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Carmi and I are really doing good in our marriage. We had some very rough times (which God has used to mold and shape us), but we have gotten through them.

We really have fun being together even though because of ministry, we can feel very drained at times.

We are not only helping ML, but we are now helping her daughter, AK. Her daughter is a call girl who has a 'husband' who is her pimp. When we first met her, her 'husband' had beaten her with a golf club. She left him, but went back to him a week later.

Two nights ago she tried to commit suicide by slamming into a break barrier on the freeway. She did not break anything, but she has contusions, major bruises, messed up back, broken rib, and in horrific pain. When the 'husband' picked her up from the hospital he drove her around in the car for hours hitting every bump on the road and swerving the car around. In the last two days since the accident she has gone out on 4 calls.

She finally decided to leave the pimp. She had us pick her up from the house and we took her to prayer and the hospital. She has someone safe to live with for now. We are praying she will never go back to the 'husband'. She actually IS married to someone else, but separated. We met her true husband today.

It has been a very long day. We started picking people up for church at 8:15am and just got home at 9:30pm. Still have work obligations to do. It is very hard at times to be a volunteer minister and to earn an income when you are self-employed. But at least I can be available when needed.

We have been very busy in helping ML to keep her sobriety and to continue serving the Lord.

With Carmi working full-time (which is good in the sense of finances because I have less time to earn an income), I am thankful for Terry, one of our disciples. He has really stepped up in his growth in the Lord, and being submitted to our leadership.