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Hello Friends,

Thanks for taking a few moments to read our brief update. Read on to find out about shelled, numb, stiff and dry. God bless you!


One big project has taken another step forward. In early December I ordered a custom built camper shell for Martha's 4x4. It arrived and I built a crate for shipping it to Honduras. That little beauty rides the waves now, soon to be riding the bed of her truck. After I add a couple of nice bench seats, Martha will be set with her 11 passenger (and sometimes more) any road people mover. Hopefully we'll have a finished project photo for you in the next update. Thanks to God for moving this along!

How dry I am, how wet I'll be... Our house in Honduras has been without water since before the end of the year. Graders doing road work contributed to broken water lines but the dry season and too many people wanting too little water are the main issue. That and we are the last house at the end of a long line. And only getting water turned on for our neighborhood once every 6 days, and just part of that day does not help. Yeah, how dry we are. Never wonder why so many caravaners are desperate to come to the USA. Martha finally got enough water to pressure up the house, thanks to God. And then she woke to hearing running water. She got out of bed thinking she needed to turn off a faucet and stepped into water, from a broken bathroom line. The house was flooded! She saved what she could in buckets and got the rest out the doors. The main loss are some Bibles, as the water went into our store room. What extremes in our water adventures.

You might be wondering why Martha dealt with the water, not me. I'm stuck in the states waiting for a facial nerve conductivity study. For about 1 1/2 years, much of my face has been numb. It started one day and has spread, and one of my toes went numb the same day. I've also lost most of my senses of taste and smell along with some other small issues. Various doctors have not been able to determine the cause. The heart surgery was supposed to stop this sort of thing but this started before that, and the progression is baffling. The overwhelming consensus from 4 doctor friends is this can't be ignored, so we are eliminating possibilities one by one. On the bright side, a different study showed my cognitive abilities, memory, etc are well above average so I'm still here! Please pray the doctor I see next week can figure this out. Thanks!


Thanks to each of you of who support this work with your prayers and financial support. If you would like join with us in making disciples by participating financially, just click this link to JOYFULLY DONATE online or mail a check to the address below. Thanks again and may God continue to bless you!

Mike & Martha Rudd

Good Word Ministry
200 South Oakridge Drive
Suite 101, Box 133
Hudson Oaks, TX 76087