The Lord has brought a provision to the Benin Transmitting Station (BTS) that has come through a very unexpected channel. We have been praying for years for an administrative assistant and the Lord has brought us one.
Thuy, whom Donna and I have know for the past year, is a Peace Corps Volunteer who needed a change of post as her pervious post was unacceptable to both her and Peace Corps. Thuy has her PhD in Higher Education Administration. She is Vietnamese, grew up in Vietnam in the French educational system and completed high school in France; hence her French is beautiful.
Thuy and her husband wanted to do missionary work outside of the USA and to this end were preparing for missionary service when her husband became ill and eventually died. After the death of Thuy’s husband, Thuy pursued a number of different service options but finally ended up with Peace Corps for a number of various reasons. (Hence Thuy is not your typical Peace Corps Volunteer.)
Given Thuy’s experience and the need for her post to be changed, BTS pursued the possibility of Thuy joining the BTS team and were able to secure her placement with BTS for one year.
In addition to Thuy, Devin, a recent college graduate in Mechanical Engineering has been able to work with BTS the last couple of months. Devin has been a tremendous help to my colleague Garth with the construction of the new houses and other projects at site. The only bad thing about Devin is that he was on loan to us from another mission organization in Côte d’Ivoire and we have to return him.
Pray for Devin as he returns to Côte d’Ivoire and completes his service there before returning to the USA. Pray for Thuy as she adjusts to TWR and settles into her position.
Picture of Devin, Paul, Donna and Thuy
Devin, Paul, Donna and Thuy