Testimonies

I could never have anticipated how the trip to Exuma would affect me.  I

came away thrilled at how God took such a diverse team and accomplished so

much–completing a challenging building project, a wonderful program in the

schools that evoked such a warm response from the children and the teachers,

the opportunity to visit and pray with individuals with whom Starve Poverty

has made a connection and for whom you have made a difference.  So many

memories:  a child who played with Jonathan and desperately wanted to give

him one of the two dinosaurs that were among his only toys; the sweet sounds

of Flo’s voice as we sang with her; the woman selling baskets who wanted to

give them to us because we stopped to visit with her–even though it’s her

only means of supporting herself; the boy whose mother wanted to commit

suicide because she couldn’t clothe her son who just happened to wear

Jonathan’s size…  I think about homes without plumbing, children whose

uniforms were always clean and neat, people walking long distances on the

road to a store or school until someone stopped and offered them a ride, the

enthusiastic worship in the church and how warmly they hugged us, Chris and

all that he and the teachers are doing at the Resource Center…  I will

never be the same.  Thank God.

Arlene M. Sengstack

Missions Coordinator and

Administrative Assistant to Boyd Hannold