Dale has been working this week with Louis.
He lives nearby and is married with no children. Louis canoes 2 hours every morning to get to work on another island, and back again in the evening. He has shown up all three days Dale asked him to work, which is unusual here. We've asked over 5 people, and he's the only one that's ever shown up on time, or at all. We've been praying about asking Louis to be here full-time, as our first real apprentice. He's hard working, and diligent, and we'd love to share more of the Lord with him. However, he needs to provide for his wife, and he also lives with his parents and 11 other siblings. He's asking for $1.50 an hour for his part-time work, and Dale said there was a little
forboding in his eye, like was that too much. The Indians here are the very lowest on the social scale, often seen by others as equal to dogs. Please pray about whether God would have you partner with us in providing training for Louis, and being able to pay him the salary he's asking for. We want to start slowly, once we have been able to train one, we can then use his help in training others. Also pray for wisdom, the system is different here. We would need to pay his social security as well, which is more like our
workmen's compensation and hospitalization combined. It would cover if he got hurt at work, or became ill at home.
He lives nearby and is married with no children. Louis canoes 2 hours every morning to get to work on another island, and back again in the evening. He has shown up all three days Dale asked him to work, which is unusual here. We've asked over 5 people, and he's the only one that's ever shown up on time, or at all. We've been praying about asking Louis to be here full-time, as our first real apprentice. He's hard working, and diligent, and we'd love to share more of the Lord with him. However, he needs to provide for his wife, and he also lives with his parents and 11 other siblings. He's asking for $1.50 an hour for his part-time work, and Dale said there was a little forboding in his eye, like was that too much. The Indians here are the very lowest on the social scale, often seen by others as equal to dogs. Please pray about whether God would have you partner with us in providing training for Louis, and being able to pay him the salary he's asking for. We want to start slowly, once we have been able to train one, we can then use his help in training others. Also pray for wisdom, the system is different here. We would need to pay his social security as well, which is more like our workmen's compensation and hospitalization combined. It would cover if he got hurt at work, or became ill at home.
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Good to see Dale working...I just pictured you guys laying around on the beach watching the world go by! Ha! We all miss you guys here in Akron, and are inspired by your obedience which has carried you in the current of God's will. It seems so many of us are hearing God's call to do the kingdom; we are great wimps and whiners, so you are heroes to us! We will continue to pray for you and the work you are involved in there. Things have been difficult here but God has been faithful as always! Perhaps we will "know" we can trust Him someday! Happy Thanksgiving to you all from the Mills family!
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