Sixth Week

Bambi at the golf course

Life at the beach continues on a slow pace this time. We celebrated Valentine's Day with the couples at a new pizza place near by. We had a small room to ourselves, but it was extremely hot at the beginning, until the owner came in and realized how hot it was and turned on the air conditioning. We talked about the Song of Solomon, which in Spanish is called "The Song of Songs," closer to the Hebrew title. We just had an overview of the poem, highlighting certain passages. They really liked it. But, as Pastor D says, it is hard to put it into practice.

Yua and Diana

Christian and Daniela and their girls

Christian and Daniela

Walter and Yesenia and their girls

Francisco and Luz

Eduardo, Arelis and Evans

Randall and Arleth

On Sunday afternoon, we took Diana and Yua to the big city near the airport to eat at McDonald's, which is a big treat for them. Yua had two McFlurries! On our way back, we stopped at Walmart, but they only bought a laundry basket. We did not buy anything.

Celebrating at the Golden Arches

We had Christian and his family over for dinner one night. I was making chicken in the oven; unfortunately, the oven shut down and locked itself up. I was able to open the door after pushing "cancel" a few times, took the chicken out and finished it in the microwave, but, as you know, the microwave does not brown; therefore, I had to put the chicken on a pan to brown it on the stove. John thought we were all going to die of food poisoning, but I assured him that the chicken was indeed cooked, just looking a  little different. It seems that the oven will not work when the temperature is 400° or above. They loved dinner, and took the left overs home with them, since I knew John was not going to eat any more of that chicken.

Last night we had our bible study at Walter and Yesenia's. As usual, we thoroughly enjoy studying the Bible with them. Last night's topic was the Christian family, mostly on Ephesians. We told them that they will get it again on our last Saturday.

Tonight we are going to Francisco and Luz's for dinner. She is from Honduras, so her dinners are slightly different, but very good.

This trip is different because we were not able to schedule more individual bible studies, due to the fact that I was sick the first three weeks, we lost momentum. We feel a little off, not doing as much as we are used to do. We know that it is all in the Lord's hands, since it is His work anyway. We need to trust that He is really in control, and we are not.

Prayer requests:

• Continue to pray for good health and strength
• Pray for wisdom and discernment as we teach and counsel
• Pray that Ricardo will take up the ministry of driving people to church (I plan to talk to Miguelina tomorrow)
• For the couples' commitment to the Lord and to each other
• Protection for my family

Sunset from our place