Prayer Needed for Puerto Rico

Maranatha Baptist Church in Puerto Rico is going through a very difficult time. They need about $45,000 to complete their new building enough for an occupancy permit. Missionary Billy Aulds has been the principal of the school for a number of years but recently has had to handle the duties of both the school and the church, as interim pastor. Brother Aulds was walking from his home to the church when a 60 ton crane tire rolled off the back of a truck and struck him pushing him into a 3-foot cement barrier. He broke 3 ribs (one of which punctured his lung) and had 7 stitches in the back of his head and 3 stitches above his right eye. There were also a lot of cuts and bruises. The worst injury is to his head where he sustained several contusions on and in his brain. He was in a coma for some weeks and had to be in ICU for about 6 weeks.

As of Nov. 23, he improved to the place where he was able to recognize his wife and family. It will probably be a long, slow road to complete recovery and much prayer is still needed.

Last year a Puerto Rican family had their daughter in Maranatha Baptist Academy and all seemed to be going well. This year the parents withdrew their daughter from the school although as far as the school knew there was no real problem with the student. However this past September the school received a lawsuit subpoena for $300,000 for expelling the girl unjustly (though the girl was not expelled). The court cost will be $1,000s.