Back at the Beach

We arrived on Sunday night. It was quite a reception at the airport. Sergio and Bianka were there to pick us up, as arranged, but Randall, Arleth and Yirardi surprised us by being there also (Yirardi is the boy with brain cancer, on remission so far). In addition, somehow the transportation department did not get the message that we did not need transportation and sent our singing driver to get us. Wow! We were like VIP's!

Monday morning Sergio and Bianka came back to go to breakfast with us because they were both off. Sergio was such a great help for John. They went to the garage and checked our car to make sure that everything was working before going to breakfast. We went to this new place in town owned by a guy from Long Beach, CA to have banana pancakes. Sergio and Bianka have been going through a rough time in their marriage, and they stopped attending church. We talked at length about it, not going into the details of their problem, but how they handled it. They are fine now, but they need to get back to church. Pray for them. The Enemy wants Christians to be discouraged. They took us to the grocery store and helped us bring in the groceries. It was all so easy with their help!

Last night Luis Carlos, whose house we use for the Bible studies, came over to say hello after work, He left at 10:00 pm! Now we are all caught up with his life since we left. He is going to college to be a CPA, Irene is going to night school to get her high school diploma, and the children are all in school. The entire family has homework! They are all doing well in school. We will start the couples meeting this Sunday at five. Pastor D, we are once again using your material on marriage.

Today we took our morning walk on the beach and have no other plans for the day, but tomorrow we are meeting Pastor Alejandro and his wife for lunch. Pray for this meeting. We need to have a "well-instructed tongue" to talk to him about pastoring his flock. Pray that the Lord will speak to his heart and that he won't take our words as criticism.

Praises:

• We thank the Lord for an uneventful trip here.
• For everything in the condo working well.

Prayer requests:

• Pray for Sergio and Bianka - their marriage and their commitment to he local church
• Pray for our talk with the pastor and his wife tomorrow
• Pray for the couples Bible study on Sundays. We will talk about marriage relationships
• Pray for good health and energy for us
• Pray for our family back home

Thank you for your support!

Until next time...from the beach...