Update 86
DEBBIE WOHLER, TAHOE CITY, CA
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Favorite
quotes from the children this month:
Clyde is a 4 year
old. Nell looked at Clyde and
said, “Clyde you look sad. Are you
sad?” Clyde said, “Yes!”
Nell asked, “What made you sad?”
Clyde replied, “Miss Emily said I had to
eat my sandwich and it broke my heart!”
Don’t you wish that having to eat a
sandwich was your biggest heartbreak in
life? J
I was working with
the older children downstairs. One
of the kids asked me how long I’d been
working with kids? I said, “32
years!” The child replied, “That’s
longer than my Mom’s been alive!”
One of my friends who just turned 40
heard what this child said to me and
laughed so hard. Then one of the
kids asked my 40 year friend if she was
the Mom of the 27 year old standing next
to her. It was my turn to laugh!
Will, a four year
old went to a birthday party at “Chuckie
Cheese” which is a pizza place with
games. When he was telling his
teacher about the birthday party he said
he went to “Chuckie Jesus.”
The preschoolers
were hearing the Bible verse about how
man looks at the outward appearance but
that God looks at the heart.
Tiffanie was trying to help them
understand that how our hearts are with
God is more important than how we look
on the outside. She asked the
question, “Why do you think God looks at
the heart?” Levi, a 4 year old
answered, “You can be really strong on
the outside, but if your heart isn’t
strong, you’ll have a heart attack and
die.” After the laughter the lesson was
clarified!
Favorite
things I’ve seen God do this month:
Rory, a first
grader, was doing his homework. He
looked up at me and said, “God rocks!”
I got teary. I told him that God
does rock and that He also is our rock
and way to salvation. He has been
so resistant to the God. When he
goes home his parents tell him that all
of the God stories we tell him aren’t
true. Yet in spite of this, he
spontaneously says “God rocks!” when he
is practicing his spelling words.
The Holy Spirit is convicting this young
man of the truth about God.
One of our semester missionaries was
babysitting for Rory. He had
received a Bible from his A+ teacher.
Rory asked the babysitter to read from
the Bible to him.
Fernando, a 3rd
grader, got off the bus and gave me the
biggest hug. He then said, “Miss
Debbie, Will you adopt me?” My
heart melted. I told him I’d love
to adopt him but that he already has a
family. He is being raised by his
grandmother. I talked to Fernando
about how when we invite Jesus into our
lives He adopts us into His family.
We had 83 kids at
PNO this past month. It is
wonderful that so many people trust us
with their children. I wish you
could be there to see how tired there
are when they walk in the door to drop
their children off and how refreshed
they look when they pick them up.
One of the Dads asked me how we do this
after such a long day of work. I
told him that God gives us the strength
and that we want them to know that we
love them and that God loves them.
One of the third
through sixth grade boys came out of
Bible study time crying. I pulled
him aside and talked with him. His
Dad died of cancer this past year and
during prayer time he started really
missing his Dad. He sat down and
talked for a few minutes. We
talked about heaven and how God takes
care of people who are there. I
reminded him that there is no pain or
sorrow in heaven. I talked to him
about how we can be sure that we go to
heaven too.
I continue to talk
with a man named Rick. He fights
so hard against God. His kids grew
up in our programs. One of his sons got
in trouble with the law and we were
there for the family by going to visit
him in jail and showing up at court
dates. The son has totally changed
his life and is doing well. Rick
said to me the other day on the phone,
“My pagan heart is finding it harder to
ignore God. He said he believed
that his son’s turn around was a miracle
of God.”
We still are
struggling with lack of snow.
However, I want to tell you that just
two days after I sent out the last
update and asked you to pray for snow we
got a foot and a half of snow. You
all are champion prayer warriors!
We will need more snow. Keep
praying. Attendance at ski
ministry has been down. However,
our ski chaplains have been so creative
and faithful. They’ve held
services inside a deli in a ski area and
at other lifts that were open when the
lift we hold services at were closed.
I do marvel at how even though there are
lower numbers of people skiing that God
continues to bring us people from all
around the world. One of our
missionaries was able to talk about how
she is serving God here with a woman
with a French accent. People from
Guatemala and Spain also attended a ski
service. A man named Mike emailed
me to tell me how grateful and
encouraged he was to attend the service
on the mountain. The ski chaplains
go the second mile. They’d
finished doing the service the first
time when a couple skied up and asked if
it was too late to have church so the
ski chaplains did the service again.
Jessica read a familiar passage from 1
John. The woman had never heard
that Bible verse. The woman said
that it gave her something to think
about as she skied. We are blessed
to plant and water so many seeds for
Jesus.
Prayer requests:
·
Continue to pray for snow for our
area.
·
Pray for open hearts to the
gospel for our children, parents, and
people we meet on the ski slopes.
Checks/Shipments
with no name—Funding Factory--$53.20
received on Jan 19.
HOUSE
ACCOUNT FINANCIAL REPORT-EVERY
DONATION HELPS!!
To date:
Cell Fund/Recellular-- $2,946.54
=$ 2,946.54
To date:
Empties 4 Cash --$64,475.36 +
$168.98
=$ 64,644.34
To date:
Funding Factory--$5,668.56 +
$53.20
=$ 5,721.76
To date:
Local Church Donations-- $191,089.11
=$ 191,089.11
To date:
Other Donations--$48,097.95
=$ 48,097.95
To date:
Interest--$ 5,565.80
=$ 5,565.80
To date:
InkSmile—$201.48
=$
201.48
To date:
I Give checks received: $1,328,67
=$ 1,328.67
To date:
SHARES program: $3,511.54 +
$313.86
=$ 3,825.40
A+
Program--$81,789.35
=$ 81,789.35
Placer County
Tax Refund from escrow--$3,401.52
=$ 3,401.52
Total Income:
=$ 408,611.92
Less van #1
cost
$ 41,296.15
Less van #2
cost
$ 26,499.51
Less van #3
cost
$ 26,499.51
Less check
stamps
$
27.00
Less escrow
$ 5,000.00
Less loan
cost
$ 1,125.00
Less down
payment
$294,195.25
Less house
payments $
12,621.12
Total Expenses:
$407,263.54
Total in
checkbook as of today, we have
$1,348.38 in the checkbook. GOD IS
AMAZING! Through your efforts we
received $536.04 this month!
Keep up the great work for the Lord!!
I appreciate you!!
Debbie
Wohler, NAMB Home Missionary
PO Box 7452
Tahoe City,
CA 96145
530-583-2925 (Pacific Standard Time)
debbiewohler@charter.net
www.tahoeministries.com
Empties4cash account number: 14716
www.empties4cash.com
1-800-456-4320
Ink Smile
account number: 10172 or 10574
www.inksmile.com
1-866-465-5605
Funding Factory account
number: 44803
www.fundingfactory.com
1-888-883-8237
www.igive.com/FBCTC