Raineri Family Faith installment February 2013
Thank You for your faith in what God is doing in
Honduras. We cannot describe how elated
we are to report back about your
funding effort. With pledges made for
the monthly support and one time gifts received in December and January we
should have enough funding until August.
This blessing though reveals the importance for Angie and I to be very
responsible though when we spend these donations. An example of that is a note we received from
a woman who gave a one-time yearly gift.
She reports that she was laid off last spring and has not found a new
job yet, but she gave all that she could in December. This gift reminds us of the “widow’s mite” in
Luke 21:4b “but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.” Even though God has provided the funds from
you, we need to be very exact with what we spend each month. Please pray for that woman and also for our
family that we might be discerning with this support.
Empowering
not enabling is one of WGO’s core values and that brings us to Margoth. Margoth is married to Ray and they have 5
children. . .Bessi (10), Josue (8), Margarita (6), and twins, Daniela and
Pamela (4). We first met Margoth the year we arrived in Honduras in
2008. Ray and their children first came through a WGO medical brigade that
was held at his church. We immediately
noticed Ray’s dedication to his blended family and the final day of the brigade
four of their children were baptized with Pete and I the Godparents for the
twin girls.
Since then we have watched the family grow, mature, change,
and come closer to God, never asking or accepting handouts. Margoth has
had a tough life, was an abused single mom and with no place to stay and Ray a
single father brought her into his home with her children. Their living
conditions were very poor as the “home” that they lived in was falling down
around them slowly being pushed over by the mountain that it was built into. But then, about 18 months ago Margoth became the
first person that received a micro finance loan from the Carelink
Foundation. Angie in her spare time helps administer Carelink’s program
in Tegucigalpa. Carelink purchased a
tortilla oven for her and the startup supplies to begin selling tortillas which
in turn provides support for her family. Business was slow getting
started, and there were several setbacks, including Margoth becoming extremely
ill and almost blind in one eye.
Through much prayer and petition, God worked many miracles
over a year and a half. Margoth received the eye surgery she needed for
very little cost. Another ministry was
in need of finding a house to build as the one they had planned for had fallen
through. So Ray and Margoth were blessed
with a more solid home than what they ever had before, and when WGO was looking
for a part time employee for the expansion of their concrete floor program Ray began
working on concrete floors in January of 2012.
Even through all the trials, Margoth continued to make
tortillas and in October of 2012 we were able to announce to Carelink that
Margoth had re-paid her micro loan in full! It took her about 15 months
to repay a 12-month loan, but she did it! She is not only selling enough
tortillas to continue to buy supplies for her business, but to make tortillas
for her family and still have a little money left over.
Please pray for Margoth and Ray. Margoth once again is
having problems with her eye, and we are trying to set up a schedule for
another eye surgery. Pray for her children…they start school again this
month and they also live in an extremely dangerous area. Please pray that
God will continue to show his love for them in many more miraculous ways!
Christmas dinner at the Raineri house we hosted 27
missionaries and their families. This
was the first time in five years that we have hosted a family gathering for
Christmas, and though we missed our families in the states, we needed the
company. Pete made ravioli and each
family brought deserts and side dishes.
The weather was warm and sunny which was really weird when you come from
an area that has cold and snow.
Spiritual battles:
Monday morning January 28 proved to be a “Monday Morning”! Pete noticed many small battles going on
between the missionaries, not large issues just poor communication issues and
some lack of good judgment. Though we
had a small team of 19 people at the Mission House, it sure seemed that satan
did not want us serving in a new church in Tegucigalpa. Finally half way through the day Pete was
able to step back and see the fight as it was.
Over the next several hours prayer began to be lifted about this, a
friend from the states was called and offered his prayers and finally Tuesday
morning we were able to visibly see the result of prayer. The team finished strong serving medical care
and God’s word to 2,960 people.
Monthly price check: oil
filter for our 2000 Toyota four runner $15 and a quart of oil $7. While we only put about 5,000 miles a year
on our vehicle, we do change the oil every 3,000.
And finally, we have been extremely blessed over the
year. God and our church have confirmed
that we are supposed to be here. We went
through a small trial in October and November with our funding. But God again proved that He is in control.
Your family in Christ, Pete, Angie, Nick and Lily Joy.
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