Richard & Sandra van Dillen

Richard & Sandra van Dillen             HOLLAND           14 December, 2010

                                                              PRAISES

1.1. Last night I was able to share the gospel again with my Hindu neighbor and good friend, Soenita. After she read the evangelistic Dutch Christmas card that Richard made, I read it to her again and asked her questions. I asked her why God became a man and came to the earth and lived a short life and was crucified. She told me that Jesus came to the earth the first Christmas to save us from our sins. I asked her if she understood that we were all sinners. She said yes, but she still doesn’t understand why she needs to accept Jesus as her personal Savior and why He alone is God. She feels she can remain a Hindu and worship her Hindu gods and Jesus at the same time.

2.2. On 16 December we will be celebrating our 27th wedding anniversary. We praise the Lord for the happiness He has blessed us with, our 4 healthy, good-looking PD's and our lovely daughter-in-law, Amber. (We make no claim to be unbiased as parents.

3 3. Peter Daniel broke his middle toe break dancing, but he taped it up and is still able to dance. Pray for quick healing!

 

                                                                    PRAYER

1. 1.   Please continue to pray for Soenita to be able to understand her need for Jesus and that He is the ONLY God.

2. 2.     After Perry-David & Amber’s wedding we were awarded 4 Delta tickets for giving up our airplane seats and staying overnight for free in a nice hotel with a complementary breakfast buffet in Ohio. Over six months ago we used the vouchers (just before they expired) and made the reservations for Patrice Danielle & Paul-Duffy to fly to Holland for this Christmas. We took  the cheapest flight from San Diego we could get. We set up Paul-Duffy to fly to Holland on our 27^th wedding anniversary, 16 December. Patrice Danielle , Perry-David, & Amber are flying out on 17 December. We need urgent prayer that Paul-Duffy’s German professor will allow him to take his German final early since it is scheduled for the same time he will be flying. Paul-Duffy has a good relationship with her. She likes him since he is a European and doesn't speak German with an American accent. He also understands the European culture since he was born and raised in Holland. I called Delta in Holland and just as it was in June, all of the cheap seats on 17 December have already been sold. If Paul-Duffy is allowed to take his German final today or tomorrow we will not have to pay the high price to change his cheap ticket to a more expensive ticket on 17 December.

3.   3. Patrice Danielle has been working very hard on her final papers. She called last night and could not sleep, because her shoulder and arm which she injured l3 months ago during her bike accident in El Cajon, CA were all of a sudden causing her extreme pain.  We prayed for her and she was finally able to sleep. Please pray she can finish 5 papers and take her exams for her final grades.  Please also pray that the LORD would heal her shoulder and arm!