LAST FEW DAYS

We have been very busy since my last post. Thursday night I spoke to the mothers at the little church; on Friday, we actually socialized with a few property owners, and Saturday we had the couples' Bible study. This time three of the couples did not come for different reasons. We talked about Jesus being our king. As usual, they have good comments and questions. Yirardi, the boy with cancer, came with his parents. They are inseparable now. He participated in the Bible study by reading the verses out loud. We had a lot of cake left over because of the missing couples, but, somehow,  I managed to give it away.

Children ready for church

Sunday school at the other church - on the back of a house between a car and the kitchen

Don´t you want to teach her class?

John spoke at both churches on Sunday. When we arrived at the first church, we found mostly children. The time has come to start a Sunday School class. I am going to provide a crash course for Kassandra, so that she can start on Sunday. (Francie, I need your help!) The other church already has a Sunday School class. Back to John, he did a good job talking about Psalm 23 and the Good Shepherd. By the time we got home, it was almost two o'clock, and we were exhausted. I set the alarm to take a one hour nap. It was a good thing I did that because we were sound sleep when it went off. We had to get ready for the service here in the Hacienda in the Wedding Chapel. The idea was to get there an hour early to set up the instruments, but, of course, they were late. We were supposed to start at six, but started at 6:30 instead. Nobody from the staff here came, except for the one in charge of the whole thing. She gets to attend mass in the morning and an evangelical service at night on the same day. She sent a general email to all the managers of the Hacienda informing them about the services, but the managers failed to communicate it to their employees. She had the same problem with the mass, so it had nothing to do with the service being evangelical. We suggested that she put signs next month in the common areas for the employees.

The setting is beautiful, very inspiring:

Sunset view from the chapel

This is Marina, my friend and organizer of the religious events

Worship team

 Today we woke up exhausted; however, John had to play golf, and I had to walk, do laundry,etc. We also had to meet the pastor at around noon. They just signed the final papers for the lot, so now the real hard work begins. The payments are stiff because it is only a loan for 18 months. They have faith that the Lord will provide the funds.

An electrical storm just started, and we are getting power surges, so I think it is best to log off.

Until next time...from the beach