That is right $4.78 a gallon. Aug 20 2006 

These are on sale, 6 pack. NOT a 12 pack. 

I need to share with you.

Well I came a back from Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. (vacation), now I need to look into the future. I have signed up to stay here until Dec. 2006. Maybe even longer, if that is what He wants. You all can relate to how the money thing works. I need to explain to you all about the cost of living over here is. The picture you see above is filling up my gas tank here. The price of gas has gone from $4.35 to $4.78 in the last two weeks. It took $61.41 to fill my tank on the truck that I brought from Ft. Laud. If you want to read about how and the cost, you can go back in my blog. The date is March 27, 2006, The next picture is price of a 1 six packs of Pepsi, on sale, (that s not a 12 pack). Here are a couple more items that I buy over here, gallon of milk $6.50 and up. A pound of bananas go for $.99 to $1.39, large jar of peanut butter $8.85. The item that I get from City Market are priced for Florida, chips $1.99, I pay $3.99 for the same bag.
Okay that is about the cost of food and gas. Now the electric, (kilowatt hour). In Florida go for $.09, around here it goes for $.27 to $.35. Which you can see there is a big difference. So at this time I have air conditioner, (bedroom) which I have a timer on it and I run it 1 hour while I am falling a sleep.
Okay the reason I am letting you all know this is. Paul let his churches know the hard ships and how he needed some help with his ministry. The Scriptures are 2 Corinthians 6:3 We try to live in such a way that no one will be hindered from finding the Lord by the way we act and so no one can find fault with our ministry of God. Then 2 Corinthians 8:3, 9:1-2. The book of Philippians is one of my favorite. Chapter 1: 3-11, (6) And I am sure that God who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus cones back again.
So guys and s it is so good to be part of a team here that just wants to share the Word and love on these people here. Plus I have a chance to be used for all the missionaries that come over and stay at our ALC Camp. I just want to say thank you again for taking the time to read this and I pray that He has tugged on your heart a little. Bye for now, Tom, Phil 4:13
If you have any questions about the work that we are doing over here. Please check out our web page. alcbahamas.org Then if you feel lead to help me out, make your checks out to Adventure Learning Centre in care of Tom Schafer. Drop them in the Calvary boxes or drop them off at the main office. If you are not part of Calvary Ft. Lauderdale. Please contact me and I can tell you what to do. My e mail address is toms@alcbahamas.org
Thank you again.

Getting back in STEP



Well everyone, I went back to Florida for a couple of weeks. This is funny, every time I go back, the world over there has kept running and running. Even running faster that before. Calvary Fort Lauderdale has expanded again. Not just the people now of 680 staff, plus Pastors of 24. They have another church now in Plantation Florida. This is called a satellite church. There is a Wednesday night teaching and twice on, Sunday. I was told there is about a 1000 people going there now. Next time I get back there, it will have grown even more. Our Lord is doing some amazing things over there.

Now here He has been doing a lot of work too. For the past month there has been groups coming over from Calvary, to work. The first one came and put in 400 flowers and 10 palm trees. The next group started putting in, air condition duct work and ran the electric up stairs in the barn, my old apartment. Number 3 group knocked down a wall between the ALC kitchen and storeroom. Plus they started putting up the studs in the barn. Now the group that is here, now, their plan is to have the all the studs and drywall up by this Sunday night. Plus they are digging a trench for the new sink and drain for the kitchen. That slab is about 6” deep and they have been cutting and hammering away so they can run the pumping for that. Now meanwhile the girls have been painting and building desk (kits) for the staff here. It just has been a crazy and busy and even a neat time even over here in the Bahamas. The next time I log in I will tell you about my trip. Bye for now Tom, Phil 4:13