Raising the Roof

Hey my friends!!

We have raised enough for over 6000 bricks so we are good there! Isn't that great!

We are praying for the roof now cause it would be a shame to get the walls up and not be able to cover it with roof! So if you have a chance, pray for this. I have asked my church if they could adopt and sponsor the "raise the roof" project but have not heard back from them as yet. Pray God will move them to say Yes or bring the right philantropist! ( or would your church or group want to take this on???)

God answered 7 prayers just tonight!:

Edy T called and offered to take us to the airport on Wed in their new big truck!

Her small group offered and ordered 3 water bed warmers with 220V wiring to be delivered Tuesday ( pray for no delays as that is cutting it really close!) Their group will pay for 2... I just need to find a sponsor for one at $70

Judy A small group wants to sponsor an outside door!

One individual offered to buy the cheese at Costco

Another got the Systematic Theology book!

My really good friend in Florida is donating $100 for the last 85 bricks!

So God is really bringing all the pieces together!

And Kristi is meeting up with Debra to pick the wheelchair today!

This makes this just a really awesome night!

I am so proud to see God's hand at work! Awesome to watch Him perform!

Thanks for being part of the miracles! Your prayers are working ... and so is HE!

Crunch Time!

Hi my friends!

Thanks so much for your prayers.

It is indubitably "Crunch Time" with only 9 days till our departure for Nepal. I worked an extra day of overtime last week so everything was on scrunch mode to cram everything in the week and so I am feeling not only the crunch but overwhelmed and fatigued.

I am at work now... only one patient! NICE! so can catch up on a little email.

 Diane was the Southworth postmistriss and we have led BB Studies together in our neighborhood. She is retired now and free to go with me for the 8 weeks.I have been talking about taking her with me "some day" for 9 years now and it is finally a reality! We have our passports, details aligned and shots and are ready to go.. almost!

She is sooooooooo excited to do this trip.

Some of you asked how you might help.

Well we are behind in our fund raising... though right on schedule for God 'cause HE is going to come through either way, right! But I am thinking He might just want to bless you and your small group/ church by participating in some way with us. Would you ask your circle of friends/ colleagues, if they could pick a project off the attached list and do the fundraiser of your choice to get the funds collected in the next 10 days??? No pressure. But it would be such a blessing to the paraplegic women and to me to see it come in. Pick a window, a door, a roof... whatever seems to be what the Lord lays on your hearts! ( My concern is the roof! we have enough to lay up 5400 bricks for walls... I'm told we need 6000 so we are close there... but then what? Sure would be nice to cover it up with a solid cement roof! Right!!!) But whatever the Lord burdens your hearts for is the right project for your group!

We also need your prayers ... I am concerned about getting all the supplies out on the bus? Renting a private vehicle sure would be a nice luxury..though not a necessity..we can always heave it up on top of the bus for that 30 hour ride!. We will have a wheel chair that doesn't collapse ( it is for Digri, one of the paraplegiacs - free! Did I tell you what a "God Thing" this is?), 3 suitcases, a knapsack, carry-ons, 30+ KG's of wool and several boxes of supplies we pick up in K-du! And maybe a kitchen sink! Oh and glass block if we can find it!

I want to take Diane to the Bhardia Forest Preserve and show her the elephant ride... tiger viewing season is all of March so a week into April we might could still see some! How to fit that into the transportation of all the saaman ( luggage) into the hills is part of the adventure! Please pray about that as well!

Meanwhile here in Port Orchard, WA ,I am also looking for someone who has some time to research water bed heaters... ideally solar, but will work with 110 if needed ... we would then need some good converters for 220 to 110 voltage unless we can find 220 V heaters... this would so improve the lives of Rama and Digri.( just think of the luxury... warm beds!!! something you and I regularly enjoy and take for granted.) The time to install them is when we switch them up to the new facility and have to drain their waterbeds anyway. This research could be online, calling or visiting a local waterbed store etc. I need to know what is out there and prices on obtaining something to keep them warm. If anyone in your circle has time this week to take this on and call me, I would so love it as I am feeling overwhelmed with all that is on my plate! If we can find out if they could be shipped to me to arrive by Monday the 1st or if there is a dealer in Silverdale, Tacoma or Seattle that would have whatever needed in stock...

So these are my biggest concerns. The rest is wish listed but not a necessity. Some of it involves local shopping/ goodwill purchases, dollar store buys for gifts for Pant (landlord's) kids etc.

Oh please also pray... 

1) I am trying to get the VW Jetta my daughter dropped off to me 3 years ago detailed and listed on Craig's list and sold. Went to vacuum the car and my vacuum ( a dyson and not supposed to loose suction! has no suction!) On top of that the car won't start! New Battery drained?  Or my inadequacy? Not a good sign! I need a fair- good price for it. ($4500?) 

and 

2) I took on painting a house for a friend in need so they can sell it! should have been done a month ago but my hip went out. I'm back on my game now. I am getting close to being done but it is significantly adding to my stress! One room in particular the wall paper removal is horrible... the stuff is on with rubber cement! I still have to get 2 - 1/2 walls stripped... slow even with the chemicals!

If you know any one who lives near Belfair or Allyn, WA please send them the attachment about our final fundraising event at Haven in Allyn this Friday 3/29/13. Please pray for a wonderful rain free day and that it will be a huge success!!!!  

Pray for  miracles! Expect them with me.

Well that is the scoop for now!

Dare to Care Prayer Needs Spring 2013

• God would prepare the hearts of those He has in mind for us to minister to and love on… that they would be receptive to His call on their lives.

• That we would be sensitive to His leading and voice. We want to be obedient, not trying out our own personal agendas.

• For Rama and Digri (the 2 paraplegic women) to be patient – they are SO excited to be in their new home… They want it yesterday!

• Pray for the new facility for them to be habitable by the end of our 8 weeks there! Retaining wall, foundation and pillars are up.

• Pray for all the right resources, funds and talent to raise the brick walls (50,000 bricks needed), put on a cement roof ($3000), put in windows (2 large and 3 small), find 5 doors ( pocket sliders would be great!), find glass blocks for extra light, put in electric and plumbing ( $2000 each? We need tradesmen for these!) and a full bath and kitchen! Pray for it all to come together in 8 weeks!

• Pray we can raise additional funds to build the retaining wall for phase 2: the educational and skill training center. This will help hold the mountain in its place so it won’t fall onto our existing construction.

• Safety for all concerned.

• Safe travel for us to and from Nepal and within the country. There are multiple dangers not just on the 30 hour bus ride from Kathmandu out west.

• On- going support for our established ministries. The radio programing takes $200/ month to maintain. The orphanage $300/month for the rent plus sponsorships for the 19 orphans,

Needs List for Spring 2013 Nepal Trip

Needs List for New Building

I covet your prayers and sure appreciate your on - going support and encouragement. We are looking for groups or individuals to sponsor us on the following for the new building needs for the paraplegic facility:

• 2 - picture windows 8’x4’ with side sliders@ $600 each
• 2 - small windows @ $150 each
• 12 pcs glass block @ $ 20 each
• 3 pocket doors 36 inch aluminum @$300 each
• 1 heavy outside door 36 in @ $350
• 1 toilet @ $100
• 1 bathroom sink @ $100
• 1 kitchen sink @ $ 150
• 1 sink faucet @ $75
• 1 large Kitchen sink faucet @$170
• 1 tap/ faucet for bathroom @ $100
• 1 shower head hand held @ $30
• 2 large metal kitchen cabinets @ $200 each
• tile for kitchen @ $150
• Counter for kitchen @ $150
• shelving for Para’s rooms@ $ 150 each installed
  Bricks 8/$1 for 50,000 +$6,250
• cement roof $3000
• lighting and electric $800
• Plumbing and pipe $750

If your church or small group or even an individual, would consider adopting a project of any size we would be so thrilled!

Other Ministry Needs List for Spring 2013 Trip:

• LED headlamp (1 )

• Small speakers for notebook laptop ( 2)

• Large block Gouda Cheese 1 from Cosco
• Games for orphans : Uno, Scrabble, boggle, Flinch, Meilebourne
• Jello Pudding pkgs : 3 each Chocolate and vanilla and pistachio
• Large bag of crannies from Cosco
• Small book on growing edible mushrooms for Pastor Prem
• Systematic Theology book for Pastor Prem
• Persons who can sew on buttons: to sew them on our purses by Saturday PM.3/16!

Spring 2013 Trip to Nepal

Hello Friends and family,

Just want to take a moment and thank each of you that have rallied behind us on the mission with Dare to Care over the last 9 years! It has always been such an encouragement to have you in our corner and so interested in what God is doing in the remote corner of the world, Nepal! So many of you have given generously and prayed faithfully and encouraged us to persevere.

Already many of you have written and asked " what does a window cost in Nepal" or "how can we help"? I have  put a list together of tangible items and our prayer needs so am including them as attachments. If you, your family,your small group, or your church could see your way to adopt a project of need we would be most grateful. And PLEASE adopt us as your favorite prayer concern for the next 2 months!

I am so excited to take my good friend, Diane Watrous with me this trip. She is the newly retired postmistress of the Southworth post office and has co - lead neighborhood Bible studies with me for the last 8 years. 

We will be leaving Port Orchard WA in April 3rd and arriving in Kathmandu on the 5th. We plan to take several days to get over our jet lag and shop for many of the supplies listed before heading for the hills. We are praying we can hire a private vehicle to cross the country in instead of doing the 30 hour bus ride. This is not because she couldn't hack the traumatic journey but partly cause we will have so much luggage and partly cause I want to take her to Bhardia, the National Forest Reserve  for an elephant ride and to try to see tigers! 

When we get up into the mountains and to Dadeldhura where the bulk of our ministry will take place, we anticipate supervising the remainder of the paraplegic building to go forward. The retaining wall is in. So are the pillars and foundation. We have had 30 bags of cement and 2 truck loads of sand delivered. We need to buy bricks 8/$1 and begin building the walls to the anticipated tune of 50,000 bricks Then comes the cement roof and plumbing, electrical, and windows and doors. 

Meanwhile Diane and I will be repainting the bakery and working with Rama and Digri, the 2 women paraplegics, on all kinds of knitting and crocheting designs for marketable products.

We are praying for the right plumber and electrician to surface and help us, ideally pro-bono. We have faith God will provide these skilled tradesman exactly at the right time. If you are these persons, have a passport and a month leave to come help us in the next 2 months, please let me know ASAP.

 We will help you raise the $3500 needed for the trip! Of course it will help if you have some or most of it yourself... but we will pray the balance. Remember Our Lord has infinite resources!

We are looking to put a team together for October to go over and assist with remaining needs and challenges.  If  God has been pulling at your heart strings to go... obey and start now preparing with all of the above ( passport, funds, time off,  etc.)

On a personal note, Hospice is allowing me to change my status to "per Diem" and have a job to return to. PTL

Another praise! God provided a free Special reclining wheelchair for Digri, the para that has not been out of bed but about 3 times in the last 16 years! This will sooo change her life enabling her to get out of her bed and her room and expand her life in unimaginable ways! She will be soooo excited! It is a surprise so those of you in Dadeldhura please help keep the secret.  We pick up the wheel chair this next week. God has been so amazing... the lady that donated it, runs a nursing home in Allyn ( 30 - 40 minutes from here) and happened into a shop in Allyn ( Wild Rose of Allyn) where they help market our girls/ students wares and immediately arranged for me to come share about Dare to Care and show their products! 

 

SO you are all also invited, if you are in the area, from 3PM - 7 PM on Good Friday 3/29/13. She is inviting the whole community, preparing what she called "Hard Hordourves" and I am providing Tibetan Tea and beverages. There will be 2 presentations at 3 and 6 pm and mad shopping opportunities in between! We will also raffle off a gorgeous hand beaded / sequined tapestry. So bring your friends!

Yesterday I had a chance to share with 100 homeschoolers at Christ the Rock church in Port Orchard, WA. What a neat experience. They had all the children write me a note of encouragement or draw me a picture... what a gift! it moved me to tears! And the sweet generosity of their concern and response was amazing. One little boy ran up with $10 and said "here's for 80 bricks!" 2 other little kindergartner girls brought me 12 cents each for "their bricks!" It was all I could do not to melt into tears!  They ( this home school group) collectively have started our brick drive and purchased the first 2,952 bricks!!!! Isn't that great!

Perhaps this gives you ideas of a way your club or community could help us make a Kingdom difference in the lives of impoverished women and children in Nepal! If you have a creative idea or just want to pledge for a project off the attached list call me at 630 - 272- 0512 or email me really soon. We only have 3 weeks till departure though fundraising ideas of course can be implemented and on-going while I am there in the field doing the hands on implementation of your generosity!

Please let me know if your school, church or club could have me come share the vision of the mission with your friends! I will work them into my schedule! 

Thanks again for watching my back as we go to serve again!

For His Glory and Praise,

Dawn Didi