We have had a busy past two weeks. We have a gentleman at the camp last week and this one coming who has been working on the tractor. What a blessing! Without the tractor the camp grass cannot be cut…its a lot of grass…and other jobs are much more difficult so we are grateful for his work here with us.
I write this week with a specific prayer request. Elijah has had a bad reaction to what the doctors beleive to be some sort of food allergy. For the past four days he has been breaking out in hives from head to to and receiving shots to help. We will be going into town today again for a stronger dose of medication to try and control the problem. He doesnt seem to be bothered by the rash but of course it worries mommy and daddy a good bit. Please pray with us that we would be able to figure out what he is having this reaction from and that his little body would heal up quickly.
Also please be in prayer as BJ is traveling all this weekend in Cuenca. He is down visiting eXtreme Walker Blake Hart and helping him start to organize the phase of his work where he begins to let the nationals take over the responsibilities he has had over the past 5 months or so. This is the most important part of his work because without people to carry out what has been started the ministry will just end or the pastor will end up swamped with work. So please pray with us that responsible and godly people would be raised up to take over his work.
Thank you for your prayers
BJ, Andrea, and Elijah Williamson
We are right now in Guayaquil awaiting the next work teams to come in. We have two groups coming in tonight and one leaving tomorrow that has been working at the camp all this past week. What a blessing it has been to be a part of these groups. We will be continuing to work on the septic systems at the camp and work on the bathrooms of the cabins. There might even be some cabin painting! Please keep these teams in your prayers as we are traveling, working, and sharing God’s love.
We had a wonderful time this past week also showing our friends from NJ, Bill and Gina, around the OMS work in Ecuador. It was a great time and we ask that you be praying for them as well as they continue to seek out where God is sending them for missions.
Lastly, please be praying for elijah as he is starting to show some signs of being worn out from all of our travels. Pray that God would sustain him and that we would be able to meet his needs while the teams are at the camp. Andi is doing great and is in her 5th month. BJ is also doing well and says “howdy” to you all! God bless!!
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BJ, Andrea, and Elijah Williamson
Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support. We have definitely felt them these past few weeks. I wish we could get these updates out to you more frequently but our access to internet when we are in Pallatanga is quite limited. Please pray for us this week as we travel around with our friends Bill and Gina Laky from Andrea’s home church in NJ. They are in Ecuador wanting to see more about ministry opportunities and to learn more about OMS International. We shall be traveling with them to Quito until Monday evening.
Also be praying for us as on the 3rd of March we will be receiving our first work team (there are three this month) at the camp. These teams will be working on replacing a good portion of the plumbing at the camp as well as tearing out some bathrooms and doing some painting. We are very excited for these teams to come and help better the camp. Pray that these teams would accomplish the work that is needed to be done and that they would enjoy the country and people that we love so much. Also pray that the road from Guayaquil to Pallatanga would remain clear. There has been a lot of rain this year and there has been some flooding and mud slides. God has been providential in caring for these things thus far and we are confident that he will continue! Also with these groups come Kim and Guido Orellana. We are happier then words can express that they are returning to the OMS Ecuador field. They are going to be running the camp now and we are welcoming the break!!
Andrea is doing well with her pregnancy and we hope to be finding out the sex of the baby at this months ultrasound…be praying!!! Thank you for your prayers.
God bless,
BJ, Andrea, and Elijah Williamson
For those of you who felt compelled to pray for us this week we appriciated it greatly. If God tugged at your hearts to pray last sunday, monday, last friday, or at all this entire past weekend please allow us to fill you in on why!!
Last friday the trooper was accidentally backed into a tree at a pretty impressive rate. Even though Elijah was not yet strapped into his seat as we were preparing to leave our property in Pallatanga, fortunately nobody was hurt. We spent the week in cuenca visiting eXtreme walker Blake Hart and getting the back door fixed and the window replaced. Last friday we were stuck having to return to the camp in some pretty bad driving conditions. THe two main routes out of cuenca were closed due to mud slides from heavy rains. We took a route home that was about 7 hours instead of 3 1/2 hours and on our route saw around 100 mudslides that had touched the roads sometimes covering almost the entire way. God protected us yet again and got us back to the camp safely. All weekend we were at the camp without electricity as the heavy rains caused a large tree to fall on the electrical lines and meter to the entire camp. This is why we were so determined to get back to the camp. We spent the weekend without electricity or water (the water is electrically pumped) but the Lord sustained us and we were able to get things running by lunchtime monday.
Sometimes we take for granted the prayers that we say to the Lord but we want you each to know that we say the hand of God guiding and protecting us through this entire crazy week! Know that God hears your prayers and that we are blessed to be included in them.
Please pray for us as we will be spending the week with Guido Orellana, Jim Atkinson, and Keith Hooley at the camp. They are coming to evaluate the plans for a new septic system at the camp. Pray that the rain would subside enough for them to complete what they have come to do. We appriciate you each!
God bless,BJ, Andrea, and Elijah Williamson
