Ray Family Update from July 2019

July was expected to be a time of regrouping before our regular schedules of outreach, prayer meetings, and Bible Institute resume in August; however, it was not quite as expected. Instead, one of my wife’s sisters, who had been losing a battle with diabetes for years, fell increasingly worse in the month of July before going home to be with the Lord last week. My wife and her sisters were the primary caregivers and the loss has taken its toll on their family. I cannot fathom where they would be emotionally if they did not have God’s promise of a reunion and of the departed sister’s immediate improvement when she entered the presence of God.

In addition to our family trying to pitch in to handle more of the domestic duties so that my wife could attend unto her sister, we also began efforts to repair and improve our YouTube channel. This may not seem like much of a task, but there are nearly 1,500 videos that all have to be edited, one by one, with new videos added daily. I am projecting that this will take a minimum of one year, but two years is far more likely. Needless to say, we are more than a little weary. Thankfully, in God’s perfect timing, without having known how any of this would transpire in July, we had already scheduled a vacation for this next week. As carnal as this may sound, please pray that God would give us the necessary rest and recovery so that we can return with zeal and strength to do His work.