Ten months behind schedule but on time. That is the difference between our plans and God´s timing. On May 12th we finally got started on the construction for our new school building. Our first step was to demolish one of our present buildings that would have taken a lot of work to bring it up to the new government standards. Our new building will be about 50% larger (ON THE FIRST FLOOR). This will give us 3 new classrooms and two bathrooms on our first phase of construction and 4 more on the next. We are lacking only $18,000 dollars to be able to finish this first phase. We still have 2 months to raise this amount. We have to have the building functional by the 15th of August. God will supply.
Our annual camps in April this year were great as is always the case. Each year has different challenges and blessings as we move as nomads from one mountainside to another. In our youth camp we had right around 60 youth (plus the staff) and not one left without being ministered to by the Holy Spirit. We had many that were filled with the Holy Spirit speaking in other tongues. Our children´s camp, which we run in our school, had 23 children that once again were touched by the Holy Spirit in a mighty way. Many of them were slain out under God´s Spirit. It is real blessing that we are allowed to be vessels through which the Spirit moves to touch others.
Our church is the town in Compostela has been really blessed through our youth camp. We had 5 young people from the church attend the camps and God lit a fire in each of their hearts. One of the girls that attended was set free from drugs and prostitution. She comes from a Christian family that has not been very constant over the years. She started using drugs in High school and from there one thing led to the next. She had left home and she attended camp only after much convincing was done. At the end of camp she had been ‘clean’ for 5 days and she left with a decision to start serving God. She has enrolled in our Bible school to learn more of God´s Word. She has a long upward climb to get out of the hole she has dug for herself but at least now she is going in the right direction.
Lucy has recovered very well from her operation and is slowly feeling stronger as the days go by. Vanessa’s battle with Lupus continues but she is winning. God put people in our path that have shown her how a vegan diet can help her overcome the disease. After 6 months on the diet she is now only taking ¼ of the medicine that she was taking before just to control the symptoms. Dad (David Tolman) is doing fine and keeps up with all of you who post on Facebook even though he can’t reply.
Thank you all for blessing our ministry through your offerings and monthly support.
Philip, Lucy, & Vanessa Tolman
