Last Day at the Beach

Today was our last day here. Funny, we only went to the beach one day for about one half hour. We have been so busy this time. This morning we had to clean the place and do laundry, but in the afternoon we went over to the town where the church is located to meet with the couple who is going to work in our town. They are from Honduras and have been married for 24 years. They have only one son who is married and have their first grandbaby, only 10 days old. We just met and got to know each other and spend some time in prayer. This couple will start a different Bible study than Robby, but all four of them will work together to develop a nucleus or "cell" in town. We were happy to know that they have e-mail.

After that, we drove back to our place and met one of the women who work in the office here. She is seeking, but still describes herself as Catholic. We had a very nice evening. We had dinner at a nice restaurant where you go and choose the cut of meat you want. Then they'll B-B-Q it right there. There is a choice of green salad, vegetables, baked potato, potato salad, or all of the above, plus bread. The meal was delicious. We also spent time getting to know each other. She is a very nice person. We really did not push religion tonight because we want to become friends first. She knows what we are about because she attended our event Saturday night.

We go back home tomorrow. Please pray for or these people and our little town. May the light of the Lord shine bright in their lives!

English Club

We had fun today! Since we were only going to be here for one English class, we decided to bring presents, and have a party. We got T-shirts for everybody, including our adult helpers. We had big suckers (spelling?), soccer balls, and other presents for everybody. Here are some pictures.

This is the entire group with our brand-new T-shirts.

They loved their suckers!

This is the Town Council. They were meeting at the same time as our club, since we had suckers left over, we gave them to them. This is the group that grants us permission to use the Town Hall. None of them is saved. They let us use it because they see that we are doing something positive for the community, including bringing Christian movies.

Our friend, Robby, was there also. We wanted him to see the Club, and get acquainted with the people. He is going to start a men's Bible study on Monday in the house of Gabriel, a single man who is a Christian. Please pray for him and his wife. They are the newlywed couple that I have mentioned before. Robby's wife's name is Natalie, and she is from Costa Rica. Robby is American, but his father is from India. His father teaches at Dallas Theological Seminary. Natalie is a nutritionist.

Tomorrow is our last day here. We are going out to dinner with a single woman who works here and who is seeking. More about her tomorrow. Keep praying!

Friendships

Yesterday we visited friends in town, a young couple and their four-year-old son. This is the couple that we can e-mail because she works in an office here in the compound. They are our link to ask permission to use the town hall. We had some Christmas presents for them, things that they have mentioned, for example, "The Club" for their car, Exedrin (not sold here), two copies of the Christian movie we showed last time for some memebers of their family, jewelry for her and an electric train for their little boy. Randal, the husband, helped John with new weather stripping for our car because the car was leaking when it rained. He did a great job. We stayed at their home for a couple of hours, and set up a time to go out to dinner tomorrow night.

In the late afternoon we went to visit an American couple who lives here. They invited us to watch the sunset because their condo faces the beach, and we stayed for dinner. This couple is seeking, but confused. They listen to Pastor Gabriel Otero live every Sunday over the Internet. http://bethelmorganhill.org/listen.htm We had a lively conversation; somehow we got on homosexuality. Our point is that the Lord loves the sinner, but hates the sin. We even read Romans 1 to them, since their Bible was handy. He wants to believe that all religions take you to God. We told them that Jesus said "I am the way." It was New Years Eve, but we left way before midnight.

Pray for these two couples.