Friday, December 8, 2017

Eno Ministry October - November Report




Eno Family Mission Report



Project Update and Your help is needed


I have been contemplating what to share with you regarding October and November.  What have we done?  what has been accomplished?  Do we share the good only or the bad and the terrible also?  We have had so many things happen  I'm not even sure I can relate it all.  We have had some joyous times, like having the family in the picture above join us for a short time here in Bethany, some sad times, some trying times where the fire felt like it was burning us.  The only way I can really describe the last two months is this:  It has changed our lives, we know for the better, we pray for the long term and we hope for our influence over our children's lives.  Chris and I have been talking and discussing the end, when Jesus will return and what is coming as we can see and we know the world is not going to get better.  Questions are being presented to us, our beliefs are slowly being challenged.  We both are digging into the word of God but can't learn fast enough.  We struggle against our duties both to our children and to our ministry.  I think if we could find the time, we would be reading and studying the scripture constantly.  We look around our home at the unfinished projects and just wonder how it will get all done when we have no help.  The bathroom, the kitchen, a cement pad under the house, the yard, a garden, two broken planes, a hanger and taxi way to pave, an airstrip to resurface and our desire to speak with, spend time with and minister to the community we are living in.  How do we get it all done and fast?  How do we accomplish this without any transportation of any kind (except the wheel barrow Chris has been pushing groceries and other supplies in)?  How do we do this as just one family?  Where does our family life and our children's salvation and education fall into all of this?   This is just the top of the pile of things we have been struggling with over the last two months.  Of course, Chris spent all of October in Africa while the kids and I learned about surviving in the jungle mostly on our own.  I guess the phrase, "This is Guyana."  is becoming a reality in many ways.  We, as one family, are just not enough to complete this project.  We, as one family, just do not have all the financial means necessary to complete this project.  We, as a family, are wearing out.  Please we ask each of you to add us to your prayer list.  Let's band together over this project.  Let's band together and ask God to provide the finances, the resources, the hands and the strength to keep moving forward with this project.  This is God's project... Right?  So let's all ask him for the resources needed to complete it in quick manner.  We know time is running out.  Jesus will be here soon, and there are plenty of people who need to know that God loves them and that He wants them in heaven with all the rest of us.  We thank you today for joining us in this way.
 

Project: House completion

The Porch is DONE!!!  ok it is not totally complete as our contractor still needs to return to put the roof on the water tower and the back steps.  However, it is now safe for the kids to run up and down both sets of steps and around the entire deck and it feels like we have so much more room to live in.

                                     
                             
                            The Kids helping their dad finish the Porch on this very HOT day!

We have been reviewing and praying about our finances and how God's money is being spent.  We are trying to save money where we can and plan for the future to make time and money more efficient.  With that being said:

We purchased a freezer.  Chris did quite a bit of research to get the best available for the best price and wow did he find a very large one. All the reviews that he read said that this brand will only freeze the bottom but the top will stay cool but not freeze.  So we bought it in hopes for it to be dual purpose.  Fridge and freezer.  Unfortunately this freezer is way too efficient and so is thus only good for Freezing EVERYTHING!  So now we have to purchase a fridge.  Please pray about this need as it will save us money in our food budget instead of throwing spoiled food away we will get to eat everything we purchase. And it will save time since we can make large batches of food to be simply reheated later, rather than cooking for an hour or two for each meal.

Refrigerator:  Need: $1500       Have: $0
Solar batteries:     Need: $2000    Have: $0         

The Bathroom and Kitchen have not been completed or moved forward past design plans.  Chris has done some research on materials and we are still waiting to see about some wood.  The other problem is we are running out of time.  David Gates our director is scheduled to return to Guyana soon and with him will come the necessity for Chris to leave and fix the airplanes that are in the interior.  He will also begin his flight training.  So while we wait to get the materials needed for these two projects we ask for your prayers regarding the finances.

Kitchen cupboards and shelves:   Need: $500    Have: $0
Bathroom completion:   Need: $500    Have: $0

Transportation needs

Transportation is another area that we find we are spending a lot of money on.  Just for Chris to go out to the coast to get food it costs around $50 per trip.  So having to do that 4 to 6 times a month costs up to $300 for just transportation not including the food costs of up to $400-500/mo.  The freezer is going to help us cut down on the food costs but our transportation is still really high.  The other issue is that we have no transportation at all to move food the 2 miles (one way) from the creek landing up to our home.  We have no ATV, no motorcycle, no vehicle whatsoever.  At this time we are having to pay different locals to bring our food up to our house or Chris pushes the wheel barrow up the sandy road.  The lack of transportation at our home is also limiting Crystal from helping people in Bethany village which is 2 miles away.  And the 1.5 miles (one way) to the church on Sabbath is grueling on a hot day especially for the children and we just stay home on the rainy days.  We tend to just say this is life here.  We are now seeing the NEED for transportation for the airstrip.  Here is what we have figured.  Having our own boat would save us 1/4 the cost of transportation when getting food or any type of building supplies etc.  If we could also get a vehicle for the coast that would save another half the price.  Thus we would reduce our costs for going to the coast by 3/4.  We also are in need of either an ATV or a 4x4 truck due to the sandy soil that we have here.  This transport would allow Crystal to do Physical Therapy in the village, allow us to get to church any day of the week and it would reduce our need for others to transport our food and other belongings to the landing thus saving more.  Please pray with us for these needs to be met.

ATV or 4x4 Truck: Need: $10,000   Have: $0
Boat:  Need: $5000   Have: $0
Boat Engine:   Need: $3000   Have: $0



To all who gave toward this wheel barrow THANK YOU!  Without your generous contribution it would make getting our produce and other supplies from the landing at Bethany up to our house (2 miles away) more difficult and taxing.

Project: Hanger floor, Parking Pad and Taxi way

We have been very blessed by some very generous donors in the last couple of months toward this project but we have not even received half the amount needed to move forward with this project.  We have bought a few of the supplies to pour the hanger floor but that is just the tip of the iceberg.  There is still a lot of work to prepare the hanger for the cement floor to be poured.  This is where we need more help!  More man power!  We could hire some of the locals to help, but the money is not there at this time.  Chris is just one man, with two hands.  He is needed in so many places it is over whelming.  We are asking for your prayers for God to provide financing and more people to help.  This project we would like to complete before we return to the states in February.  Thank you for your prayers.

Hanger Floor, Parking Pad and Taxi Way total:    Need: $14,200    Have: $5000


Project: Runway Resurfacing

The runway is needing a total new surface on it.  Over the years the loam has washed into the sand and now there are holes and soft spots throughout the strip.  This is a hazard for the planes as they fly in and out.  As we have already seen with one plane that is currently in the interior waiting for an engine, a soft airstrip and a heavy plane do not mix.  This plane hit a soft spot, the tire sunk in and the propeller hit a rock.  The engine had to be flown to the US, for a total teardown and rebuild to make sure all the parts were in good condition and a new propeller was purchased.  This all cost a total of $14,500 just for the repairs, not including transporting it and such.  As you can see, this soft sand is dangerous and needs to be fixed.  We have received some funds but need a bit more. Thank you to those who have donated. Please pray with us for Gods further provisions.

Runway resurfacing:       Need: $4,100     Have: $1000          

We Need YOUR Help!

I know this is a long update.  Thank you for reading through it.  We need your help.  Not only for your prayers but we are looking for some faithful workers who may have some time this January that could come and help us do some of the work.  We are also looking to host a mission trip or two in the summer time (July/August/September) to help us get more projects completed.  Are you interested?  Has God spoken to your heart to come visit us and move his work forward?
Email us: enoministries@gmail.com and let's start talking about how you can be of use here in Guyana. 

Thank You!

We understand time away from work to come help us may not be possible, if you hear God asking you to share financially please see the donation information at the bottom of the update on how to give.  Please make a note on any donation the project you are giving to so we can use those funds appropriately.

Thank you to those who are helping us complete the flight base via your financial support.

Thank you for being part of the Bethany Flight Base mission project.  May God richly bless you in all your daily work.
Chris, Crystal, Corey, & Cara Eno
 

Bethany Flight Base Project Needs
Housing Needs
Refrigerator: Need: $1500  Have: $0
Kitchen completion: Need: $500    Have: $0
Bathroom completion: Need: $500  Have: $0
Solar batteries: Need: $2000  Have: $0       
Total Needed - $3500

Transportation
ATV or 4x4 Truck:  Need: $10,000   Have: $0
Boat: Need: $5000   Have: $0
Boat Engine: Need: $3000   Have: $0
Total Needed - $18,000

Hanger Floor Parking Pad and Taxi Way total 
Total Needed - $14,200   Have: $5000

Airstrip Resurfacing
Total Needed - $4,100   Have: $1000

Total Needed: $40,800                Have to Date: $6000

THANK YOU!

Chris and Crystal Eno along with their two children, Corey and Cara are volunteer missionaries in Guyana, South America.

Chris is an pilot/mechanic and Crystal is a Physical Therapist working in the Interior of Guyana to bring the knowledge and love of Christ to the people there.

To read their story, click here.

Contact them
Guyana Mailing Address:
c/o Guyana Adventist Ministries and Services
Po Box 101570, Georgetown, Guyana
US Mailing Address:
424 SE 8th St
College Place, Wa 99324

Eno Family Blog

Our Email

GAMAS Website

Facebook

This project is funded entirely by donations. If you would like to support a part of our mission, we accept tax-deductible donations through Gospel Ministries International, Inc.

Donations can be given through these methods:
1. Write a Check to Gospel Ministries International and mail to:
Gospel Ministries International, P.O. Box 506, Collegedale, TN 37315
2. Via PayPal (timt@gospelministry.org)
(please send it as a friend to save the 3% paypal fee)

Please include a note on all donations stating "Guyana Eno Ministries."

Click the Link below to visit the "Donate" page of our website for other ways of donating.

PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!

100% of your donations go directly to our project.
Thank you for joining with us in this mission!

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Changes are in the Air!




Eno Family Mission Report



Changes are in the air!


Good or bad the changes that are happening will affect us all.  Earlier in the summer we received a message from our head pilot that he and his family were retiring from overseas missions and would be returning to the USA later in the summer.

So where did that leave our mission?  Well we were left without a pilot to train the new pilots, and only by the miracle of God was David Gates able to purchase the plane that belonged to our head pilot.  We have three planes here in Guyana still but only one is flying currently.

Our biggest question for the project was who will be the next leader.  James, our previous head pilot, was doing everything.  So we are now left without anyone to do administrative work.

God always has his ways and he has provided again.  So here is what is happening:

1. David Gates has returned to Guyana for a time to help get the program up and running and to train in the new pilots so they may fly here. He was the missionary who started GAMAS in the first place.

2. Our Interim Director, Richard Lawrence, will be leaving here, by God's good grace, within the next month. There is another missionary here that was working out at one of our schools who has agreed to step into the position of administrative work and is currently learning the ropes.

3. The pilots have been teamed up to fly together until everyone is proficient in the country.  So Chris and Edwin Davidson will fly together once Chris is checked out.  This should happen as soon as funding comes in and Chris returns from Africa in November.  Daniel Baquero and Lincoln Gomez will be flying together and basing out in Paruima where our secondary school is located.   Daniel is currently in the process of being checked out.  Please be praying for this process, the finances for all of this and the Pilots' safety.

4. We are still basing here in Bethany and with the other pilot family coming we will be in need of building a second home here.  We are also needing to finish our home, the hanger and resurfacing of the airstrip.

5.  Our Biggest need here is help.  Chris and I are overwhelmed with the work that is needing to be done here.  Please be praying with us and sharing the message with others.  We are looking for another family to join us permanently here in Bethany.  If your heart is stirred or someone whom you know who may like to come, please have them contact us via email: enoministries@gmail.com and we would be glad to speak.  If you are interested in coming down for a short time to help with the work here, contact us also we welcome all who would like to help, to come.

Progress on the house:

Over the last week, we have been able to finish the system to get water pumped from the spring to the water tower and now we have water flowing to the kitchen faucet.  The spring we are connected to is over flowing with water, even more then it was when we put our barrel in, so there is plenty of water to pump.  God is so GOOD!

Upcoming work:

Next we intend to finish the bathroom and then the kitchen and porch before focusing our attentions on the hanger and runway.  Which will be interrupted by the maintenance and annual inspections of both planes which are currently broken in the interior of Guyana.  Please keep your prayers coming for Chris.  He is a lone ranger here trying to maintain all these planes.  He is trying his hardest but there is only so much time in the day to work.

May God come quickly so we may rest from this weary world.

Many Blessings
The Eno Family.
 

Thank You!
Thank you to those who are helping us complete the flight base via your financial support.  Soon we will be done and ready for full use. Continue to be apart of the mission by funding a piece of the project.

Chris and Crystal Eno along with their two children, Corey and Cara are volunteer missionaries in Guyana, South America.

Chris is an pilot/mechanic and Crystal is a Physical Therapist working in the Interior of Guyana to bring the knowledge and love of Christ to the people there.

To read their story, click here.

Contact them
Guyana Mailing Address:
c/o Guyana Adventist Ministries and Services
Po Box 101570, Georgetown, Guyana
US Mailing Address:
424 SE 8th St
College Place, Wa 99324

Eno Family Blog

Our Email

GAMAS Website

Facebook

This project is funded entirely by donations. If you would like to support a part of our mission, we accept tax-deductible donations through Gospel Ministries International, Inc.

Donations can be given through these methods:
1. Write a Check to Gospel Ministries International and mail to:
Gospel Ministries International, P.O. Box 506, Collegedale, TN 37315
2. Via PayPal (timt@gospelministry.org)
(please send it as a friend to save the 3% paypal fee)

Please include a note on all donations stating "Guyana Eno Ministries."

Click the Link below to visit the "Donate" page of our website for other ways of donating.

PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!

100% of your donations go directly to our project.
Thank you for joining with us in this mission!

Friday, August 18, 2017

Summer Travels 




Eno Family Mission Report



Eno Family Summer Travels 

It has been a very long summer for our family.  We haven't sent out many updates this summer due to the changes we had in our schedule making us busier than planned.

In this update we will share with you about our US travels.  In the following update, hopefully in a week or two, I will let you know about the changes coming to our ministry in Guyana.

 

Here are some highlights from our travels so far:


* We have traveled in our van over 5000 miles so far.

* We shared about the progress and future of our ministry at: 1 vespers, 1 sabbath afternoon meeting and 4 church services. One of our presentations was recorded and you can view it here (Bellingham SDA Church).

* We shared our ministry at 2 camp meetings where we had a ministry booth.  We enjoyed our time meeting new people, making new friends and strengthening old friendships.          

                        New Friends Made at Soquel Campmeeting!

                                          
         Corey & Cara with new friends Adon and Angelina          Prayers Supporters: Raul & Leticia

                                                 
           Abigail and her kids camped just two tents down from us.  They were a delight to get to know.

* We were able to take a little family time and visited 6 National Parks and we hope to add 2 more this summer.
                         
                         The Mountains are calling and I must go!
                                                                   John Muir

                     
                                        What a beautiful Sight.  Olympic National Park

                     

                                                   Half Dome.  Yosemite National Park

               

                                                         Crater Lake National Park

* We visited with many old friends, made new friends and visited too many family members to count. All who are spread between the Midwest and the west coast. We even were able to have a mini Eno Family Reunion with our immediate Family!
Fun with Friends

                    
              Brani, Shari, Jeston & Keaton Byers                 Ryan, Erin, Bradley and Cassey Wilson

 
Eno Family Reunion 2017

    
                    Eno Family Photo                                    The Grand kids really enjoyed their time together

* Our family stopped at the Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) headquarters near Boise, ID.  The main reason for our stop there is to show the kids the air frame of the plane Nate Saint flew in Ecuador when he was killed by an unreached people group they were trying to reach.  We read the book about him on our travels between Kansas and Idaho and decided to stop and bring it more to life.  We were blessed to get a tour of their facility as well and hear how their missionaries are helping out in the interiors of many countries. To read more of Nate Saint's story read: "Jungle Pilot" or for little kids  "Nate Saint".

                        
         Photo Credit: MAF.  Click on the picture to read more about Nate Saint and MAF history.

To Africa Again
As you can see the summer has been very busy.  In June, we had a turn of events.  Chris received an email from the National Park he works for in Africa.  The pilot who was covering for the main pilot there experienced a hard landing and broke the firewall in the plane.  In essence, the plane is grounded and is not safe to fly.  Chris quickly got parts together and flew there only to find out that there was more damage than reported.  He spent three weeks fixing what he could and then returned back to us with the intent to go back again for another 3 weeks to finish the plane and get it flying.  We ask for your prayers in this matter as it would be best for him to go while Crystal and the kids are in the states, however we are still waiting for Cessna to fabricate a new firewall for the plane.  We would like this to be done soon so this project can be put behind us and Chris can again focus on Guyana.

Final Travel Plans
We have spent a lot of time with our family both in Washington and Minnesota.  We do have a few more people to visit in Georgia, Kentucky and Tennesse with a wedding to attend in September.  So please keep our final travels in your prayers.


A rare family Photo.  We LOVE the Mountains!

God is working in our ministry.  At times we question whether we are walking in his will or our own but he continues to guide us even when we get off the path.  We love that he never leaves us nor forsakes us but gently guides our thoughts and our steps as we continue to run to him and give him our allegiance.  Our prayer for is that you will find him just as dear of a father, friend and mentor as we have.

Our summer has been full and since leaving Guyana in May, there have been several significant changes in our ministry.  Stay tuned for another report to hear about the changes  and possibly how you can help us meet the needs of the people in Guyana.

Thank you all for loving us and supporting us with your friendship, your encouraging words, your finances and most importantly with your prayers. When you speak to God on our behalf, we feel those blessings and feel inspired to continue forward.

May God go before you in all that you do.
Love
Chris, Crystal, Corey and Cara.


Chris and Crystal Eno along with their two children, Corey and Cara are volunteer missionaries in Guyana, South America.

Chris is an pilot/mechanic and Crystal is a Physical Therapist both working in the Interior of Guyana to bring the knowledge and love of Christ to the people there.

To read their story, click here.

Contact them
Guyana Mailing Address:
c/o Guyana Adventist Ministries and Services
Po Box 101570, Georgetown, Guyana

US Mailing Address:
424 SE 8th St
College Place, Wa 99324


Our Email

GAMAS Website

Facebook

This project is funded entirely by donations. If you would like to support a part of our mission, we accept tax-deductible donations through Gospel Ministries International, Inc.

Donations can be given through these methods:
1. Write a Check to Gospel Ministries International and mail to:
Gospel Ministries International, P.O. Box 506, Collegedale, TN 37315
2. Via PayPal (timt@gospelministry.org)
(please send it as a friend to save the 3% paypal fee)

Please include a note on all donations stating "Guyana Eno Ministries."

Click the Link below to visit the "Donate" page of our website for other ways of donating.

PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!

100% of your donations go directly to our project.
Thank you for joining with us in this mission!