PRAYER Aaron needs to pass We are so excited to New team seen here with 3 OM Staff his driving test. have the new recruits here. This year we A couple of our fami- lies need homes. have 8 people, 4 from Rental prices are be- the US, 3 from Korea coming unaffordable. and 1 from Germany. They are a great bunch For good health. and we are enjoying We’ve been without a getting to know them. landline at the office for over 4 months. We also have 2 here We really need it for the Christmas sorted soon! show. David from Friesland & Johanna is from France.
DEL PRADO NEWS UPDATE PAGE 2 DEL PRADO MEN: ETIENNE Thanks so much for your prayers. Etienne passed his driving test and now enjoys the extra bit of independence it allows him. He just got a job working at a department store for Christ- mas! He starts back to school in January continuing on with his Horticulture course. We were so excited to learn that he received his tuition grant Etienne helping and this year, for the first time, the maintenance a family move grant that helps pay for some of his living cost. into their new Please pray for the right accommodation. home. I would just like to say a huge Thank You to everyone that helped support me in going to TeenStreet 2017!! It was truly a huge blessing, and though I felt that I wouldn't be able to go this year, God had other plans. I grew closer with more people and God, and for that I am truly grateful. - Aaron DEL PRADO MEN: AARON Aaron is still waiting to take his driving test. He is finally scheduled to take it the 7th Decem- Aaron with some ber . Please pray he passes. friends He was able to attend TeenStreet working with visiting from the English group of 10-12 year olds and loved Germany. it. He is now in his animation course at Ath- lone Institute of Technology and is enjoying it. DEL PRADO MEN: NAP Nap is still involved in getting vi- Some have started the process of sas for the new team members, using an Immigration lawyer as which is relatively easy. Getting the law is very ambiguous. This is extensions for non - EU staff after a bit costly for them. 3 years however is very difficult. We really need prayer for this. Please pray for all of them as they We have 7 staff members whose don’t all fall into the same catego- ries in their job descriptions. Pray visas run out early next year. They all want to stay. for God’s will to be done in each Nap in his office. case. Thanks!
PAGE 3 RUN FOR THE WORLD 2017! This year’s R4TW went great. We were exhausted, but hum- God provided great weather bled to see the Naughton fam- for the run. The Naughton ily walking and running as family that we were support- well. All 3 of their boys have ing were able to be there as Duchene's Muscular Dystro- well and provided all of us phy, DMD. with Join Our Boys shirts for I can’t tell you how much I the run. want you to pray for this fam- Nap & I, Brenda, did 7 Km ily! They really need 3 mira- and Etienne ran 8. Aaron cles, as well as coming to was one of the photographers. know the Great Physician! Archie, between George & Isaac DMD is a life limiting condition for which there is no cure. The severe and progressive muscle wasting leaves young adults reliant on wheelchairs, ventilators and at severe risk of early heart failure. GEORGE VERWER COMES TO DUBLIN It was great to have George in well received. He also cut Ireland for our 60th OM and the ribbon at our opening 15th Ireland Anniversary cele- of our new office in the brations in Dublin. Dublin area. He spoke in 2 churches chal- What an example of faith- lenging us to run the Mara- ful service! Only wish we thon of life well and was very could have seen Drena, his wife, too. HURRICANE OPHELIA FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT: OM United Kingdom We experienced our first The Quinta hurricane this year. Weston Rhyn, Oswestry Thanks for praying. We SY10 7LT only had one tree down at the office and no damage at Please make cheques out to OM and desig- our house. We were with- nate it is for: Tree down at Lacken out power for part of the House after hurricane day so enjoyed playing Ophelia. Nap & Brenda Del Prado in Ireland. games by candle light. Thanks!
OM Ireland Reach, Equip, Mobilise Lacken House Phone: +353 90 662 3964 Rahara Home phone: +353 90 662 4438 Co Roscommon E-mail: [email protected] Ireland [email protected] This is the 5th time trying to send this letter, each time I’ve had to update answers to prayer. God has been good with so many answers to prayer for our boys. We want to take this time to say thank you all so much for your support and prayers. We couldn’t do it without you. We just received a report from our director that we have a deficit of over €5000 as of October. Half of this is due to a change in our taxes, some is because of car repairs and the rest is because we needed to increase our allowance from €1100/month to €1380 as we were struggling living with 4 of us on what was an allowance for 2 people. Nap & I have just met with him to try to see how we can reduce this deficit. Next year will be some better as only 1/2 of the tax will apply. We have also said that we would lower our allowance by €140/month as the boys re- ceived grants for college and Etienne just got a Christmas job. Hopefully both boys can get part-time jobs during the next college term and we would be able to reduce our allowance more. We have had some money come in for a new car, but aren’t yet where we hoped to be. We hope to try to sell one of our cars to help pay for a newer car. Please pray for wisdom in choosing which car. The newer, bigger one, an ‘08, cost more to run & for tax, but the older, smaller one is an ‘03 and needed lots of repairs this year. Thankfully the older car has been running well after all the repairs. Hopefully it will pass it’s next test. All this will help with next year, but we need you to pray for the amount for this year to come in. OM Ireland is struggling a bit more this year as all the Americans are now having to pay about 5-10% more in taxes this year and that with the increase in rents has really hit us as a team hard. Thank you again so much for your prayers and for financial gifts. You guys are precious! DEL PRADO: BRENDA I have been busy with the ready for our Christmas party. housing for the team, finding a new provider for the elec- Thanks for praying; my B/P tricity that should save the is under control with medica- tion. I had a few weeks where team about 24% from before. I have also been teaching Eng- I had bad bouts of vertigo. It lish to some Koreans. I’m has improved, but I still get very proud of how they are dizzy when I stop at stop lights, when I scroll on Face- coming. Please pray for them as they do puppet shows in Book and on the computer. I would still like to be in better Donegal for Christmas. I’m shape & get my B/P down to God has given us a beautiful area still involved with the Events normal without meds. to take morning walks for our team and we are busy getting health.
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