Friday's event
What a blessing to be able to work for the Lord!
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service.
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service.
1 Tim. 1:12
So many of you were praying for this event, and you will be glad to know that it went very well. Thursday two young ladies who work for Christ for the City and are assigned to this area came at midday. After lunch, we set out for town with 80 invitations and tracks. Since it was only John and three women, he decided to stay together instead of dividing in two groups as we usually do. We walked the entire town, passed 65 invitations and as many tracks. It took us two and a half hours to do it. Of course, we had to stopped at many homes and chit-chat. At one house there was a man gravely ill on a wheel chair. We prayed with the family for healing and for salvation. Please pray for this man and his family. As the sun was setting, we returned to our car, which we had left parked in front of one of the houses at the entrance of town. We were very tired, to say the least.
Friday the rest of the team came. The regional director (Central America and the Caribbean) of Christ for the City, his wife and the clown. Again we had a big lunch (mashed potatoes native style :) BBQ chicken, salad and a lot of coffee) and set out at 1:30 pm in tow cars loaded with equipment, food, and a 43 cup coffee maker. It takes us about an hour to set up. Here are some pictures of the set up. The tables with tablecloths are for the women and the stools on the back for children. Those of you who have been here will notice an improvement. A very enterprising woman here worked with World Vision to have paint donated. She then organized the school children and had a work day. They painted the tables, chairs and the inside walls of the "salon." The equipment set up is a lot of fun. I always pray before plugging the coffee pot because that's the biggest power draw. Can you see all the cables and the power strip under the table? By the way, that's our director. Even the screen is ours. It comes tied to the top of the SUV.
We had 43 women and 73 children. There are only 63 enrolled in the elementary school; therefore, some of the children were not of school age yet. The clown is terrific. He handles all those kids on his own. They just love him. He has a great testimony.
The women worked on a cross-stitch picture of a butterfly, and I talked to them about the Lost Sheep. We showed a movie after dark called "The Last Fly Out." It was a good movie with a lot of action, and a Christian message. People prayed to accept the Lord, but we feel that we are just sewing seeds. The real work will be done by the local church.
We spent nine hours in town (without bathroom breaks). By the time we loaded the equipment back and got home, it was 10:00 pm. We were too tired to eat, so we had light snacks and went to bed. Now we were nine people in our little condo. We brought out two rollaway beds from the garage which we set in the living room for David and his friend because they had given up their room for the director and his wife. We have a convertible sofa in the loft, and the clown got to sleep in the living room sofa.
This morning after breakfast everybody went to the beach. Then we went back to town to see about a rental property. Christ in the City wants to have a permanent presence in town. They all left after lunch. I will talk about that tomorrow. Right now, I am doing laundry and blogging, and John is napping. We are just humbled by the Lord's love and how He allows us to serve Him. Hasta luego!
Friday the rest of the team came. The regional director (Central America and the Caribbean) of Christ for the City, his wife and the clown. Again we had a big lunch (mashed potatoes native style :) BBQ chicken, salad and a lot of coffee) and set out at 1:30 pm in tow cars loaded with equipment, food, and a 43 cup coffee maker. It takes us about an hour to set up. Here are some pictures of the set up. The tables with tablecloths are for the women and the stools on the back for children. Those of you who have been here will notice an improvement. A very enterprising woman here worked with World Vision to have paint donated. She then organized the school children and had a work day. They painted the tables, chairs and the inside walls of the "salon." The equipment set up is a lot of fun. I always pray before plugging the coffee pot because that's the biggest power draw. Can you see all the cables and the power strip under the table? By the way, that's our director. Even the screen is ours. It comes tied to the top of the SUV.
We had 43 women and 73 children. There are only 63 enrolled in the elementary school; therefore, some of the children were not of school age yet. The clown is terrific. He handles all those kids on his own. They just love him. He has a great testimony.
The women worked on a cross-stitch picture of a butterfly, and I talked to them about the Lost Sheep. We showed a movie after dark called "The Last Fly Out." It was a good movie with a lot of action, and a Christian message. People prayed to accept the Lord, but we feel that we are just sewing seeds. The real work will be done by the local church.
We spent nine hours in town (without bathroom breaks). By the time we loaded the equipment back and got home, it was 10:00 pm. We were too tired to eat, so we had light snacks and went to bed. Now we were nine people in our little condo. We brought out two rollaway beds from the garage which we set in the living room for David and his friend because they had given up their room for the director and his wife. We have a convertible sofa in the loft, and the clown got to sleep in the living room sofa.
This morning after breakfast everybody went to the beach. Then we went back to town to see about a rental property. Christ in the City wants to have a permanent presence in town. They all left after lunch. I will talk about that tomorrow. Right now, I am doing laundry and blogging, and John is napping. We are just humbled by the Lord's love and how He allows us to serve Him. Hasta luego!
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