Recoup, repairs, encourage

After a great night in the Losier home we had a real good breakfast and packed Loren off to the Tracadie River wharf. We met Robert and Al there. Our plans were to go back, pack the family and meet Al at his office around noon. We would go for lunch and then out to the cottage on up the river at Leech.
Plans changed a bit as we were leaving the wharf. Robert noticed a headlight out on the car. We went on and met Luke, a believer and Joel a pastor. They had finished breakfast. Luke had to take his kids swimming and Joel needed a ride so we went back to Robert's home.
There we checked on the light. After I took it out, he called a dealer to see if they had a bulb to replace it. When I put the bulb back in, it worked! In the process of putting it back in Robert was appalled at the condition of the battery. It was corroded.
He took the tractor out of the barn and I pulled the car in. We closed the overhead door and went to overhauling. Robert and Larry Wigley are one in the same. Robert was excited to be finding things wrong with the car. We took off the + post and it was practically corroded in two. He put on a new + connector on the hot wire while I steel brushed and sanded all the corroded extra parts that hold the battery in place.
We filled the battery cells with water, painted the battery holding plate and replaced a blown fuse to the cigarette lighter and power rear view mirrors. Misty arrived and we cleaned out the entire car, vacuumed, blew dry the floor mats which had at least three beaches worth of sand, and armoralled the inside vinyl. Misty moved the luggage racks apart and now we can store an extra bag on top. Hurray, the boys have room to breath. In the process of hooking the battery back up and cleaning the inside, Robert had hit a parking light switch and turned it on. We didn't know so we couldn't figure out why the park lights were on. He called the dealer and the dealer said he gets more calls about that than anything else. There is a park light switch at the top of the steering column. Yep, that fixed it.
After loading the car Robert was worried about the tire pressure and rightfully so, they were low. We aired the tires up and after a great lunch and a quick power nap Loren arrived. Al had met him at the cottage in Leech and brought him back to the Losiers. Loren finished up his blog and we went on to Al's office.
He he is quite the visionary. He sees a project, draws He and Loren led us to the cottage which is a big nice cabin. All wood on the inside. Upstairs are 2 bedrooms and a full bath. Downstairs is a full bath, kitchen, dining area, and living room. His grill is in a large screen room off the end of the house. Down the concrete path is the dock where Loren landed.
We survived the evening eating fresh berries and fruit, lettuce, and nuts. We also managed on rice and a piece of meat called steak. Al and his wife Murielle are great hosts. They have a heart to help people. They are relatively new believers and they are on fire for the Lord. They fire me up. As I mentioned, he is a visionary and he sees them in the near future starting an orphanage in this area. They will adopt from around the world and bring the children in to a home where they are taken care of by a young married couple that will stay full time with the kids.
These people are so kind. Another man we met is Jay. He has bent over backwards to help and encourage us. The pastor Carole Fournier and her husband came over. We had an opportunity to encourage them just as we had Pastor Robert and Carmen. We were surprised to find out that they consider their congregation of 20-30 people to be large for this area.
The people are sensing God's hand moving here and Jay said that he sees our mission visit as God beginning to send them help into the harvest fields. He went on to say that it is like breaking into a coconut by dropping it. Each drop cracks it a little more. We are picking it up and dropping it, so to speak, and so we are breaking into this area a little more. They really want help here to reach the people. They are small in number but they are united in Spirit and Truth to preach the gospel to the unreached people right here. We played a part in encouraging them and they definitely encourage us to press on.
There are historical divisions here that divide the people. The French are predominantly Catholic and the English are predominantly Protestant. After the French and Indian War, the English deported/exilled many of the French people or treated very badly those French that stayed here. Many French went to Louisianna. Others went over to Nova Scotia and down in to Maine and other areas in Canada and the U.S.
Anyway, the tension is still there between the French and English, so, anytime we present the Gospel and offer a Bible to the French people who are Catholic, there can be some resistance because as Al said, they see it as something from the English therefore they reject the Bible or witness more from a cultural standpoint than spiritual.
Please pray for these divisions and tensions to be put aside as we proceed with the Gospel and that Jesus would we received and not rejected for any reason.
Today is Wed. July 1, Canada Day. We hope to get to some beaches and see people at camps to share the gospel with. We are refreshed and ready to jump back on the trail.